Friday, February 26, 2010

IT News HeadLines (AOA - Alliance of Overclocking Arts) 26/02/2010



Broadband probe aimed at next gen upgrades

From The Register:

The impact of upgraded broadband technology is set to be measured to determine whether customers really see the improvements advertised by BT, Virgin Media and the rest.


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VMware to acquire software, R&D staff from RTO Software

From Computer World

VMware has acquired three management tools from RTO Software, and will integrate them into its products for desktop and application virtualization, the company said in a blog posting on Tuesday.


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'Hands-Off' Reviews of Microsoft's Project Natal Emerge

Fromآ PC World

Project Natal

'Hands-on' with Microsoft's upcoming Xbox 360 motion detection gizmo? Impossible, since your hands touch nothing, nor your arms, elbows, legs, knees, or feet. Still, Project Natal, as the mechanism is called, can reportedly do a full-body scan instantaneously as you approach its tube-like webcam, mapping your "arms and elbows, hips, legs and feet" and "replicating your entire body in an on-screen avatar," according to Irish tech site Silicon Republic.


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Google bosses convicted in Italy

From the BBC:

An Italian court has convicted three Google executives in a trial over a video showing an autistic teenager being bullied.

The Google employees were accused of breaking Italian law by allowing the video to be posted online.


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