Tuesday, February 16, 2010

IT News HeadLines (ComputerWorld) 16/02/2010



Update: Microsoft CEO unveils Windows Phone 7 Series software
Microsoft unveiled the next version of its operating system for mobile phones, Windows Phone 7 Series, featuring a move away from applications and towards functions.
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Microsoft CEO unveils Windows Phone 7
Microsoft unveiled the next version of its operating system for mobile phones, Windows Phone 7 Series, featuring a move away from applications and towards functions.
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HTC to debut first Windows Phone 7 smartphone in Q4
High Tech Computer (HTC), the world's biggest maker of smartphones running Microsoft's Windows Mobile operating system (OS) and Google's Android mobile OS, plans to launch its first smartphone with Microsoft's latest offering, Windows Phone 7, in the fourth quarter of this year.
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Opera 10.5 grabs browser speed crown
Opera Software's beta of Opera 10.5 leapfrogged every rival to become the world's fastest browser, benchmark tests show.
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Nokia and Intel launch new mobile operating system
Nokia and Intel will merge two of their mobile operating systems into Meego, a Linux-based, open operating system for everything from advanced smartphones to netbooks, connected TVs and tablet computers, the companies said at a joint press conference on Monday.
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After outcry, Google revamps Buzz networking application
Google apologized on Saturday, saying it has made several changes to its new social-networking application Buzz to allay privacy concerns.
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14 tech tools that enhance computing for the disabled
Once an exercise in frustration, using a computer is well within reach of the blind and physically disabled with the help of these new and updated accessibility tools.
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Net neutrality: A complex topic made simple
Google's recently announced plan to set up trial fiber optic networks in the U.S. with ultra-high speed Internet connections puts the long-running national debate over Net neutrality back into high gear.
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Biggest mobile operators join forces on app store project
Twenty-four mobile network operators have formed the Wholesale Applications Community to avoid fragmenting the apps market and to give developers one point of entry to all the members, the GSM Association announced on Monday.
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Update: Bharti Airtel bidding $10.7B for Zain's Africa mobile ops
Bharti Airtel, India's largest mobile phone service provider, is in exclusive discussions to buy the African operations of Kuwait's Mobile Telecommunications Co. (known as Zain), in a deal with an enterprise value of $10.7 billion, the Indian company said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange.
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