Wednesday, April 21, 2010

IT News HeadLines (CNET) 21/04/2010



Report: Global Net speeds keep bumping up
Most countries worldwide saw a continued boost in Internet speeds in the final quarter of 2009, according to a new report.
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NY cop in YouTube cyclist-tackling clip on trial
Clip of New York policeman slamming cyclist to the pavement in 2008 stirred outrage and now the former officer faces four years in prison.
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A $5,000 next-generation iPhone
Flash is coming to Android, Seagate media player offers Watch Instantly with Netflix, and we have more details on the mystery of the apparent iPhone 4G prototype.
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iPad 3G available April 30 in U.S.
Apple announces that its iPad with Wi-Fi and 3G will be available at month's end in the U.S. for customers who preordered.
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Space shuttle glides into Florida
Discovery lands at Kennedy Space Center after delivering 17,000 pounds of supplies to the space station and waiting an extra day to touch down due to weather.
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Second-hand copiers can spill secrets
Your office copy machine has a hard drive that might store thousands of documents that get passed on at resale.
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Apple countersues Kodak in patent case
The decades-old film and imaging company, which has filed a series of patent infringement suits, is now the target of one brought by Apple.
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Swinging for a home run in green tech (Q&A)
Stephan Dolezalek of VantagePoint Venture Partners takes the pulse of the venture-backed clean-tech industry and explains what's at play for companies trying to go public.
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Analysts predict another solid quarter for Apple
The company appears poised to report another good quarter, particularly on sales of Macs and iPhones.
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HP Slate more Netbook than iPad
Hewlett-Packard's Slate may be in for some harsh criticism when compared with Apple's iPad.
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Apple requests return of lost iPhone prototype
Tech blog Gizmodo says it will honor the request, which it calls verification that the device is genuine.
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Andreessen Horowitz drops out of funding race for Foursquare
Venture firm says it has withdrawn from the race to be an investor in the social location company.
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Adobe Reader, IE dominated attacks list in 2009
Symantec threat report for 2009 highlights Web-based attacks targeting holes in Adobe Reader and IE, as well as browser vulnerabilities.
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Report: Google password system attacked
A cyberattack in December yielded access to a program that controls millions of users' access to the company's services, according to a New York Times report.
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New features, new name for Google Places
Businesses used to working in Google's Local Business Center will soon see a new name for the service, which lets businesses claim search results listings in Google Maps.
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Norton 2011 betas go public
In this slideshow, check out what Norton Internet Security 2011 looks like. Not much has changed but the suite and its sibling-in-beta, Norton Antivirus 2011, both feel tighter and more connected.
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Meet the guy who supposedly lost 4G iPhone
Did you hear the one about the guy who walked into a bar with a next-gen iPhone? A certain Apple employee is about to become uncomfortably famous.
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Gates' college tour in one slide
Bill Gates' pitch to college students has just one PowerPoint slide: a chart showing the decline in childhood death rates over the past 50 years.
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Bill Gates at Berkeley (photos)
Bill Gates made the first stop on his college tour on Monday, speaking at the University of California Berkeley, before touring one of its biology departments.
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Is Foursquare's growth boxed in?
Press frenzy surrounds the start-up that could follow the path of Twitter. What nobody's saying is that Foursquare could also easily follow the path of Second Life.
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