Friday, April 30, 2010

IT News HeadLines (VR-Zone) 30/04/2010


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Steve Jobs's Thoughts On Flash

Steve Jobs from Apple had published his thoughts on Flash in a recent press release. In his lengthy thoughts, he commented on how Apple got with Flash and its history before breaking down into various points why Flash should not be for mobile devices.

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AMD: Fusion to revolutionize tablet devices


It seems that ARM and Intel's Atom are not going to be the only contenders in the tablet market: AMD is keen in establishing a presence in that area as well, and is banking on its Fusion platform to do the job of giving ARM and Intel a run for their money.

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Adobe previews Flash player for OS X, throws in support for hardware acceleration


Just because Flash for the iPhone is officially dead does not mean that it has to suffer the same fate on the desktop. Adobe has released a preview version of their upcoming Flash player for OS X codenamed 'Gala', and it comes with a feature the OS X crowd had been completely lacking for years as compared to their PC-totting friends: hardware acceleration.

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Microsoft licences patents for HTC's Android phones, adds an additional dose of confusion


Sure, we all know that Apple is suing HTC over alleged patent infringements found in the handset maker's Android-powered devices, but Microsoft suddenly joins the fray by announcing that they have struck a licensing agreement with HTC over its Android phones. What's going on here?

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Sony Introduces New Blu-ray Disc Players - BDP-S470 and BDP-S370

SONY BDP-S470

Sony Electronics Asia Pacific has announced their latest Blu-ray disc players for home users who want Full High Definition and 3D movie watching experience. The BDP-S470 and BDP-S370 feature Internet connectivity and allow users to access content found on BRAVIA Internet Video platform.


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ATI releases Catalyst 10.4 for Linux, finally supports Xorg 7.5


Users on ATI cards on Linux distributions utilizing Xorg 7.5 can finally rejoice, because ATI's latest Catalyst driver now includes support for that particular version of X. And about time too, ATI!

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HP Buys Palm For $1.2 Billion

HP  acquires Palm

Just two weeks ago, Palm was up for sale and there were potential buyers from HTC as well as Lenovo bidding for the company. Well, today, from various news sources, it seems the HP would be the new owner as it buys Palm for a massive $1.2 billion.


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