Friday, October 29, 2010

IT News HeadLines (CNET) 29/10/2010



Opera Mini 5.1 beta for Nokia adds copy/paste, e-mail support
Opera Software introduces some changes that are going to make the Opera Mini 5.1 beta browser significantly more user-friendly for some Nokia Symbian S60 smartphone owners.
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Hawaii aims for microthermal solar utopia
Start-up concentrates solar on Oahu to provide power for native Hawaiians including residences, retail, offices, and light industry.
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Microsoft issues new test build of Internet Explorer 9
At a developer conference in Redmond, the software maker also touts coming improvements to Windows Azure as well as momentum for Windows Phone.
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Windows 7 SP1 Release Candidate launches
The new Release Candidate editions for Windows 7 Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 will be the last public test versions before their final releases next year.
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Oracle: Google directly copied Java code
Amendment to Oracle's patent-infringement lawsuit against Google claims the latter "directly copied" from the former's Java code.
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Box.net bumps free, paid storage capacities
Web storage company boosts capacity on both its free and paid plans, offering five times as much space to free users, and no limits to enterprise users.
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Apple's cost of success: More staff, lower margins
Workforce grows by more than 12,000 over past year, with many of those jobs added in its retail stores. Meanwhile, Apple cautions that future gross margins will drop.
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Slumping Wii, DS sales hit Nintendo's earnings
The games company endures another disappointing six months. Never mind the role of a stronger yen--it's the weakness of the Wii and DS that has to be the real worry.
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Celebrity fantasy leagues on Facebook
Google gets away with a slap on the wrist in an FTC investigation, T-Mobile will be the first carrier to release Samsung's Galaxy Tab, and here's how to play celebrity fantasy league games on Facebook.
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EnergyGuide labels coming to TVs next year
TVs made after May 2011 will sport the yellow EnergyGuide label showing estimated annual energy use and how they compare to similarly sized models.
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Vudu support coming to Boxee
The hardware and software versions of Boxee will be adding support for Vudu's video-on-demand service in November.
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Firefox 4 release slips to 2011
In a fiercely competitive marketplace, Mozilla gives up on its hope to release its overhauled browser this year.
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Android pushes Motorola into black
Company's mobile unit turns profitable in the third quarter for the first time since 2006. Motorola can thank Google's Android OS for the about-face.
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Amid criticism, WikiLeaks shifts focus
WikiLeaks, which grew out of the cypherpunks list over a decade ago, has left its early days as an informal collaboration far behind.
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Road Trip Pic of the Week, 10/28: What is this?
If you know what this is and where it's located, you could win a prize in the CNET Road Trip Picture of the Week challenge.
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Nvidia helps China to supercomputer crown
Processors from Nvidia play a big role in powering what the graphics chip supplier claims is now the fastest supercomputer in the world. The China-based machine has achieved 2.507 petaflops.
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Major security bug fixed in Firefox
Mozilla is advising fans of Firefox to update the stable version of the browser after it released a patch for a security bug marked "critical" on Wednesday.
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Cutting out carriers is tough, even for Apple
Carriers are a fact of using a cell phone. Can a special SIM card enable Apple to deploy complete control of the iPhone, as a recent report suggests?
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Etsy's crafty balance: Fans vs. trademark holders
Craft marketplace Etsy has become a hub for tribute art featuring everything from Justin Bieber to "Jersey Shore." That becomes complicated when fans are profiting off trademarked franchises.
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MacBook Air flash-only rivals are few, fading
The new Air is unique for Apple, being its first flash-only MacBook. But most rivals offering ultraportable lines with solid-state-only storage are few and those lines are not exactly thriving.
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