Wednesday, October 27, 2010

IT News HeadLines (ComputerWorld) 27/10/2010

Ozzie's 'doomsday' memo warns Microsoft of post-PC days
Departing Microsoft exec Ray Ozzie has issued a communique expanding on his 2005 call for Microsoft to jump on the cloud or perish.
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Third trial to begin in $1.92M music piracy case
A third trial is set to begin in a bitter, closely watched legal battle between Minnesota native Jammie Thomas-Rasset and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
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With cell phones excluded from surveys, are polls skewed?
Senator Harry Reid is questioning the validity of polls showing him in a close race with Republican challenger Sharron Angle for his U.S. Senate seat in Nevada because random survey calls fail to include cell phones.
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The 30 best Safari extensions -- so far
Try out these add-ons -- from Apple's Safari Extensions Gallery and beyond -- for better social networking, tab management, security and more.
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Intel opens first chip manufacturing plant in China
Intel announced the opening of its first ever chip manufacturing facility in Asia on Tuesday, in Dalian, China.
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Report: Microsoft adding Acer, Asustek to Android lawsuit
Microsoft may be looking to add to its existing patent infringement case related to the use of Google's Android mobile phone software by targeting phone makers in Taiwan, according to a Chinese-language news report.
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Sprint to kick off mobile Web app initiative
Sprint Nextel may offer developers information about subscribers' location and browsing behavior -- with an opt-in agreement -- so they can make mobile Web-based applications more relevant and useful to those users.
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Android faces new lawsuit, this time from Gemalto
Google's Dalvik virtual machine, which runs Java applications in Android phones, is under fire again, this time in a lawsuit filed by Gemalto.
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Lab report: MacBook Air benchmark results
There's a lot to like in Apple's latest version of the MacBook Air, such as the smaller size, longer battery life and faster flash storage. Still, I was disappointed that the new MacBook Air uses the aging Core 2 Duo processor. The new Air even takes what looks like a step backwards in processor speeds, going from the standard 1.83GHz and 2.13GHz Core 2 Duo processors in the previous models to a wince-inducing 1.4GHz Core 2 Duo in the standard 11-inch models ($999 with 64GB of flash storage, $1199 with 128GB of flash storage) and 1.86GHz Core 2 Duo processors in the standard 13-inch model ($1299 with 128GB of flash storage and $1599 with 256GB of flash storage).
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Avoid Poison Web Sites With Firefox Add-on
The Search Engine Security add-on for Firefox aims to thwart online attacks that start with fake search engine results, and end with a malware infection. This free add-on can help defend against "poison" Web sites--but it may alter benign pages as well.
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