IT-Code-News: IT News HeadLines (THE INQUIRER) 28/10/2010

Vietnam is a malware quagmire
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INSECURITY VENDOR McAfee has produced a list of the most dangerous domains in the world and found that the Vietnamese .vn domain is the worst of all.

Google rumours point to Nexus Two smartphone
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SOMETIME SMARTPHONE FLOGGER Google is going to have another pop at badging a smartphone to be sold through Carphone Warhouse by Christmas.

Apple Macbook Air review
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Review

Product Apple Macbook Air
Website www.apple.com/uk/macbookair
System Specifications 1.86GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 2GB DDR3 RAM (4GB maximum), 128GB or 256GB SSD, Nvidia Geforce 320M, 13-inch LED backlit display, Mini-Displayport video interface, two USB2 ports, SD card reader, 802.11n wireless, Bluetooth 2.1
Price £1,349 including VAT

Amazon releases a bookstore app for the Ipad
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ONLINE BOOKSELLER Amazon has launched an app designed specifically for Apple's Ipad tablet.

Microsoft Office for the Mac is out
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SOFTWARE CHURNER Microsoft has released the latest incarnation of Microsoft Office for the Mac OS X operating system.

Making a white Iphone is too much for Apple
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WHILE Apple can pack all sorts of cheap parts under the bonnet of a phone and charge a fortune for it, it has admitted that it is baffled when it comes to making a white case.

Apple briefly allowed Windows onto the Ipad
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ONE SURPRISING RESULT since Apple freed up its autocratic app development rules was an app that allows you to run Windows on an Ipad.

Oracle boss claims that HP boss 'done wrong'
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THE FOUNDER of Oracle, Larry Ellison has threatened to drag the incoming HP CEO Leo Apotheker into court and prove that he has been a naughty boy.

Malware mastermind arrested in Armenia
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INSPECTOR de Knacker of the Dutch Yard has swooped on a computer virus crime group and cornered the bloke it thinks was running it in Armenia.

PC and notebook sales are falling
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BEANCOUNTERS at Isuppli are reporting that the PC and notebook markets are slowing down.

Microsoft will charge royalty fees in Taiwan
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IT IS RUMOURED that Microsoft is going to impose a royalty levy on Taiwanese netbook vendors to force them to adopt Windows.

LG offers a Blu-ray burner
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PC HARDWARE MAKER LG Electronics is offering home movie maestros and people that have a need to burn copies of high-definition DVDs a Blu-ray rewriter and player drive.

AMD looks to make a full comeback in 2011
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Analysis
LAST WEEK'S AMD Technical Forum & Exhibition (TFE) in Taipei, now a regular annual event, was an interesting chance to get together with the key company product and marketing personnel, hear more about upcoming products and check the pulse of the all important local Taiwan partners.

Microsoft releases Windows Phone 7 developer update
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ASPIRING SMARTPHONE POWER Microsoft has released an update to its Windows Phone 7 developer tools.

Limewire stops distribution and support for its download client
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PEER-TO-PEER (P2P) network aggregator Limewire has decided to pull the plug on its filesharing client to comply with a court injunction.

Yahoo releases beta update to its email service
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BETTER LATE THAN NEVER is perhaps the best way to describe the latest update to Yahoo Mail.

Google Instant is out for Android smartphones
THE INQUIRER

REVENUE GENERATOR Google Instant is being rolled out to mobile phones by the Internet search giant as the firm looks to cash in on its search as you type contraption.

Thursday, October 28, 2010

IT News HeadLines (THE INQUIRER) 28/10/2010

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