IT-Code-News: IT News HeadLines (THE INQUIRER) 05/11/2010

Intel is on target with Oak Trail
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CHIPMAKER Intel has said it will hit its early 2011 release date for its tablet friendly Oak Trail chips.

Virgin Media tries to WoW its subscribers
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BROADBAND INTERNET PROVIDER Virgin Media has been forced to cobble together a fix in order to enable its customers to play World of Warcraft (WoW) on its network.

Future Internet could be as good as the M25 ring road
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THE M25 is the future of the Internet with variable speeds according to O2's CEO Ronan Dunne, who might come to regret his metaphor.

Toshiba launches its Folio 100 in the UK
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AT £329 the Toshiba Folio 100 is now available to buy in the UK, making it one of the less expensive 10-inch tablets, undercutting Viewsonic's Viewpad and the Apple Ipad.

LG launches Optimus 1 with Android 2.2 today
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AVAILABLE NOW, the LG Optimus One phone with Android 2.2 is on offer with contracts starting at £20 per month with the operators T-Mobile, Three, Carphone Warehouse and Orange.

LG is readying a tablet
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KOREAN HARDWARE MAKER LG Electronics has taken the brave move of doing what every other hardware manufacturer in the world seems to be doing, preparing a Ipad-like tablet for release.

LG signs up for Windows Phone 7 apps
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SOFTWARE IMPERIUM Microsoft apparently has leaned on LG to develop applications for its Windows Phone 7 operating system.

Samsung's SF310 notebook shows up in Blighty
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KOREAN PC MAKER Samsung has released its SF310 notebook in Blighty and is giving away a Microsoft Livecam Cinema HD webcam worth £59.99 with every one sold.

Apple under investigation by the US ITC
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THE US International Trade Commission (ITC) has voted to investigate Apple due to a complaint by Motorola that the seller of shiny toys nicked its technology.

Ministry of Sound gives up 'piracy' campaign
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MUSIC STUDIO the Ministry of Sound has given up on its plans to sue thousands of people it thinks are filesharing 'pirates'.

HP will not allow its CEO to face court
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DESPITE CLAIMS by Oracle that it will subpoena HP CEO Leo Apotheker to testify in its copyright-infringement lawsuit against his former employer, SAP, the maker of expensive printer ink says it is not going to happen.

SAP already agreed $120 million legal payment
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WHILE THE TWO SIDES are still slugging it out in court, SAP apparently has agreed to part of its settlement with Oracle.

Synology unveils smartphone compatible Diskstation DS411j
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STORAGE KIT MAKER Synology has unveiled its Diskstation DS411j, a 4-bay NAS server dedicated to backups and data sharing.

Next to relaunch its media tablets by December
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BY DECEMBER high street retailer Next will launch refreshed versions of its Media Tablet products following a less than stellar reception of its 10-inch model in October.

Asus revs its Lamborghini Eee PC VX6 notebook
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HARDWARE MAKER Asus has rolled a fresh notebook out of the garage, the Eee PC VX6.

WiFi Alliance and Homeplug team up to connect homes
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TWO INDUSTRY GROUPS, the WiFi Alliance and the Homeplug Powerline Alliance, will work together to promote the use of smart grid applications in the home.

AMD Radeon HD6870 review
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Product AMD Radeon HD6870
Website www.amd.com/us/products/Pages/graphics.aspx
System Specifications 900MHz core, 1GB GDDR5 memory, PCI Express x16 interface, Eyefinity support, Crossfire-capable, double-slot form factor
Price £200 not including VAT

Virgin Media announces a 1TB HD 3D capable set-top box
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WITH ONE TERABYTE of storage there will be plenty of room for eye boggling 3D content with Virgin Media's HD 3D set-top box (STB).

Nintendo faces an ITC investigation over Wii
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GAMES CONSOLE MANUFACTURER Nintendo is facing an investigation from the US International Trade Commission (ITC) over its Wii console.

HP says Steve Jobs is all wet
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THE MAKER OF EXPENSIVE PRINTER INK, HP has said that Apple CEO Steve Jobs' statements about touchscreen computers are wrong.

YouTube blocked and unblocked by the Turks
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INTERNET VIDEO OUTFIT Youtube is going to meet with Turkey in a bid to solve a dispute that has seen its website blocked, unblocked, blocked again and finally unblocked.

Smartphones suck up two thirds of mobile traffic
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BEANCOUNTERS at Informa Telecoms and Media have worked out that smartphone users are the network equivalent of those idiots in SUVS who drive in the middle of the road.

Google to release Chrome based gear this month
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SEARCH ENGINE OUTFIT Google will release its own brand of mobile gear armed with its Chrome operating system.

Idevices will get IOS 4.2 this month
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FRUIT THEMED CARGO CULT Apple has lately been telling the world plus dog that it is about to release IOS 4.2 for the Iphone, Ipad and Ipod Touch.

FTC modifies Intel anti-trust agreement
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OAK TRAIL does not have to use the PCI Express bus under a new version of the Federal Trade Commission's anti-trust agreement with Intel.

Philips TV is sophisticated and immersive
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DUTCH ELECTRONICS FIRM Philips has launched a television that it says its immersive and unique, two attributes that do not usually apply to goggle boxes.

Dell plans to enter the tablet market
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TIN BOX MAKER Dell is getting ready to enter the tablet market and will join Samsung, Linx, Google, Creative, RIM, Microsoft, Apple, your dog and his uncle.

Creative launches 7-inch and 10-inch tablets
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DEFYING STEVE JOBS, another manufacturer is coming out with a 7-inch tablet despite the Apple CEO having declared them all dead on arrival.

Windows 7 will work its way into enterprises
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ACCORDING TO ANALYSTS at Forrester enterprise take-up of Windows 7 has been slow, but they predicted that this will change.

Skype announces 5.0 beta for Mac
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GROUP VIDEO CALLING is a feature of Skype's 5.0 beta for Mac that it released today along with a tawdry competition.

Paypal's shocking oversight leaves Iphone users vulnerable
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ONLINE PAYMENTS SYSTEM Paypal is scrambling to fix a serious vulnerability in its Iphone application that could allow users to be duped into sending data to a third party.

Apple users grab Flash application
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IT TOOK less than six hours for Apple fanbois to overrun Skyfire's server capacity as they thronged to get Adobe Flash support on their shiny Ithings.

Microsoft debuts another Internet Explorer security flaw
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DEVELOPER OF SHODDY SOFTWARE Microsoft has revealed yet another security vulnerability in its Internet Explorer (IE) web browser that affects just about every version available.

Google offers nothing to Buzzed off users
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ADVERTISING BROKER Google took the surprising step of emailing Gmail users with information regarding a class action lawsuit brought against it with respect to Google Buzz.

Activestate launches Python Package Manager Index
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ANYONE WORKING with Python might appreciate that Activestate has released an index designed to make their tasks easier.

RealVNC drives to a deal with Clarion
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REMOTE DESKTOP OUTFIT RealVNC has cut a deal with automotive equipment manufacturer Clarion to flog automotive entertainment systems.

Facebook allows Bing to search user profiles
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USERS SEARCHING for useful content on Microsoft's Bing will now be able to find mindless content from 'friends' on Facebook.

Motorola investigated for patent infringement
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MOBILE PHONE OUTFIT Motorola is being investigated by the US International Trade Commission (ITC) after Microsoft filed a complaint about patents.

Google offers hackers bounties to find faults
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ADVERTISING BROKER Google has offered an incentive system for security researchers to come forward and disclose vulnerabilities in its software.

Silverlight is the future says Microsoft
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THE LOW profile of Silverlight at Microsoft's Professional Developer's Conference (PDC) last week has led to an apology from the company's servers and tools president.

Fedora 14 is now available for all
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THE FEDORA PROJECT has announced that its open source Linux operating system distribution Fedora 14 is now available.

Flash finally reaches the Apple app store
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ON 4 NOVEMBER fanbois will be able to download from the Apple app store a web browser for their shiny toy Iphones that allows them to run Flash based content.

Android extends its lead over Apple's IOS
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THE IMPENDING ONSLAUGHT of Google's Android operating system has materialised with analysts saying that the mobile OS was installed on over 40 per cent of smartphones sold in the third quarter of 2010.

Friday, November 5, 2010

IT News HeadLines (THE INQUIRER) 05/11/2010

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