Tuesday, November 30, 2010

IT News HeadLines (THE INQUIRER) 29/11/2010

Anonymous takes down record industry websites
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FOLLOWING the mixed result of an appeal by the founders of The Pirate Bay, the online vigilante group Anonymous has taken down the website of the International Federation of Phonographic Industry (IFPI).




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FCC schedules its net neutrality vote
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THE US GOVERNMENT could approve a tiered Internet before the end of this year.




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George Bush faces a Facebook interview
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IN SURELY WHAT MUST BE one of the greatest meetings of the minds ever, George Bush the lesser will share his wisdom with the Facebook population.




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Amazon hosts Wikileaks website after DDoS
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FOLLOWING AN ONLINE ATTACK against its servers, Wikileaks has moved its hosting operations onto Amazon's EC2 cloud service.




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Avermedia Windows 7 TV Starter Kit review
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Product Avermedia Windows 7 TV Starter Kit
Website www.averm.co.uk
System Specifications Hybrid DVB-T/analogue USB tuner; 1 x 75Ohm coaxial input
Price £64.99




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AMD Radeon 6000M GPUs tip up
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TWO AMD RADEON HD6000M series mobile graphics cards, the HD6500M and HD6300M have suddenly turned up on the company's website over Thanksgiving.




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Intel’s Sandy Bridge tips up in laptops
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CHIPMAKER Intel's 32nm scale 'Sandy Bridge' chips are popping up early in a few laptops.




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Orange announces Ipad 3G prices
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MOBILE OPERATOR Orange has released some pricing details for its steep Ipad 3G contract tariffs.




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Walled gardens won't stop customers from leaving
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A SURVEY of buying intentions suggests that walled gardens won't ensure mobile phone brand loyalty, with most consumers ready to change their handsets.




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Hillary Clinton wants your passwords
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US SECRETARY OF STATE Hillary Clinton has ordered US diplomats to gather biometric information on key UN officials.




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MPA declares victory in Pirate Bay case
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FILM INDUSTRY GROUP, the Motion Picture Association of Europe (MPA) has said that now that the Court of Appeals in Sweden has upheld the criminal convictions for copyright infringement against three of the individuals in The Pirate Bay case it is time for other authorities to shut down the website.




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Microsoft patents a more tactile touchscreen
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BOFFINS WORKING FOR Microsoft have patented a "tactile" touchscreen that can convince users they are actually touching the ridges, bumps and textures of a displayed image.




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Motorola Milestone 2 hits Blighty
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Updated
MOBILE PHONE OUTFIT Motorola has released its Milestone 2 smartphone onto the Blighty market for £379.99, if you buy it online without a contract.




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China orchestrated hacking of Google
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DOCUMENTS leaked onto the online whistleblowing site Wikileaks show that the US government was certain that Chinese authorities orchestrated a hacking campaign into computers of Google and Western governments.




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Wikileaks attacked
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ONLINE WHISTLEBLOWING SITE Wikileaks has been suffering from a denial of service attack after providing the world with some news on an incredibly slack holiday weekend.




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Iphone 3G and 3GS handsets get unlocked
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AGING IPHONES can be set free thanks to the Iphone Dev Team releasing an updated version of its Ultrasn0w unlocking software.




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Symbian Foundation will shut its websites
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THE SLOW MOTION TRAIN WRECK that has been the Symbian Foundation has announced the it will shut down its various websites.




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