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

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IT News HeadLines (TechSpot) 05/11/2010

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Dell: it's easier to develop for Windows Phone 7 than Android
Dell CEO Michael Dell recently spoke at an event in Hong Kong and declared that it was easier to develop for Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 than it was for Google's Android platform. That's great news for Microsoft, given how important it will be for the company to build developer interest...

Asus motherboard with UEFI demoed on video
An Asus Sandy Bridge motherboard with a Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) has been demonstrated on video, thanks to Sweclockers. You don't need to speak Swedish to understand that leaks like this are important to geeks everywhere, and especially those looking forward to a UEFI future.

Google settles Buzz lawsuit, tells Gmail users they get nothing
Google has agreed to allocate about $8.5 million to Internet privacy and policy organizations as part of a class action settlement involving its social networking experiment, Buzz, according to BBC News. The settlement acknowledges that Google has made many changes to Buzz to ease privacy concerns and the company will...

Avast: 1 out of 8 malware attacks come from USB devices
Avast has published a blog post warning computer users about the increasing number of malware attacks targeting USB drives and Windows' AutoRun feature. During the last week of October, the security company recorded some 700,000 attacks on computers that voluntarily submitted data, and one out of every eight (13.5%) came...

Cooler Master HAF X Case Review
The original HAF 932 had no major pitfalls, and now almost two years later it's still one of the best full tower cases money can buy. Given its sheer success, Cooler Master decided to cash in on the HAF brand by releasing two mid-tower versions that are more affordable. We...

Facebook passes 200 million mobile user mark, updates apps
Facebook today held a mobile media event, in which it announced, among other things, that it has roughly 200 million active members using its mobile products. Last year, that number was at 65 million. Facebook has some 500 million users in total, and now the company is claiming that its...

Windows 7 powers 10% of business PCs, growth to explode
Windows XP is still powering 75 percent of business computers in North America and Europe, according to Forrester Research. Compared to the world at large, where Windows XP just fell under 60 percent, this number is quite high.

HP adds budget-conscious G62m, dv7t notebooks
HP has added two new laptops to its online store -- the G62m, which is intended for basic use, and the multimedia-oriented dv7t. For $530, new G series notebook offers a 15.6-inch 1366x768 display, 2.2GHz Intel Celeron 900 single-core processor, Intel GMA 4500M integrated graphics, 3GB of DDR3 RAM, a...

Movie theaters to use emotion-detecting anti-piracy cameras
We often see reports of invasive security measures at airports, but TorrentFreak warns that movie theaters are increasingly guilty of trampling your privacy. Theaters already use metal detectors, night-vision goggles, as well as bag and body searches to catch camcording pirates with limited success, but most box office flicks still...

Skyfire browser for iPhone converts Flash to HTML5
Apple has allowed an iOS browser named Skyfire, which transcodes Flash videos into iPhone-friendly HTML5 on the fly, into the App Store. The app was approved by Cupertino yesterday and appeared on the store today. You can grab it from iTunes now after shelling out $3. Interestingly, attempting to download...

Turkey reinstates YouTube ban days after lifting it
Less than a week ago, Turkey lifted a 30-month ban on YouTube after videos containing offensive material were removed. The access didn't last long, however, and the site is banned anew, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Aircraft bombs may kill off in-flight cellphone and Wi-Fi use
Both the UK government and the US Department of Homeland Security are looking into the technology behind in-flight cellphone and Wi-Fi connections to determine whether it could be used in conjunction with bomb trigger mechanisms, according to New Scientist. It's possible they will conclude that cellphones and Wi-Fi connections are...

Google admits to three of its biggest mistakes
Marissa Mayer, Google's VP of Geographic and Local Services, joined in 1999 as the company's 20th employee. During a recent 22-minute interview on Digg Dialogg, Mayer was asked "What do you think Google's biggest mistake has been during your presence there?" Mayer's answer pertained to three products: Wave, Dejanews.com, and...

Microsoft: Windows Phone 7 is 20% more efficient than rivals
Microsoft claims its Windows Phone 7 smartphones get things done in fewer steps than rival mobile operating systems. "Microsoft based its claim of greater efficiency -- that WP7 requires up to 20% fewer steps to perform common tasks -- on its own internal research comparing tasks among smartphone users," a...

Google Docs to get cloud printing, device sync
Google Docs may soon be getting an update that will help it better compete against Microsoft's latest cloud based Office product and make its upcoming Chrome OS a whole lot more useful. Top among the new features is cloud printing, which will let you print documents -- whether web-based, on...

Intel to manufacture 22nm FPGA chips for third-party
Intel has traditionally designed and built chips for its own use, but it looks like the company is ready to share its manufacturing strengths and lead in process technology with others. Namely, the company will create chips based on its 22nm technology for Achronix Semiconductor -- a relatively small player...

AMD, Nvidia nearly even in overall GPU shipments
Mercury Research has released its "PC Graphics Market Share Update" report for the third quarter showing that, for the second consecutive period, AMD maintained a lead in the discrete graphics market -- albeit a small one. The data firm puts AMD's total share at 50.30%, while Nvidia is at 49.60%...

Creative enhances tablet audio, connectivity with ZiiO lineup
Before the iPod Touch and the iPad, Creative Labs was a major player in the portable audio market. Today things have changed a bit, but Creative hopes to recapture lost ground with the new ZiiO line of "Pure Wireless Entertainment Tablets." Running Android 2.1 and utilizing Creative's in-house ZMS-08 processor,...

Google offers bounty for security bugs on its websites
Google has begun offering cash for security bugs reported on its websites, following the success of its bug bounty program that pays hackers for finding security flaws in Chrome. The new vulnerability reward program applies to Google web properties (google.com, youtube.com, blogger.com, and orkut.com) but excludes Google's client applications (Android,...

Microsoft explains Xbox Live Gold price increase
Microsoft revealed plans in August to increase Xbox Live Gold's price from $50 to $60 a year. It goes without saying that many loyal subscribers were disappointed in that announcement, especially because Microsoft wasn't particularly forthcoming about its reasoning. With the price change now in effect, the company has shared...

iPad has 95.5 percent of the market, tablet wars are coming
It should come as no surprise that Apple is currently dominating the tablet computer market given how early it beat out the competition, most of which is still dragging its feet. Compared to 3.5 million tablets sold in the second quarter of 2010, sales rose 26 percent to 4.4 million...

Sophos: malware on the Mac is real, here's a free antivirus
Sophos has released a free antivirus product for consumers using Mac OS: Sophos Anti-Virus Home Edition for Mac. Although commercial antivirus products for Macs have been available for some time, Sophos' offer is one of the very few free ones.

Tuesday tech deals: Walmart's 'Amazing Electronics Event'
Upcoming Walmart Amazing Electronics Event: 26" LCD HDTV for $198, more

EA signs five year deal to use Facebook Credits
Electronic Arts and Facebook today announced they have signed a five-year deal. The strategic relationship aims to create a simplified, more accessible experience for people who play games and purchase virtual goods on Facebook. It also means that Facebook Credits will become the exclusive payment method for the social networking...

Google sues US government for only considering Microsoft
Google has filed a suit against the United States government for only considering Microsoft solutions when looking at options to improve their messaging functionality, according to TechDirt. Google Apps was not on the government's table and the search giant is arguing that restricting the Request for Quotation (RFQ), a document...

Google-branded Chrome OS smartbook coming in November?
We have heard rumors about Chrome OS smartbooks from Acer and HP, and even a tablet variant from HTC, but it looks like Google will be the one getting things started for the web-centric operating system. According to DigiTimes sources from component players, the Internet giant is set to launch...

Researchers develop 0.1mm flexible AMOLED display
The Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) in Taiwan has built a flexible 6-inch AMOLED display that is just 0.1mm thick, according to OLED-Info. The technology, named FlexUPD, reportedly enables a folding radius of 5cm or less while still being able to withstand repeated folding. In other words, it can continue...

W3C reveals first HTML5 conformance tests, IE9 surprises
The Worldwide Web Consortium has released the first test results for browsers HTML5 conformance and it looks like Microsoft has been doing a great job supporting the latest set of web standards. Taking into account seven aspects of HTML5 specifications -- "attributes", "audio", "video", "canvas", "getElementsByClassName", "foreigncontent," and "xhtml5" --...

Cooler Master HAF X Case Review
Back in December 2008, we were confronted with a new and rather exciting looking computer case from Cooler Master that was designed with the sole purpose of capturing gamers -- and capture gamers it did. Known as the HAF 932, the chassis quickly became a fan favorite.

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