IT-Code-News: IT News HeadLines (THE INQUIRER) 24/01/2011

BBC swings an online shutdown hammer
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YOU MIGHT have to say goodbye to some of your favourite BBC websites as the UK public broadcaster has decided to close down a fair whack of them.

Iran announces an Internet police force
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THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC of Iran has launched a cyber police unit to crack down on communications between political dissidents.

Internet users are ditching webmail services
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WEBMAIL PROVIDERS such as Google and Microsoft might start to find that their services generate less cash than before, as figures show a decline in the use of webmail.

Wikileaks crawled P2P networks for files claim research firm
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WHISTLEBLOWER Wikileaks might have acquired documents from peer-to-peer (P2P) networks according to a network research firm.

Wikileaks crawled P2P networks for files claims research firm
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WHISTLEBLOWER Wikileaks might have acquired documents from peer-to-peer (P2P) networks according to a network research firm.

US investigation of Google Street View was a â€˜wasted summerâ€™
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DOCUMENTS HAVE SURFACED that shed some light on the lackadaisical attitude of US regulators towards last year's Google Street View privacy violations.

US investigation of Google Street View was 'a wasted summerâ€™
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DOCUMENTS HAVE SURFACED that shed some light on the lackadaisical attitude of US regulators towards last year's Google Street View privacy violations.

Verizon sues FCC over net neutrality rules
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US TELCO Verizon has launched a court challenge against net neutrality rules imposed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in a move that everybody saw coming.

Apple hires a military grade security chief
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THE NOTORIOUSLY SECRETIVE antenna testing outfit and fruit themed device manufacturer Apple has hired the sort of security chief who might appeal to military dictators in third world countries.

Toshiba confirms a tablet
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JAPANESE HARDWARE OUTFIT Toshiba has launched a teaser website for its upcoming Android tablet.

Hacker is selling access to government websites
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INSECURITY OUTFIT Imperva has spotted a hacker who is flogging access to military, educational, and government websites for bargain basement prices.

Another Windows Phone 7 jailbreak is coming
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ANOTHER JAILBREAK for Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 (WP7) mobile operating system will be out soon, according to Winrumours.

Brits want to stick a mobile phone in orbit
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BRITISH ENGINEERS are planning to launch a mobile phone into Earth orbit.

RIM will split corporate and personal data
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SMARTPHONE MAKER Research in Motion (RIM) will enable its Blackberry phones to split a user's personal data from work-related emails and other applications sponsored by employers.

Motorola Xoom tablet slashes its own throat
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MOBILE PHONE MAKER Motorola has just priced itself out of the running in the tablet wars by trying to outdo Apple in the ripoff stakes.

A Brit bought Apple's 10 billionth Iphone app download
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THE BRITISH are considering a national holiday after they actually won an international competition.

HTC will launch a tablet called Flyer and two others
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A TABLET aimed at women was what HTC had said publicly before and now rumours emerge from Asia that there will be three before July and they will all run the Android operating system.

Acer Aspire One D255 video demo
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THE 10.1-INCH Acer Aspire One D255 netbook has a dual-core Intel Atom N550 processor and the company claims it will run for eight hours on a battery charge.

Nokia says one in five mobile phones is fake
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ACCORDING TO a statement from the Finnish phone maker Nokia, 20 per cent of the mobile phones on the planet are fake.

AMD's CEO got the push to improve profitability
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DIRK MEYER was not forced out of his job as AMD's CEO because he lost the plot on devising a mobile strategy, as the company's leadership even now doesn't seem all that bothered about it.

Apple screws shut the Iphone 4 on the sly
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CONTROL FREAK FIRM Apple doesn't want owners of its precious Iphone 4 to fiddle with their internals, so it is locking the devices shut with oddly headed screws.

Reaction to 3D warning is over the top says Nintendo
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GAMES CONSOLE MAKER Nintendo says punters have overreacted to a health warning that its 3D handheld game set could damage youngster's eyes.

Mozilla drafts a HTTP header anonymising propsal
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BROWSER DEVELOPER Mozilla has published a first draft of proposals that will allow Firefox users to opt-out of sending personalised HTTP headers to advertisers.

Mozilla drafts an HTTP header anonymising proposal
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BROWSER DEVELOPER Mozilla has published a first draft of proposals that will allow Firefox users to opt-out of sending personalised HTTP headers to advertisers.

Meego SDK update has Windows XP and Windows 7 support
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THE LINUX FOUNDATION has updated its Meego software development kit (SDK) to include support for the Ubuntu 10.10 Linux distribution as well as Microsoft's Windows XP and Windows 7 operating systems.

Comments in Android code might hurt Google's battle against Oracle
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THE FIGHT against Oracle might become a little tougher for Google than previously thought, as Android's source code still contains copyright and distribution warnings by Sun Microsystems.

An open source media centre is available on Ithings
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A TEAM of open sourcerors has ported some free media centre software so it runs on a host of Apple's Ithings.

Mozilla blocks Skype's Firefox extension
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WEB BROWSER DEVELOPER Mozilla has blocklisted Skype's Firefox extension, claiming it slows down and crashes the browser.

Youtube iframe embedding could herald an HTML5 future
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VIDEO CLIP LIBRARY to the world, Google has made an iframe embed code the default way to share videos on Youtube.

Larry Page becomes Google chief, Schmidt booted off
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GOOGLE has announced that co-founder Larry Page will take over as CEO from Eric Schmidt, heralding a new era for the company.

Sony Ericsson CEO credits Android for firm's 'turnaround'
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MOBILE PHONE MAKER Sony Ericsson has cited sales of its Android smartphones for its return to profitability.

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

IT News HeadLines (THE INQUIRER) 24/01/2011

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