IT-Code-News: IT News HeadLines (THE INQUIRER) 25/01/2011

Facebook forces games developers to use its virtual currency
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NOT CONTENT with asking its users to share their addresses and telephone numbers, Facebook has decided to impose its virtual currency system onto games developers.

Virgin Media rolls out 100Mb service to more of Britain
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HERTFORDSHIRE, WALES and Merseyside are the latest locations in the UK to get Virgin Media's 100Mb broadband Internet service.

Nvidia launches GTX 560 Ti into superlative sphere
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CHIP DESIGNER Nvidia has launched its GeForce GTX 560 Ti, the latest in the company's Fermi line of graphical processing units that has DirectX 11, selling for £199.

Toshiba releases a trio of 1.8-inch hard drives for tablets
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HARD DRIVE MANUFACTURER Toshiba has announced a trio of 1.8-inch hard drives pitched at tablet devices.

Blighty is pants for broadband
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CLOUD OUTFIT Akamai Technologies says that British broadband is falling behind the rest of the world in the broadband race.

Microsoft calls for an ITC investigation of a British company
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GAMES CONSOLE SELLER Microsoft appears to be a bit miffed with an outfit called Datel Design & Development.

Google allows you to print on the cloud
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CLOUD VENDOR Google has launched Google Cloud Print Beta for printing documents and Gmail from anywhere.

ACS:Law gives up
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A LAWYER who sent thousands of letters to alleged filesharers threatening to expose their porn downloading in court unless they paid him money has withdrawn from pursuing alleged illegal filesharers in the middle of a court case.

Huawei tries to stop Motorola from flogging businesses to Nokia Siemens
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CHINESE NETWORKING gear maker Huawei has filed a lawsuit to block Motorola from flogging one of its business units to Nokia Siemens Networks.

Huawei tries to stop Motorola flogging businesses to Nokia-Siemens
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CHINA NETWORK GEAR MAKER Huawei has filed a lawsuit to block Motorola from flogging one of its business units to Nokia Siemens Networks.

Microsoft sues Tivo again
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SOFTWARE king of the world Microsoft is suing the telly outfit Tivo for nicking some of its ideas, again.

Tegra 3 will give tablets full High Definition
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AN UNOFFICIAL announcement about Nvidia's plans for its Tegra chipset has been made, unsurprisingly in the run up to Mobile World Congress.

Nividia aims 3D stereoscopic stuff at developers
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GRAPHICS OUTFIT Nvidia has started shipping its 3D Vision Pro kit to developers, engineers, architects and computational chemists.

Google releases behavioural advertising opt-out extension
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ADVERTISING BROKER Google has announced an extension for its Chrome web browser that allows users to permanently opt-out of behavioural advertising tracking schemes.

Google updates Nexus One to Android 2.2.2
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SOFTWARE DEVELOPER Google has started pushing Android 2.2.2 out over the air to Nexus One owners in the UK.

Adobe and Comcast team up to lock down mobile video
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SOFTWARE FLOGGER Adobe has teamed up with an outfit called Theplatform to produce secure video management and publishing services for media firms using Flash.

Dell joins Linux alliance for software appliances
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LINUX JUST GOT another supporter in the world of corporate networks, as Dell has joined the SUSE Appliance Programme.

Mueller is forced to back off Android copyright infringement claims
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THE FALLOUT from Florian Mueller's claim that files and comments in Google's Android source archive show that parts of the code were copied and released without licence has left Mueller struggling to defend his allegations.

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

IT News HeadLines (THE INQUIRER) 25/01/2011

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