Saturday, February 5, 2011

IT News HeadLines (THE INQUIRER) 04/02/2011




Nvidia fights back against AMD with fresh GPUs
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Analysis
AMD'S GPU DIVISION, that is, ATI, led the performance race against Nvidia for most of 2009 and at least the first half of 2010. If you count the dual GPU cards as one unit, it still leads now with the year-old HD5970 and is expected to continue to do so with the upcoming HD6990 next month.




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Intel Cougar Point recall helps partner relationship
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THE RECALL of Intel's Cougar Point chip is an embarrassment for the firm, but Intel has managed to play the damage limitation game better than its rivals.




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Intel handles Sandy Bridge recall well
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THE RECALL of Intel's Cougar Point chip is an embarrassment for the firm, but Intel has managed to play the damage limitation game better than its rivals.


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Verizon sold out Iphone 4 pre-orders
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US MOBILE OPERATOR Verizon claims it has already sold out of pre-orders for Apple's Iphone 4.




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Credit report resellers settle with US FTC after data losses
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THREE CREDIT REPORT RESELLERS have reached a settlement with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) after failing to protect customers' personal data.




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Motorola Milestone 2 review
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Product Motorola Milestone 2
Website Motorola
Specifications Android 2.2 with MotoBlur, 1GHz processor, 512MB RAM, 3.7-inch WVGA display with 480x854 resolution, 8GB internal memory, 8GB micro-SD card included, 40GB total capacity, slide-out keyboard, 5-megapixel camera with dual LED flash, 169g
Price £359 SIM-free




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BT says its Home Hub 3 has 'smart' wireless
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SMART WIRELESS is the big thing for British Telecom (BT) in its Home Hub 3 product that is the router for its broadband package deal and BT Vision video on demand service.




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Acer offers Sandy Bridge victims service or swap
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A WEBSITE dedicated to helping those unfortunate enough to have bought Intel Sandy Bridge powered products from Acer is being set up by the Taiwanese manufacturer.




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Blackberry's Playbook video demo
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Battlefield 3 gets a teaser trailer video
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Hotmail introduces throwaway email addresses
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EMAIL SERVICE PROVIDER Microsoft is allowing Hotmail users the ability to create throwaway email addresses.




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Google updates Chrome with 3D hardware acceleration support
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SOFTWARE DEVELOPER Google has updated its Chrome web browser with support for hardware acceleration of 3D graphics and the Chrome Web Store.




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Microsoft will finally fix an Internet Explorer flaw from last year
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SOFTWARE PATCH CODER Microsoft will fix 22 vulnerabilities in next week's Patch Tuesday security fixes, although not the Windows Internet Explorer zero-day vulnerability that was discovered recently.




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Windows Home Server 2011 hits release candidate status
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SOFTWARE DEVELOPER Microsoft has announced that its Windows Home Server (WHS) 2011 has reached release candidate status.




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Canonical joins the Openstack community
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OPENSTACK'S 2011.1 Bexar release of its cloud stack is being included in the repositories for Ubuntu 11.04 but only as a technology preview.




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