Thursday, March 24, 2011

IT News HeadLines (CNET) 23/03/2011




Another solar plant to open in Tibet
Suntech, a China-based solar manufacturing giant, plans to build a 10-megawatt plant in Tibet.
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Oracle declares Intel's Itanium dead
The software and server company says Intel itself maintains that the server chip family is "nearing the end of its life," though Intel says otherwise.
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Mac software VP Bertrand Serlet leaving Apple
Serlet, responsible for developing Mac OS X, will be leaving the company to focus "less on products and more on science." Craig Federighi steps up into the vacated role.
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Study: LimeWire demise slows music piracy
The volume of Internet users illegally obtaining music from P2P services has fallen from a high of 16 percent in late 2007 to 9 percent at the end of 2010, NPD reports.
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Robotic algorithms help pose life's big questions
Interactive sound installation at San Francisco's Contemporary Jewish Museum rigs up camera, speakers, and robotic know-how to get visitors asking questions from the silly to the sublime.
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What does AT&T's T-Mobile merger mean to you? (FAQ)
The $39 billion deal bodes a shakeup for the wireless industry. For consumers, the upshot is likely a mixed bag. CNET digs into the good, the bad, and the in-between.
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What needs to happen before the iPhone gets NFC
Rumors continue that Apple plans to bring near-field communication chips to a future version of the iPhone, but what challenges stand in the way of that happening? And what's it good for anyway?
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Can HP make developers care about WebOS?
The mobile operating system was well-regarded when it was released, but slow updates and other problems turned off app makers. HP has a big challenge ahead as it woos them back.
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Adobe Pass to push multidevice video rights
The Flash- and HTML-based Adobe Pass technology will usher in a "TV everywhere" era, Adobe says. It'll also give the company a bridge to places its Flash Player can't reach.
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Firefox 4 doubles IE9's 24-hour download tally
Such 24-hour download statistics don't make or break a browser, but no matter how you slice it, 4.7 million is a really big number.
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When Lady Gaga met Larry Google
The world famous performer--and, according to Marissa Mayer, the Queen of the Downloads--wafts into the Googleplex, answers all kinds of deep and meaningful questions, and poses with Larry Page.
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iPad 2 availability easing at some stores
The ability to walk into an Apple Store and pick up an iPad 2 during regular business hours may be in the offing if current trends continue.
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Tech analysts cite lingering impact of Japan quake
Reports from two research firms cite the growing impact of the March 11 Japanese earthquake on components and materials.
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Day 1 for devices at CTIA
CNET brings you the highlights from the first day of the annual CTIA wireless trade show.
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Best Buy to sell Wi-Fi HTC Flyer
The electronics retailer will bring a Wi-Fi-only version of the HTC Tablet to the U.S. market later this spring.
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Netflix streaming may lose some Showtime programs
Gone from Netflix's streaming services this summer are first-run series currently appearing on the premium cable channel. Netflix will get to keep "The Tudors" and other series that have gone off the air.
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CTIA day 1: Where's T-Mobile; talk of spectrum crunch
After AT&T announced plan to acquire T-Mobile, latter is eerily missing from major discussions at industry's biggest showcase. And execs again highlight need for more wireless spectrum.
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Groupon COO Rob Solomon steps down
Sources say the chief operating officer at the social-buying site is stepping down.
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Netflix outage lasted at least two hours
Netflix engineers are busy trying to get the service operating tonight during an outage that's so far lasted at least two hours.
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