Tuesday, March 29, 2011

IT News HeadLines (CNET) 28/03/2011




Report: Next iPhone not coming until October?
As the iPhone 5 rumor mill keeps churning, one of the newest reports suggests that Apple may be a bit behind its usual schedule of the last three years.
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Jack Dorsey rejoin Twitter executive team
The co-founder, who has since gone on to co-found Square, is returning to the company as "executive chairman."
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Adobe hammers DNG nail in PowerPC coffin
The next version of the Digital Negative converter will be the last for PowerPC Macs. Does this have implications for Lightroom?
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McAfee: Cybercrooks target corporate trade secrets
Cybercriminals are changing focus from grabbing private information to now stealing trade secrets and other intellectual properties from major corporations.
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iPad 2 sells out internationally
Making its debut outside the U.S. on Friday, Apple's iPad 2 was reportedly already sold out across major international markets by Saturday afternoon.
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Microsoft VP apologizes for Win Phone missteps
Microsoft's Joe Belfiore offers a mea culpa regarding his apparent indifference to customer frustrations over Windows Phone 7 updates.
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Yahoo exec rips Google for overpaying for YouTube
Such a comment from a Yahoo executive is surprising, but this is just part of the long-running debate about whether YouTube makes money.
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Google learns to Disco
Wal-Mart offers a $100 credit for your Nintendo DS if you go 3D, YouTube Create will help you with video editing, and Google launches a group-texting service called Disco.
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Apple releases iOS 4.3.1, but iOS 5 is a question
The update resolves some issues when connecting to cell networks and throws in a couple of minor changes. Meanwhile, iOS 5 may not debut until fall, according to TechCrunch.
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Java founder James Gosling joins Google
A notable figure in the world of programming has joined the search and Internet giant, but it's not yet clear what he'll do at Google.
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eBay to buy GSI Commerce for $2.4 billion
The price tag for the e-commerce services company is more than eBay paid for PayPal and almost as much as it paid for Skype.
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'Artificial leaf' makes hydrogen from solar cell
MIT professor behind Sun Catalytix shows off research that taps a solar cell to split hydrogen from water--a system that could be used for cheap, clean, distributed energy systems.
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Apple WWDC kicks off June 6
The company says it will "unveil the future of iOS and Mac OS" at its annual conference for software developers. We're expecting lots more on Mac OS X Lion.
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Report: Google one step closer to mobile payments
Google has entered a partnership with MasterCard and Citigroup that would let credit and debit cardholders pay with their Android smartphones instead, The Wall Street Journal reports.
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Facebook gets five more film rentals
Warner Bros. Entertainment is now offering rentals for another handful of films on the social network, including "Inception" and "Yogi Bear."
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American Express enters the 'payment 2.0' fray
The financial services company launches Serve.com, a PayPal-like platform that's designed to bring digital and mobile payments to new markets.
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Why browsers differ on Web sites' safety
The Comodo security breach shows that each major browser maker ships a different list of master keys to Web authentication and that each creates its list in a different way.
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Dual Core rocks the 'nerdcore' hip hop stylings (Q&A)
45 Minutes on IM: CNET sits down for a dissection of songs like "My Girlfriend's a Hacker"--and to find out how a Cincinnati programmer became one of the most popular geek rappers around.
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The wait for a Mac with 3G/4G continues
Apple's MacBook line has been missing wireless broadband, a much-wanted road warrior feature, for quite a while now. CNET takes a look at the 4G landscape, and where Apple's been.
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Buffett cautions social-networking investors
Berkshire Hathaway CEO predicts that most offerings in the red-hot sector will be overpriced but that there will be "huge winners."
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