Saturday, March 5, 2011

IT News HeadLines (THE INQUIRER) 04/03/2011




Online music services square up
THE INQUIRER

MUSIC DISTRIBUTOR Apple is in negotiations to launch a music service that will let its content be accessed across a range of different devices.




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Ofcom tackles BT on rollover contracts
THE INQUIRER

UK TELECOMS WATCHDOG Ofcom has sunk its teeth into British Telecom (BT) and told it to stop tieing customers into repeated minimum contracts without actually asking their permission.




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RIM ties with Apple for US smartphone market share
THE INQUIRER

REPORTS of Apple's runaway success in the smartphone market have been greatly exaggerated, according to figures published by the industry watching firm Nielsen.




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Fujitsu Stylistic Q550 tablet delayed until June
THE INQUIRER

FUJITSU'S FLAGSHIP 10.1-inch Windows 7 tablet, the Stylistic Q550, was due next month but is delayed until June, The INQUIRER has been informed.




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Fujitsu Stylistic Q550 tablet is delayed until June
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FUJITSU'S FLAGSHIP 10.1-inch Windows 7 tablet, the Stylistic Q550, was due next month but is delayed until June, The INQUIRER has been informed.


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Fujitsu Stylistic Q550 tablet video demo
THE INQUIRER

GADGET MAKER Fujitsu showed off its prototype Stylistic Q550 tablet to The INQUIRER at CeBIT this week.




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Gartner claims punters are shunning laptops for Ipads
THE INQUIRER

CRYSTAL BALL GAZER Gartner has sounded the death knell for laptops by slashing its sales forecasts and claiming that the popularity of tablets will rise.




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INQUIRER readers are still waiting for Flash and USB on Ipad
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FLUMMOXED READERS of The INQUIRER still can't accept that Steve Jobs hasn't added a USB port and Flash support to his Ipad 2.




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INQUIRER readers are still waiting for Flash and USB on the Ipad
THE INQUIRER

FLUMMOXED READERS of The INQUIRER still can't accept that Steve Jobs hasn't added a USB port and Flash support to his Ipad 2.


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Tobii Technology eye-tracking laptop first impressions
THE INQUIRER

TOBII TECHNOLOGY'S eye-tracking prototype worked remarkably well but the kit is still bulky and expensive.




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Disk storage sales were up in 2010
THE INQUIRER

GLOBAL REVENUE for the disk storage systems market was up considerably in 2010 thanks to strong fourth quarter results, according to market research firm IDC.




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Tobii Technology eye-tracking laptop video demo
THE INQUIRER

EYE-TRACKING SPECIALISTS Tobii Technology demonstrated its prototype eye-controlled laptop for The INQUIRER at CeBIT.




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Apple's Ipad 2 is just a refresh
THE INQUIRER

WITH 93 PER CENT of the market according to one marketing survey it could be said that the sales figures and market share are what are magical about the Apple Ipad and not its specifications.




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Google releases a Chrome OS Beta channel update
THE INQUIRER

SOFTWARE DEVELOPER Google has released a Chrome OS Beta channel update.




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US Justice Department peers at anti-Google video cartel
THE INQUIRER

A VIDEO TECHNOLOGY backed by a number of high profile firms has been targeted in an anti-trust investigation by the US Justice Department, according to the Wall Street Journal.




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Microsoft won’t patch Internet Explorer before hacking contest next week
THE INQUIRER

WEB BROWSERS will be hacked and laughed at during next week's Pwn2Own hacking contest, but Microsoft won't be fixing any Internet Explorer bugs beforehand.




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Mozilla unveils Firefox Web Apps
THE INQUIRER

OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE OUTFIT Mozilla has unveiled the first developer release of its web applications project.




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KDE free software community pledges support for Qt
THE INQUIRER

IT'S A WORRYING TIME for anyone working with Qt, the cross-platform application and user interface framework that Nokia was once upon a time so much in love with.




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China's Unicom unveils rival to IOS and Android
THE INQUIRER

A CHINESE mobile operating system called Wophone might become the nemesis of IOS and Android in Asia.




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China Unicom unveils a rival to IOS and Android
THE INQUIRER

A CHINESE mobile operating system called Wophone might become the nemesis of IOS and Android in Asia.


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Opera arrives on Apple's App Store with a 17+ warning
THE INQUIRER

WEB BROWSER DEVELOPER Opera become the first third party web browser on Apple's App Store but it was slapped with a 17+ age rating.




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Update problems continue to plague Windows Phone 7
THE INQUIRER

THE WINDOWS PHONE 7 (WP7) update process is becoming a protracted embarrassment not only for Microsoft but for Samsung as well.




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No Microsoft tablet OS until September 2012
THE INQUIRER

SOFTWARE BEHEMOTH Microsoft is going to come to the tablet operating system market very late if it is true that the release date will be in about September of next year.




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Final WebGL 1.0 specification released
THE INQUIRER

OPEN STANDARDS consortium the Khronos Group has released the final WebGL 1.0 specification to enable hardware accelerated 3D graphics in HTML5 web browsers without the need for plug-ins.




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