IT-Code-News: IT News HeadLines (THE INQUIRER) 16/03/2011

Nvidia's CFO resigns
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CHIP DESIGNER Nvidia's CFO, David White will resign tomorrow for personal reasons.

US Congress will decide if video streaming is a felony
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THE WHITE HOUSE will ask the US Congress to decide that streaming media content along with downloading it can be classed as felony offences.

Privacy International peers at Skype security
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PERSONAL PRIVACY WATCHDOG Privacy International has called out Skype for its practices and "mounting security concerns".

Apple dominated smartphone revenues in 2010
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A REPORT from Strategy Analytics shows that Apple dominated the smartphone revenue stakes for 2010, followed by Nokia and Research in Motion (RIM).

100Mb Virgin Media broadband reaches 1 million homes
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BROADBAND PROVIDER Virgin Media has announced that it has reached over 1 million homes across the UK with its high speed 100Mb Internet service.

RIM gives developers access to its Blackberry Messenger
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MOBILE MESSAGING FIRM Research in Motion (RIM) has put its Blackberry Messenger (BBM) Social Platform into public beta.

Ubisoft launches a real guitar game
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DRM EMBEDDER Ubisoft is going to release a guitar based title that lets fanbois connect real guitars to their consoles.

Motorola's Xoom WiFi tablet will appear on 27 March in the US
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TABLET MAKER Motorola has announced that the WiFi only version of its Xoom tablet will go on sale at US retailers on 27 March for $599.

Gateway updates its server range with AMD chips
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ACER SUBSIDARY Gateway has announced its refreshed line of servers, which all feature the latest AMD Opteron 6100 series processor.

Archos 101 Internet Tablet review
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Product Archos 101
Website http://www.archos.com
Specifications 1GHz ARM Cortex A8 processor, 8GB storage, 10.1-inch 1024x600 display, Andoid 2.2 Froyo, 270x150x12mm, 480g.
Price £249.99

DWP cuts off Fujitsu thin-client contract
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THE UK GOVERNMENT'S Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has ended a contract with Fujitsu to manage its computer infrastructure and build out a system using thin-clients.

Vodafone will stock the Ipad 2
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MOBILE OPERATOR Vodafone has joined the growing list of UK cellular networks that will stock Apple's Ipad 2 at its UK launch.

Apple delays Ipad 2 launch in Japan
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THE FLOGGER OF SHINY TOYS Apple has delayed the release of its Ipad 2 in Japan in the wake of the country's multiple recent disasters.

Kindle is available at Best Buy, Carphone Warehouse stores
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ONLINE BOOKSELLER Amazon's Kindle e-reader can now be purchased from the 400 Carphone Warehouse and Best Buy stores in the UK rather than via the Brazilian themed etailer's website.

Nvidia launches the GTX550 Ti
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GRAPHICS HARDWARE DESIGNER Nvidia has launched the GTX550 Ti, the latest in its Fermi line of graphical processor units (GPUs) for £119.

Microsoft updates Visual Studio Lightswitch developer beta
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SOFTWARE MACHINE Microsoft has released the second beta of its Visual Studio Lightswitch software development tool for building applications.

Linux kernel 2.6.38 tips up
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THE LINUX PROJECT has released its second major Linux kernel of 2011, version 2.6.38.

Google forces developers to use SSL with its APIs
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SOFTWARE DEVELOPER Google is forcing the use of SSL in some of its application programming interfaces (APIs) as it tries to improve security.

Google helps WP7 developers by releasing an Admob SDK
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ADVERTISING BROKER Google has brought its mobile advertising software, Admob, to Windows Phone 7 (WP7) devices.

RIM advises Blackberry owners to disable Javascript
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CANADIAN SMARTPHONE MAKER Research in Motion (RIM) is advising Blackberry owners to disable Javascript in the Blackberry web browser, if they want protection against a publicly known security hole that was revealed at last week's Pwn2Own hacking contest.

Apple is working on a fix for its Apple TV flickering bug
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THE MAKER OF SHINY TOYS Apple is apparently working on a fix for a screen flickering problem that recently arose with Steve Jobs' Apple TV hobby gadgets.

F-Secure apologises for trashing clean Mac OS X files
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FINNISH INSECURITY FIRM F-Secure has issued a public apology after its consumer-facing Mac software decided to delete files which weren't actually infected with malware.

Twitter adds a secure HTTPS 'always on' option
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MICROBLOGGING WEBSITE Twitter is trying to introduce an HTTPS 'always on' option to provide additional security for its users.

Youtube acquires an Irish video enhancement firm
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GOOGLE'S VIDEO ARM Youtube has bought an Irish digital video company, Green Parrot Pictures, which claims to improve picture quality and filter noise in uploaded videos.

Lacie announces Wuala mobile online storage app
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STORAGE VENDOR Lacie has announced the launch of its mobile online storage application called Wuala.

Android smartphones vulnerable to Flash Player attacks
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THERE'S A GREAT BIG SECURITY HOLE in Adobe's Flash Player on desktop and mobile systems, and hackers are already taking advantage of it.

Thursday, March 17, 2011

IT News HeadLines (THE INQUIRER) 16/03/2011

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