IT-Code-News: IT News HeadLines (THE INQUIRER) 17/03/2011

2011 will be the year of the graphics enabled microprocessor
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THIS WILL BE the biggest year yet for the graphics enabled microprocessor (GEM) chips that feature a CPU and graphics processing unit in a one-chip design.

Brits are big social networkers
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BEANCOUNTER FIRM Experian Hitwise has reported that for the first time ever social notworking is more popular as an online passtime than looking at entertainment or news websites.

Junk email botnet Rustock stops spouting spam
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THERE HAS BEEN a massive drop in spam hitting email inboxes due to the Rustock botnet apparently having been disabled by a person or persons unknown.

Sir Tim Berners-Lee lends support for net neutrality
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THE INVENTOR OF THE WORLD WIDE WEB, Sir Tim Berners-Lee has lent his support to net neutrality, agreeing to help establish principles and guidelines for the open Internet.

India is not happy with Blackberry messaging proposals
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INDIA IS NOT HAPPY with Research In Motion (RIM) and its proposed plan to offer Indian government authorities and security agencies access to information on its BlackBerry network.

Nokia backs up its next billion push with a forecast
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FINNISH PHONE MAKER Nokia's blog endeavours to support its campaign to bring mobile and Internet connectivity to its 'next billion users' with forecast statistics.

Western Digital launches a 6TB external hard drive
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STORAGE MAKER Western Digital (WD) has launched its My Book Studio Edition II 6TB external hard drive.

One month delay hits MSI notebooks
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TAIWANESE LAPTOP MAKER MSI's recently announced CR650 and U270 notebooks have been delayed by a month.

HTC Flyer tablet is available on pre-order in UK
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PRE-ORDERS are now being taken for the HTC Flyer tablet, which is available for £600 from online retailer clove.co.uk with stock expected to arrive in mid-April.

MSI announces a C-series notebook
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TAIWANESE PC MAKER MSI has announced its CX640 laptop will be available next month and will be priced at £449.99.

Apple shares lose billions in stock downgrade
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A WALL STREET FIRM has downgraded Apple's stock amidst speculation for slowing growth after the earthquake in Japan last week.

Uncle Sam could be uncle Babar in pro-America campaign
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UNCLE SAM will give its operatives multiple online identities to combat anti-American comments on the Internet with pro-American postings.

Android beats Iphone at web browsing
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WEB PERFORMANCE SPECIALIST Blaze has produced a report that proves Android is faster than the Iphone at web browsing.

BBC Iplayer hits 81 per cent growth rate
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THE BBC HAS SEEN an 81 per cent year on year growth in Iplayer use as more viewers have given up on watching the traditional telly.

Opera Software releases Opera 11.10 Barracuda
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BROWSER DEVELOPER Opera has released a beta of its Opera 11.10 web browser, codenamed Barracuda.

Filemaker updates its Bento database software
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SOFTWARE DEVELOPER Filemaker has launched the latest versions of its Bento database software for Apple devices.

Murdoch waits on Apple to bring The Daily to the UK
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PUBLISHING MOGUL and online paywall enthusiast Rupert Murdoch is waiting on Apple to release its subscription payment system to bring his Ipad-only online news rag, The Daily, to the UK.

Time Warner's Apple app servers crashed
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US CONTENT PROVIDER Time Warner admits it has "run out of beer" as its Ipad apps servers crashed under the weight of demand.

Google improves Google Docs commenting
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SOFTWARE DEVELOPER Google has improved the commenting features of Google Docs, integrating email correspondance.

IE9 was downloaded 2.3 million times in 24 hours
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SOFTWARE DEVELOPER Microsoft has announced that its Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) web browser has been downloaded over two million times in 24 hours.

Malware is showing high growth
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MALWARE HAS INCREASED by 26 per cent in the first quarter of 2011, according to a report by insecurity research firm Pandalabs.

Google updates Gmail for the Iphone
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INTERNET MESSAGING FIRM Google has updated its Gmail service for the Iphone.

Friday, March 18, 2011

IT News HeadLines (THE INQUIRER) 17/03/2011

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