IT-Code-News: IT News HeadLines (THE INQUIRER) 23/03/2011

Oracle drops Itanium after Intel 'focuses on x86 chips'
THE INQUIRER

ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE BEHEMOTH Oracle is the latest software firm to dump support for Intel's Itanium architecture.

BT and Talktalk take on the DEA Act
THE INQUIRER

UK TELECOM FIRMS British Telecom (BT) and Talktalk are challenging the UK Digital Economy Act, that warty, bloated, onerous legislation that has caused controversy ever since it was first hatched by a bunch of copyright holder firms and a Machiavellian ex-minister.

Used mobile phone market is a criminals' playground
THE INQUIRER

MOBILE PHONE USERS have been warned not to sell their old handsets to complete strangers without first wiping their content.

Echostar HDS-600RS video demo
THE INQUIRER

AT ITS LAUNCH last night in London, Echostar's digital video recorder that offers mobile TV anywhere was demonstrated to the assembled press, including The INQUIRER.

LG looks to wireless smartphone charging
THE INQUIRER

KOREAN TECHNOLOGY FIRM firm LG Electronics will have a wireless charging mat available from April, joining others like Powermat, Duracell and Energizer that are attempting to make annoying cables and wires a thing of the past.

Echostar announces HDS-600RS Freesat box
THE INQUIRER

LAST NIGHT in London The INQUIRER attended Echostar's launch of its HDS-600RS, its Freesat+ HD set-top box with Slingloaded technology.

Echostar's Freesat box has TV anywhere for Ithings and Android
THE INQUIRER

WATCH and manage live and recorded TV from computers, phones and tablets with the Slingloaded technology that comes with Echostar's HDS-600RS, its Freesat+ HD set-top box.

Samsung denies poor Galaxy Tab sales
THE INQUIRER

SMARTPHONE AND TABLET MAKER Samsung Electronics has denied that poor sales have led to a significant inventory of Galaxy Tab devices in its warehouses.

RIM Playbook is on pre-order in North America
THE INQUIRER

RESEARCH IN MOTION'S Blackberry PlayBook can now be pre-ordered in the US and Canada for late April deliveries as the original timetable of availability in early 2011 slips away.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 gets thinner and lighter
THE INQUIRER

ELECTRONICS FIRM Samsung has today announced its redesigned Galaxy Tab 10.1 which is 2.3mm thinner than the first version.

Samsung announces Galaxy Tab 8.9
THE INQUIRER

KOREAN CONGLOMERATE Samsung has announced its Galaxy Tab 8.9-inch tablet, which is apparently the world's thinnest tablet at 8.6mm.

Used mobile phone market is a criminals' playground
THE INQUIRER

MOBILE PHONE USERS have been warned not to sell their old handsets to complete strangers without first wiping their content.

Microsoft tells developers to use WP7 specific CSS files
THE INQUIRER

SERIAL SOFTWARE MONOPOLIST Microsoft has advised developers to use customised cascading style sheets (CSS) code to optimise webpage display on Windows Phone 7 (WP7) devices.

Baidu will build a lightweight mobile operating system
THE INQUIRER

CHINESE SEARCH OUTFIT Baidu is set to develop a lightweight operating system (OS) for mobile devices. If you haven't heard of Baidu yet, it's just the largest Internet search operation in China, surpassing even Google in traffic.

Microsoft releases its 'copy and paste' WP7 update
THE INQUIRER

SMARTPHONE LAGGARD Microsoft has started to roll out its first major update to Windows Phone 7 (WP7) bringing, among other things (drum roll), copy and paste.

Google adds speech recognition to Chrome beta
THE INQUIRER

SOFTWARE HOUSE Google is updating its Chrome web browser to add voice recognition.

AVG launches its first security software for tablets
THE INQUIRER

INSECURITY FIRM AVG Technologies has launched security software for Android devices, AVG Mobilation for Android, which it claims is the first antivirus option designed for tablets.

Motorola teams up with Polycom for Xoom telepresence
THE INQUIRER

MOBILE MAKER Motorola has teamed up with the unified communications (UC) company Polycom to deliver telepresence for its Xoom tablet.

Adobe launches premium video authentication software
THE INQUIRER

SOFTWARE OUTFIT Adobe Systems has launched a premium video authentication application, Adobe Pass, to allow subscribers easy access to premium TV content on any Internet-connected device.

Play.com admits to email losses during security breach
THE INQUIRER

PLAY.COM'S CEO John Perkins has claimed that a security breach at its email service provider Silverpop led to the release of customer email addresses.

Amazon launches Appstore
THE INQUIRER

MAKER OF SHINY TOYS Apple has officially launched its Appstore for Android devices, despite it having been challenged by Apple over the use of its alleged trademark elsewhere.

Amazon launches an App Store
THE INQUIRER

AMAZON HAS LAUNCHED its Appstore for Android devices, despite it having been challenged by Apple over the use of its alleged trademark elsewhere.

Blackberry Protect is out as open beta for UK users
THE INQUIRER

RESEARCH IN MOTION has announced that its security and back-up application, Blackberry Protect is available, and so there is an open beta for UK users to download.

Blackberry Protect is out as an open beta for UK users
THE INQUIRER

RESEARCH IN MOTION has announced that its security and back-up application, Blackberry Protect is available, and so there is an open beta for UK users to download.

17-inch Macbook Pro users report mixed results with Mac OSX 10.6.7
THE INQUIRER

GADGETEER FOR THE WEALTHY Apple has issued an update to its Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard operating system.

Thursday, March 24, 2011

IT News HeadLines (THE INQUIRER) 23/03/2011

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