Saturday, April 23, 2011

IT News Head Lines (CNET) 23/04/2011





IHS iSuppli: Manufacturing issues caused iPad 2 shortfall
Pointing to manufacturing problems that led to an undersupply of the new Apple tablet, the research firm has cut its estimate for iPad 2 shipments for this year.

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Yahoo tops all U.S. sites in March; Google follows
The U.S. Internet audience topped 212 million people in March, and once again, Yahoo is the top destination of folks across the country. Surprisingly, Zynga saw the most traffic growth over the period.

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Apple's and Samsung's lawsuits in visual form
Confused at who's suing whom? There are only two companies in the mix, but the list of courts and claims involved is already getting fairly complicated. A new chart helps explain where things are headed.

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HBO streaming content comes to Dish Online
Also available to Dish Online customers is Cinemax content via Max Go. In order to access the programming, however, people must already subscribe to HBO and Cinemax.

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LHC's record intensity speeds Higgs search
Squeezing more bunches of protons onto the particle accelerator's beams increases the data-gathering rate--and the odds the Higgs boson will turn up at CERN.

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Kindle app updated for Android Honeycomb tablets
The latest version of the Kindle app for Android devices offers a virtual bookshelf to let people browse for books and a new layout for magazines and newspapers.

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New, more powerful Nintendo console for $400?
The combo of AMD's R700 GPU and a triple-core IBM PowerPC CPU could allow the Wii's successor to accommodate games that are visually superior to those for Xbox 360 and PS3, IGN reports.

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Google talks to Spotify to power music service
The Web titan is unhappy with the terms some record labels are asking to license music for a cloud service, so it's considering whether to partner with Europe's Spotify.

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The Royal Viral Wedding
The Unfollowed Me virus spreads over Twitter, Google Offers is launched in Portland, and the royal wedding has gone so incredibly viral that we figured we should talk about it, too.

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Dish needs more time on Blockbuster stores
Blockbuster has requested the U.S. Bankruptcy Court grant Dish Network an additional 90 days to determine which of the rental chain's stores it wants to maintain leases on.

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New test helps diagnose 'sudden death syndrome'
The Viskin Test, named after a Tel Aviv University cardiologist, is easier, faster, and far less expensive than other screenings, according to new research.

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Samsung countersues Apple over patents
Stung by Apple's charges that it's been copying tablet and smartphone designs, Samsung files several lawsuits to protect its own mobile gadget efforts.

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At Mojave mine, rare earth metals are elemental (photos)
Molycorp breaks ground on a mining facility that taps some of the world's most prized elements, used in the production of everything from hybrid cars to cell phones to hard disk drives.

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On the hunt for green-tech game changers
On Earth Day, CNET looks at one of the central questions around green tech: how quickly green innovations can be developed and put in place on a large scale.

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Where Molycorp mines rare earth elements (panoramas)
Here's a view overlooking Molycorp's facility in Mountain Pass, Calif., the only rare earth element mine in the United States.

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Budget LEDs debut on Amazon
Lighting Science Group to offer LED lightbulbs for $21.98.

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How police have obtained iPhone, iPad tracking logs
It's no secret to police investigators that the Apple iPhone keeps track of its owners' approximate location. And Android devices appear to do the same as well.

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Why the iPhone 5 won't have Verizon 4G (Q&A)
The iPhone 5 isn't likely to get LTE 4G capability because the technology just isn't there yet, according to an analyst who follows the 4G market.

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Apple jumps ahead of Nokia in phone revenue
Despite Apple shipping fewer handsets, new numbers from both companies' recent quarterly earnings point to Apple jumping well ahead of Nokia in terms of revenue in their phone businesses.

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Microsoft names new ad chief, reorganizes division
The hiring of Frank Holland comes a day after Yahoo rips the performance of Microsoft's adCenter technology.

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