IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (THE INQUIRER) 14/04/2011

AMD puts USB 3.0 into its Fusion chipsets
THE INQUIRER
CHIP DESIGNER AMD has become the first major PC chip vendor to support the USB 3.0 interface.

Intel's Atom banks on Windows 7 for tablet success
THE INQUIRER
THE LAUNCH of Intel's Atom Z670 chip marks a watershed moment for the chipmaker as it tries to grapple with the growth of tablet devices in the so-called 'post-PC era'.

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.

Head of Intel's mobility group takes a walk
THE INQUIRER
CHIPMAKER Intel has lost its SVP and general manager of the Ultra Mobility Group (UMG), Anand Chandrasekher.

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

Toshiba's chip plan restarts after earthquake and tsunami
THE INQUIRER
JAPANESE ELECTRONICS GIANT Toshiba's main NAND facility in Yokkaichi near Tokyo shut down only briefly due to the earthquake suffered by the island nation over the weekend.

Toshiba's chip plant restarts after earthquake and tsunami
THE INQUIRER
JAPANESE ELECTRONICS GIANT Toshiba's main NAND facility in Yokkaichi near Tokyo shut down only briefly due to the earthquake suffered by the island nation over the weekend.

Microsoft launches a Street View style service
THE INQUIRER
SOFTWARE OUTFIT Microsoft is following Google's Street View cars by rolling out a competing service.

US privacy bill aims to tighten data collection and storage rules
THE INQUIRER
US SENATORS John Kerry and John McCain introduced a privacy bill on Tuesday that if passed would require companies to disclose when personal data is collected and force them to keep it under wraps.

EU Parliament decides to open up radio spectrum for free use
THE INQUIRER
THE EUROPEAN UNION PARLIAMENT has adopted amendments to the European Union Spectrum Policy that allows free use of airwaves by citizens.

BT and Phorm won't be prosecuted for invading privacy
THE INQUIRER
IT LOOKS LIKE big business has won out over your privacy rights again, with BT and Phorm escaping prosecution for using sneaky software that gathered information from your web browser without you knowing.

Big media propose a scheme to block 'pirate' websites
THE INQUIRER
THE BIG MEDIA CARTELS are proposing a scheme that will encourage broadband providers to block websites that they claim facilitate illegal filesharing of music tracks, films and other content.

Government will pay £142,000 a year for a 'Twitter Tsar'
THE INQUIRER
THE UK GOVERNMENT will pay someone £142,000 a year to be a so-called "Twitter Tsar".

Network firewalls are under threat due to device security flaws
THE INQUIRER
THOSE IN CHARGE of network firewalls should be on high alert, as a report claims that there are major security flaws in some of the most popular devices used today.

Motorola Xoom hands-on review
THE INQUIRER
THE INQUIRER tested out Motorola's Xoom tablet, its effort to rival Apple's Ipad 2, at The Gadget Show in Birmingham yesterday and we think it's got a good chance of doing well and challenging Apple's dominance in the tablet market.

Acer Iconia Tab A100 video demo
THE INQUIRER
TAIWANESE HARDWARE OUTFIT Acer has given The INQUIRER a video demo of its 7-inch Android tablet that wasn't on show at a briefing last month.

Toshiba announces self-wiping hard drives
THE INQUIRER
JAPANESE COMPUTER AND ELECTRONICS MAKER Toshiba has announced a series of self-encrypting hard drives that can wipe data if security is compromised, which it claims is a world first.

Motorola Xoom tablet video demo
THE INQUIRER
THE INQUIRER left its towers in London and headed to Birmingham yesterday for this year's Gadget Show Live where we got to take a look at Motorola's tablet, the Xoom.

Motorola Xoom video demo
THE INQUIRER
THE INQUIRER left its towers in London and headed to Birmingham yesterday for this year's Gadget Show Live where we got to take a look at Motorola's tablet, the Xoom.

HTC announces the Sensation smartphone
THE INQUIRER
TAIWANESE SMARTPHONE MAKER HTC has announced its latest smartphone, the Sensation.

HTC Sensation video demo
THE INQUIRER

Cisco brings down the curtain on Flip
THE INQUIRER
HARDWARE MAKER Cisco will shut down its Flip video camera business and lay off 550 staff as part of the firm's plans to turn its fortunes around.

Modder catches Steam game mod thieves
THE INQUIRER
FAMED HALF-LIFE 2 MODDER Garry Newman set up a system to ensnare 'pirates' downloading dodgy copies on Valve's Steam games distribution service.

Zynga will shutter the Flock web browser
THE INQUIRER
THE CHROMIUM BASED web browser Flock will be discontinued later this month.

VLC player updated to fix major security loophole
THE INQUIRER
VIDEO SOFTWARE FIRM Videolan has released an update to its VLC player that addresses a major security loophole and a number of other issues.

Microsoft launches Internet Explorer 10 preview
THE INQUIRER
SOFTWARE FLOGGER Microsoft has revealed the first preview of its Internet Explorer 10 (IE10) web browser, which boasts the CSS3 features gradients, multi-column, flexible box and grid layouts as well as full hardware acceleration.

Microsoft fixes Pwn2own Internet Explorer hole
THE INQUIRER
THIS MONTH'S Microsoft Patch Tuesday fixed a vulnerability in Internet Explorer used by hackers to win last month's Pwn2own hacking contest, along with 63 other flaws in Microsoft software.

Microsoft fixes Pwn2own Internet Explorer holes
THE INQUIRER
THIS MONTH'S Microsoft Patch Tuesday fixed a vulnerability in Internet Explorer used by hackers to win last month's Pwn2own hacking contest, along with 63 other flaws in Microsoft software.

Google adds pagination to Google Docs
THE INQUIRER
SOFTWARE HOUSE Google has added pagination to the latest version of Google Docs, its web-based word processing rival to Microsoft Word.

Nvidia brings a 3D Vision web streaming plug-in to Silverlight
THE INQUIRER
CHIP DESIGNER Nvidia has announced that it will be freely distributing its 3D Vision video player software to web designers, allowing websites to stream 3D video.

Microsoft's Bing numbers are up
THE INQUIRER
INTERNET SEARCH OUTFIT Microsoft has seen Bing grab 30 per cent market share.

Google's secrets will be revealed in book
THE INQUIRER
DETAILS ABOUT GOOGLE'S poor relationships with Apple and China will be revealed in a book set for release next week.

Google's secrets will be revealed in a book
THE INQUIRER
DETAILS ABOUT GOOGLE'S poor relationships with Apple and China will be revealed in a book set for release next week.

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Thursday, April 14, 2011

IT News Head Lines (THE INQUIRER) 14/04/2011

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