IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (THE INQUIRER) 28/04/2011

Kingston announces Hyperx Plug and Play memory
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MEMORY VENDOR Kingston has announced its high performance DDR3 Hyperx Plug and Play memory starting from £39.

Kingston announces Hyper X Plug and Play memory
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MEMORY VENDOR Kingston has announced its high performance DDR3 Hyper X Plug and Play memory starting from £39.

ARM posts strong financial results for Q1
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CHIP DESIGN HOUSE ARM has posted its financial results for the first quarter of 2011, revealing significant increases in revenue and profit.

AMD posts disappointing Q1 financial results
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CHIP DESIGNER AMD has released its financial results for the first quarter of 2011, with somewhat disappointing figures.

Intel's Atom banks on Windows 7 for tablet success
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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'.

UK is rubbish for broadband
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CLOUD OUTFIT Akamai Technologies says that England is falling behind the world and dog when it comes to broadband penetration.

Google's Chrome deals with Flash cookie privacy
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THE LATEST VERSION of Google's Chrome web browser has made it much easier to delete user behavioural information, but there's still word on whether it will provide a 'Do Not Track' feature like those already offered by Firefox and Internet Explorer.

FBI is on high alert over a million dollar Chinese cyber crime operation
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CYBER CRIMINALS with access to Chinese bank accounts have robbed US businesses of millions in dollars in the past 12 months by using malware that scarfs up banking details.

FBI is on high alert over a multi million dollar Chinese cyber crime operation
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CYBER CRIMINALS with access to Chinese bank accounts have robbed US businesses of millions in dollars in the past 12 months by using malware that scarfs up banking details.

Customer details stolen in Sony Playstation Network debacle
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ONLINE GAMING OUTFIT Sony has suffered a severe security breach on its Playstation Network and Qriocity services that has compromised users' personal data including passwords and credit card details.

Superman and Rufio are in the 'Love Bug' computer virus movie
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FORMER SUPERMAN actor Dean Cain and Dante Basco, who played Rufio in Steven Spielberg's Peter Pan flick, are starring in a computer virus inspired movie that starts showing this weekend.

Skype kicks off an Android and Iphone video calling service
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A RECENT ACQUISITION by Skype, Qik has updated its video calling software for Android phones and added the ability to connect to Iphone users.

Iran investigates Stars virus
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IRANIAN AUTHORITIES are investigating a fresh malware threat that has hit its government systems, it is too early to compare it with last year's Stuxnet attack and details about the incident are currently slight.

Right wing extremist opposes Net Neutrality
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US IDEALOGUE David Barton has come out against Net Neutrality with both testaments blazing.

T-Mobile will pay out $1,000 if an Iphone beats a Galaxy S 4G in a race
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IPHONE OWNERS in Seattle with an idle afternoon to while away can spend it in a T-Mobile retail store pitting their handset against a Samsung Galaxy S 4G smartphone in a speed test.

Asus Eee Pad Transformer video demo
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THE ASUS TRANSFORMER is one of the most exciting tablets to come out this year, running Android Honeycomb with a docking keyboard that turns the tablet into a netbook.

Nintendo 3DS sales are worse than expected
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GAMES CONSOLE MAKER Nintendo has revealed that sales of its 3DS handheld gaming device are lower than expected.

LG announces two 3D monitors
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KOREAN DISPLAY MAKER LG has announced two 3D monitors with updated three dimensional technology to reduce flickering.

Netgear launches a 750Mbps wireless router
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NETWORK KIT MAKER Netgear has released a dual band wireless router claiming up to 750Mbps throughput.

Netgear readies dual-band 750Mbps wireless router
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NETWORK KIT MAKER Netgear has released a dual band wireless router claiming up to 750Mbps throughput.

Sony confirms two Android tablets for this year
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JAPANESE ELECTRONICS GIANT Sony has announced it will produce two Android tablets that it will release this Autumn.

Nintendo's handheld 3DS is in a UK price war
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JAPANESE GAMING VENDOR Nintendo has seen UK retail giants undercutting each other to sell the cheapest 3DS handheld console on the shores of Blighty for Easter.

RIM's Playbook fails to sell
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BLACKBERRY MAKER Research In Motion (RIM) has launched its PlayBook tablet, which it hopes will rival the success of the Ipad, but initial sales reports suggest that the device isn't exactly flying off the shop shelves.

RIM's Playbook tablet fails to set the world on fire
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BLACKBERRY MAKER Research In Motion (RIM) has launched its PlayBook tablet, however, initial reports suggest that the device isn't exactly flying off shop shelves.

Apple denies tracking Iphone users
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TOY MAKER FOR THE WELL HEELED Apple has claimed that has it has never tracked the location of Iphones, responding to reports that Apple's IOS was tracking users' locations.

Barnes and Noble claims Microsoft Nokia patent pact is illegal
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BOOKSELLER Barnes and Noble has filed an explosive rebuttal to Microsoft's lawsuit alleging patent infringement in its Nook e-reader by claiming that Microsoft has illegally entered an anti-competitive, abusive agreement with Nokia to combine patent portfolios.

Nokia outsources Symbian development and support to Accenture
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FINNISH PHONE MAKER Nokia has announced plans to outsource Symbian development and support to the IT management consulting firm Accenture.

Red Hat Linux enjoys bumper growth
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OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE OUTFIT Red Hat out-performed its rivals in operating system revenue growth with its Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) distribution.

Microsoft admits that Windows Phone 7 collects location data
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SOFTWARE OUTFIT Microsoft has admitted that Windows Phone 7 (WP7) tracks users' locations.

Amazon fights for the right to use 'App Store'
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ONLINE BOOKSELLER Amazon is fighting back against Apple for its right to use the name "App Store", which Apple has claimed is one of its trademarks.

Google's Android is more desirable than Apple's IOS
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APPLE FANBOISM is losing out according to figures released by Nielsen that show Android devices are more desirable than ones running Apple's IOS.

T-Mobile suspends its Skype-like Facebook app
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MOBILE OPERATOR T-Mobile has temporarily suspended Bobsled, its free voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) calling service for Facebook.

Amazon datacentres are back online after a long outage
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ONLINE RETAILER AND WEB HOST Amazon has finally brought its Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) datacentres back online after nearly a week long outage that caused major disruptions to websites around the globe.

Microsoft will give all employees a pay rise
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SOFTWARE HOUSE Microsoft will give all its employees a raise and convert some of their stock options into cash as it tries to hold onto staff.

Firefox 4 passes 100 million downloads mark
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IT'S FULL STEAM AHEAD for Firefox as the latest version of its browser software broke the 100 million downloads milestone over the weekend.

Google, Apple and Microsoft questioned on data tracking
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A NUMBER OF TECHNOLOGY FIRMS including Google, Apple and Microsoft have been questioned over the use of tracking technology in mobile phones that might breach users' privacy.

Google loses a $5 million Linux patent verdict
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SOFTWARE DEVELOPER Google has been found to have infringed a patent held by a private firm with code in its Linux codebase.

Google's showdown with Oracle over Android will go to trial before November
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US DISTRICT COURT JUDGE William Alsup has said that the showdown between Google and Oracle over alleged patent infringement by Google's Android operating system will be held before November.

Apple's IOS holds a massive lead over Google's Android
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SELLER OF SHINY TOYS Apple is still enjoying a significant market share lead over Google's Android operating system in Europe, according to figures from analytics firm Comscore.

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Thursday, April 28, 2011

IT News Head Lines (THE INQUIRER) 28/04/2011

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