Tuesday, April 5, 2011

IT News HeadLines (THE INQUIRER) 04/04/2011




Silicon Blue spills 40nm mobile FPGA roadmap
THE INQUIRER

CUSTOM MOBILE DEVICE FIRM Silicon Blue has revealed its 40nm mobile FPGA (field-programmable gate array) roadmap.




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Banks hit by 'biggest name and email address heist in US history'
THE INQUIRER

BIG US BANKS JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup and US Bank are just three of the companies affected by a massive data breach at online marketing firm Epsilon.




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BT will roll out copper broadband to 80 per cent of UK
THE INQUIRER

UK TELCO British Telecom (BT) has promised to deliver copper broadband to 80 per cent of the UK by the end of 2011.




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Google fights SSL certificate hackers
THE INQUIRER

INTERNET GIANT Google has revealed efforts it is making to secure the Internet's public key infrastructure, after one of its Secure Socket Layers (SSL) certificates was issued fraudulently last month.




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Nintendo sold 113,000 3DS consoles in the UK
THE INQUIRER

JAPANESE GAMES VENDOR Nintendo has shifted a shedload of its 3DS console in its opening few days.




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Acer A100 to come early while Sony joins the tablet fray
THE INQUIRER

HARDWARE MAKER Acer's Iconia Tab A100 tablet is available for pre-order for £299 with a release date of 20 April, while Sony is about to join the tablet rush.




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Apple's Iphone 5 and Ipod Touch will get better cameras
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JAPANESE ELECTRONICS OUTFIT Sony is getting the credit for boosting the camera performance of the upcoming Iphone 5 after its chief boasted that it is helping the fruit themed firm lead the mobile photo snapper market.




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Yahoo and Microsoft CEOs lose approval as Google and Apple leaders top polls
THE INQUIRER

EMPLOYEES AT Yahoo and Microsoft have dealt their CEOs low approval ratings but staff at Google and Apple couldn't be much happier.




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Apple's Ipad 2 sees high demand in the afterlife
THE INQUIRER

IN MALAYSIA Apple's Ipad 2 has become a popular gift in the afterlife, leading to shortages for those who have passed on, according to a report by Reuters.




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Anonymous calls out Sony over its treatment of hacker geohot
THE INQUIRER

ONLINE HACKTIVIST GROUP Anonymous has turned its attention and resources to Sony after the Japanese firm took heavy handed legal action against security hacker George Hotz.




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Apple's IOS 4.3.1 has been jailbroken
THE INQUIRER

DEVELOPERS have cracked the latest version of Apple's IOS, allowing users to load applications from third party sources.




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Rockmelt adds Facebook chat and real time Twitter to social browser
THE INQUIRER

WEB BROWSER OUTFIT Rockmelt has applied an update to its namesake product beta and promised that its already social notworking friendly web browser is now faster and a lot more relevant.


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Rockmelts adds Facebook chat and real time Twitter to social browser
THE INQUIRER

WEB BROWSER OUTFIT Rockmelt has applied an update to its namesake product beta and promised that its already social notworking friendly web browser is now faster and a lot more relevant.




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Microsoft is testing a ribbon interface in Windows 8
THE INQUIRER

SOFTWARE FLOGGER Microsoft is planning to bring its controversial ribbon interface to Windows 8.




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Android rules a third of the smartphone market
THE INQUIRER

THE OPEN SOURCE mobile operating system Android now accounts for a third of total smartphone marketshare, according to the latest report by Comscore.




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Mozilla cracks down on slow add-ons
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SOFTWARE MAKER Mozilla is cracking down on slow add-ons that increase the start-up time of Firefox.




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