Wednesday, April 6, 2011

IT News HeadLines (THE INQUIRER) 05/04/2011




Texas Instruments will buy National Semiconductor for $6.5 billion
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CHIPMAKER Texas Instruments (TI) will buy National Semiconductor for $6.5 billion, subject to closing conditions.




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AMD starts shipping 32nm Llano APU chips
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CHIP DESIGNER AMD has announced it is shipping Llano A-series chips to OEMs.




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AMD will pay Global Foundries for good 32nm chips
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CHIP DESIGNER AMD has tweaked its deal with Global Foundries for production of 32nm chips.




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Vengeful geek allegedly hacked Gucci
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A FORMER EMPLOYEE at the fashion house Gucci faces possible prison time for allegedly tampering with its computer network after being fired from the company.




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Windows PCs can be compromised by an IPv6 flaw
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AN INSECURITY RESEARCHER has revealed that IPv6 can enable 'man in the middle attacks' on Windows PCs.




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Nintendo 3DS problems lead to refund headaches
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EARLY BUYERS of Nintendo 3DS consoles who have found that gaming sessions lead to violent bouts of sickness are disappointed that this does not qualify them for refunds.




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AMD releases a midrange Radeon HD6790 video card
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CHIP DESIGNER AMD has dropped the Radeon HD6790 into its already crowded midrange line up.




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Seagate launches a Goflex Slim external hard drive
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STORAGE MAKER Seagate has launched its latest 320GB external Goflex Slim hard drive.




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Windows PCs can be compromised by an IPv6 flaw
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AN INSECURITY RESEARCHER has revealed that IPv6 can enable 'man in the middle attacks' on Windows PCs.




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Cisco announces Linksys routers and switches
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NETWORK EQUIPMENT MAKER Cisco has announced an updated range of Linksys wireless routers and switches.




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The Commodore 64 is back from the dead
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THE ANCIENT Commodore 64 is back from the dead and like all good zombies it is apparently "better than ever".




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Microsoft releases an updated Xbox 360 Development Kit
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GAMES CONSOLE VENDOR Microsoft has released an updated Xbox Development Kit console, which is a beefed-up Xbox 360 console with additional RAM, flash memory, hard disk space and a smaller size and price.




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HTC Desire S review
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Product HTC Desire S
Website http://www.htc.com
Specifications 1GHz processor, 768MB RAM, 1.1GB storage, 3.7-inch 480x800 display, 5MP rear and VGA front cameras, Android 2.3 Gingerbread, HTC Sense 2.1, 59.8x115x11.63mm, 130g.
Price £399 SIM free




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Iphone users are in the red
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USERS OF SHINY Iphones are often to be found lurking in the red part of their overdraft facility, according to a particularly intrusive survey carried out by Yougov on behalf of a public relations firm engaged by a banking software group.




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Nintendo 3DS problems lead to refund headaches
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EARLY BUYERS of Nintendo 3DS consoles who have found that gaming sessions lead to violent bouts of sickness are disappointed that this does not qualify them for refunds.




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Google bids on Nortel's patent portfolio
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INTERNET GIANT Google has bid on a large patent portfolio owned by the bankrupt Canadian telecommunications equipment firm Nortel, citing litigation defence and plans to aid the open source community as reasons for the decision.




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Larry Page takes charge at Google
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GOOGLE CO-FOUNDER Larry Page has taken over as CEO at the firm, assuming the role vacated by Eric Schmidt.


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