IT-Code-News: IT News HeadLines (THE INQUIRER) 08/04/2011

Saturday, April 9, 2011

IT News HeadLines (THE INQUIRER) 08/04/2011

Lucid announces Radeon HD6000 series support for Virtu
THE INQUIRER

SOFTWARE DEVELOPER Lucid has announced that its Virtu GPU virtualisation software has been validated to run on Intel's Sandy Bridge chips and AMD's Radeon HD6000 series GPUs.

Elpida launches 4Gb DDR2 for smartphones and tablets
THE INQUIRER

MEMORY MAKER Elpida has announced it has developed a 4Gb low voltage DDR2 mobile RAM module.

HTC shows bumper revenue and profits growth in 2011
THE INQUIRER

TAIWANESE SMARTPHONE MAKER HTC has announced bumper financial results thanks to a near three-fold growth in revenues.

Linksys E4200 WiFi router review
THE INQUIRER

Product Linksys E4200 WiFi router
Website www.linksys.co.uk
Specifications Dual-band, dual-radio 802.11a/b/g/n WiFi router, 4 x Gigabit Ethernet LAN ports, 1 x Gigabit WAN port, dimensions 225x25x160mm, weight 355g
Price £169.99

Virgin Media fails to fix user emails
THE INQUIRER

USERS OF Virgin Media's webmail system are still locked out of their accounts, despite the problems having existed for weeks.

US satellite subscribers get offered free guns
THE INQUIRER

DOWNMARKET US RETAILER Radio Shack and Dish Network electronics and satellite TV stores are offering first time subscribers the chance to watch extra-terrestrial television and, possibly, shoot out the screen if they don't like what they see.

Russian president blasts Livejournal cyber attackers
THE INQUIRER

RUSSIAN PRESIDENT Dmitry Medvedev used his Livejournal blog to aim his venom against cyber attackers targeting the website.

Government will pay آ£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".

Larry Page ties Google bonuses to its social notworking strategy
THE INQUIRER

THE RECENTLY ASCENDED CEO of the Internet and online advertising giant Google, Larry Page is tying the company's 2011 bonuses to the success of its social notworking strategy.

Time Warner goes to court over Ipad TV streaming
THE INQUIRER

US CABLE TV GIANT Time Warner Cable has gone to court to establish that it has the rights to distribute television programmes over unconventional media such as the Ipad.

Anonymous says taking down Playstation Network is not a good idea
THE INQUIRER

INTERNET HACKTIVIST GROUP Anonymous has put a temporary halt to its operation against Sony.

BT announces more high speed broadband exchanges
THE INQUIRER

DOMINANT UK TELCO British Telecom (BT) has added another 156 exchanges to its list of rural areas that are set for installation of high speed Internet connections.

Godaddy is fingered for dodgy SSL certificates
THE INQUIRER

MANY CERTIFICATION AUTHORITIES (CAs) are failing at their job of validating the identity of secure web servers due to their own insecure practices, according to the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF).

Epsilon email heist was the work of sophisticated cyber thieves'
THE INQUIRER

AN ATTACK that pinched a massive haul of names and email addresses from the marketing firm Epsilon was the work of "sophisticated cyber thieves", according to the company.

Epsilon email heist was the work of sophisticated cyber thieves
THE INQUIRER

AN ATTACK that pinched a massive haul of names and email addresses from the marketing firm Epsilon was the work of "sophisticated cyber thieves", according to the company.

Android to rule nearly half of smartphone market by end of 2012
THE INQUIRER

SOFTWARE SHOP Google's Android operating system will rule nearly half of the smartphone market by the end of 2012, according to the latest report by the dart-throwers at Gartner.

Zomm brings mobile phone Wireless Leash to the UK
THE INQUIRER

GADGET MAKER Zomm has confirmed that its multi-purpose mobile phone accessory, the Wireless Leash, will be available in the UK for £69.95.

HIS upgrades its HD6950 graphics card lineup
THE INQUIRER

CHINESE HARDWARE MAKER Hightech Information System (HIS) has announced its upgraded HD6950 graphics card range will be available from 14 April.

Asus announces an external 3D Blu-ray drive
THE INQUIRER

TAIWANESE HARDWARE FIRM Asus has announced its BW-12D1S-U, an external Blu-ray optical writer drive capable of upscaling to high definition and conversion from 2D to 3D.

Sony PSP will get Music Unlimited service on 14 April
THE INQUIRER

GAMES CONSOLE MAKER Sony has confirmed that its handheld console, the PSP will gain access to its cloud based music service, Music Unlimited, on 14 April.

Facebook open sources its datacentre infrastructure
THE INQUIRER

SOCIAL NOTWORKING OUTFIT Facebook has open sourced its datacentre engineering by publishing the designs and specifications for the power efficient datacentre it is building.

LG LW650T video demo
THE INQUIRER

AT ITS LAUNCH SHOW in Soho today, LG gave The INQUIRER a video demo of its latest LW650T Cinema 3D TV.

LG LW650T 3D TV video demo
THE INQUIRER

AT ITS LAUNCH SHOW in Soho today, LG gave The INQUIRER a video demo of its latest LW650T Cinema 3D TV.

LG launches LW series passive 3D TVs
THE INQUIRER

KOREAN TV MAKER LG has launched its range of LW series Cinema 3D TVs at its show in Soho today, which will be available this month from £649.

Samsung sales down, throws in extra pair of 3D glasses
THE INQUIRER

KOREAN ELECTRONICS GIANT Samsung is trying to salvage falling TV sales by throwing in an extra pair of shutter glasses for its 3D models.

Toshiba Satellite P775 video demo
THE INQUIRER

JAPANESE ELECTRONICS MAKER Toshiba gave The INQUIRER a look at its Satellite P775 laptop with active shutter 3D technology at Toshiba World 2011 in Rome, Italy.

Russia is looking to ban Gmail, Hotmail and Skype
THE INQUIRER

RUSSIAN SECURITY AGENCY and successor to the KGB, the Federal Security Service (FSB) has become "increasingly concerned" with the use of Gmail, Hotmail and Skype in the heart of the fomer Soviet Union, and has called for a ban on all three Internet communications services.

Google allows remote encryption of Android data
THE INQUIRER

SMARTPHONE SOFTWARE DEVELOPER Google has updated parts of its Google Apps service to help Android users safeguard data on their devices.

Sony PSP will get Music Unlimited service on 14 April
THE INQUIRER

GAMES CONSOLE MAKER Sony has confirmed that its handheld console, the PSP will gain access to its cloud based music service, Music Unlimited, on 14 April.

Microsoft will fix 64 flaws with April Patch Tuesday
THE INQUIRER

SOFTWARE BUG FACTORY Microsoft is gearing up to patch a massive 64 security holes in its software next week.

Microsoft launches a Bing app for the Apple Ipad
THE INQUIRER

ME TOO SOFTWARE FIRM Microsoft has launched an Ipad app for its Bing search engine.

Gamers are less likely to go to university
THE INQUIRER

GAMERS ARE LESS LIKELY to go to university, according to researchers at Oxford University, who we assume don't play video games in their spare time.

Google defends its demands regarding Android
THE INQUIRER

SOFTWARE DEVELOPER Google has defended its request to see more information about handset developers' plans for Android.

LG Smart TV video demo
THE INQUIRER

SOHO, LONDON was the setting for LG's launch show today where it displayed its latest range of 3D TVs that feature its own Smart TV interface.

Novell brings .NET and C# to Android developers
THE INQUIRER

SOFTWARE VENDOR Novell has released a software development framework for anyone looking to build Android apps with Microsoft's proprietary .NET language C#.

Microsofts urges WP7 users to be patient for updates
THE INQUIRER

OPERATING SYSTEM DEVELOPER Microsoft has warned Windows Phone 7 (WP7) users not to resort to "homebrew solutions" to get copy and paste functionality on their devices.

Microsofts urges Windows Phone 7 users to wait for official release
THE INQUIRER

OPERATING SYSTEM DEVELOPER Microsoft has warned Windows Phone 7 (WP7) users not to resort to "homebrew solutions" to get the much-touted copy and paste functionality on their devices.

Gnome 3.0 desktop tips up
THE INQUIRER

OPEN SOURCERERS at the Gnome Desktop Project have released Gnome 3.0.

Microsoft announces Office for Mac 2011 SP1
THE INQUIRER

SOFTWARE FLOGGER Microsoft has announced it will release a Service Pack 1 for Office for Mac 2011, which it claims will add extra features and increase stability and security.

Opera Mini now has 100 million monthly users
THE INQUIRER

WEB BROWSER MAKER Opera Software has announced that its mobile browser Opera Mini has 100 million monthly users.

No comments:

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)