IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (THE INQUIRER) 10/09/2011

Google issues Gmail security advice following SSL attack
THE INQUIRER
GOOGLE IS ADVISING USERS to secure their Gmail accounts after a country-wide man-in-the-middle attack was recently detected in Iran.

Mozilla pressures CAs to audit their own security
THE INQUIRER
FOLLOWING THE RECENT SECURITY BREACH at Dutch certificate authority (CA) Diginotar that resulted in hundreds of rogue certificates being issued by a hacker, Mozilla has instructed all CAs to review the security of their processes and report back on their findings.

Facebook challenger Diaspora is close to launch
THE INQUIRER
THE DEVELOPERS of Diaspora, the more secure and privacy focused social network, are close to launching its web site.

Twitter has 100 million active users
THE INQUIRER
MICRO-BLOGGING SERVICE Twitter has 100 million active users and plans to bombard them with adverts.

Twitter joker Paul Chambers set for appeal
THE INQUIRER
THE MAN sentenced for threatening to blow up an airport on the Twitter micro-blogging service has a High Court appeal date.

FBI Anonymous profiles leaked
THE INQUIRER
HACKTIVIST GROUP Anonymous has leaked a document it claims contains US government dossiers on its leaders.

Intel plans to show it's still the x86 CPU king
THE INQUIRER
IDF 2011
YET ANOTHER cool San Francisco September comes, and with it another annual Intel Developer Forum. This is a special year for The INQUIRER at IDF as two of us hacks will be covering it. Let's have a quick look what to expect on the processor front, where Intel still considers itself the king.

Seagate Goflex Satellite 500GB hard drive
THE INQUIRER

Product Seagate Goflex Satellite
Website Seagate
Specifications500GB, USB 3.0, 802.11 b/g/n, WPA security, supports Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP and Mac OS X 10.5.8 or later, 267g, five hours continuous streaming, 25 hours standby time, 120x90x22mm, 267g
Price £180

PC World and Currys offer more HP Touchpad deals in the UK
THE INQUIRER
MAKER OF EXPENSIVE PRINTER INK HP's Touchpad tablet is back on sale in the UK for £249 with bundles of accessories.

White Playstation 3 will tip up on 1 November
THE INQUIRER
GAMING RETAILER Gamestop.co.uk is taking pre-orders for a white version of Sony's Playstation 3 (PS3) priced at £249.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 injunction holds up in Germany
THE INQUIRER
KOREAN ELECTRONICS MAKER Samsung will not be allowed to sell its Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Germany after a Duesseldorf regional court upheld a preliminary injunction.

HP Pre 3 smartphone is sold out
THE INQUIRER
Exclusive
MAKER OF EXPENSIVE PRINTER INK HP has sold out of its Azerty keyboard Pre 3 smartphone that it put back on sale only yesterday.

Google reveals its huge energy use in carbon report
THE INQUIRER
INTERNET SEARCH GIANT Google has revealed its energy footprint for the first time, and we doubt that it could buy its sandals off the shelf.

Google's Nexus Prime is on its way
THE INQUIRER
ONLINE SEARCH GIANT Google's upcoming Nexus Prime smartphone could be with us in the next two months and will be made by Samsung.

Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray goes on sale
THE INQUIRER
PHONE MAKER Sony Ericsson's Xperia Ray smartphone is now available to buy online.

Waterstones will sell an e-reader
THE INQUIRER
UK HIGH STREET BOOKSELLER Waterstones will sell its own tablet style e-reader device to compete with Amazon's Kindle.

Workers plan a giant strike at Fujitsu
THE INQUIRER
WORKERS AT IT SERVICES FIRM Fujitsu will go out on strike next week over pay and working conditions.

Android app downloads to double Apple's by 2016
THE INQUIRER
ANDROID WILL DOMINATE the app market in five years' time when its volume of apps downloads will be nearly double those of Apple, analyst firm Ovum predicts.

Adobe releases Flash Media Server 4.5
THE INQUIRER
SOFTWARE HOUSE Adobe has released Adobe Flash Media Server (FMS) 4.5 featuring video source delivery on Apple devices.

Microsoft promises fast boot times for Windows 8
THE INQUIRER
SOFTWARE OUTFIT Microsoft is talking up fast boot times for its next PC operating system, Windows 8, and the first demos are impressive.

Business Software Alliance calls out global thieves
THE INQUIRER
ACCORDING TO SOFTWARE COMPANY WATCHDOG the Business Software Alliance, about half of the people on the planet have stolen from its members.

Microsoft’s Hotmail and Windows Live knocked offline
THE INQUIRER
SOFTWARE HOUSE Microsoft watched as its online services including Hotmail went down for a few hours last night.

Carol Bartz shoots back at Yahoo board
THE INQUIRER
FORMER CEO of Yahoo Carol Bartz has given a profanity laced interview about being fired from the internet portal and advertising firm.

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Saturday, September 10, 2011

IT News Head Lines (THE INQUIRER) 10/09/2011

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