IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (THE INQUIRER) 13/09/2011

USPTO decides two Rambus patents are invalid
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PATENT BULLY Rambus has suffered a blow in its never ending battle against hardware designers as the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has declared two of its patents invalid.

Talktalk rubbishes BT broadband stance
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UK MOBILE AND BROADBAND firm Talktalk has accused BT of making a lot of noise about its investment without actually doing anything of merit.

Globalsign finds no PKI compromise
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SSL SECURITY VENDOR Globalsign, the world's fifth largest digital certificate authority (CA), has announced that did not identify any security breach of its public key infrastructure during a recent audit.

The Guardian pulls its 9/11 Twitter feed
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UK NEWS OUTLET The Guardian was forced to close a special Twitter account it set up for reporting the 10-year anniversary of the September 11 attacks after it caused outrage on the micro-blogging network.

Anonymous mugshots are leaked
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SUSPECTED MEMBERS of hacktivist group Anonymous have been identified on a US political web site, which shortly after posting suffered a denial of service attack.

Linux Foundation servers were hacked
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UNIDENTIFIED HACKERS managed to break into the Linux Foundation servers hosting linux.com and linuxfoundation.org. The incident has led to significant and ongoing downtime while the Linux Foundation rebuilds the servers.

Amazon digital lending service rumoured
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ONLINE BOOKSELLER Amazon is close to launching a digital book lending service in an attempt to mimic public libraries, except not free.

US needs better cyber defence
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PATCH AND PRAY businesses need better cyber intelligence and protection in the US, according to a study from the Intelligence and National Security Alliance.

Fusion Garage Grid 10 tablet will cost £259
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TABLET MAKER Fusion Garage has confirmed UK pricing for its Grid 10 tablet and announced that its smartphone will soon be coming to the UK.

Selling fake Cisco gear nets woman a five year prison term
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SELLING KNOCKOFFS of Cisco networking gear has landed Chun-Yu Zhao a five year stint in prison and a $2.7m fine.

Samsung might not make Windows phones after 2012
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KOREAN ELECTRONICS GIANT Samsung might stop making smartphones that run Windows Phone 7 (WP7) or later at the end of 2012, according to a company close to the firm.

Supercomputer predicts a riot
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SOMEWHERE OUT THERE is a computer that can tell you which way the wind is blowing.

Twitter sues Twittad for ownership of ‘tweet’
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MICRO-BLOGGING WEB SITE Twitter is suing advertising company Twittad over the term 'tweet', even though the latter actually coined the term.

FBI investigates NBC News Twitter account hack
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THE G-MEN of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) are investigating the hacking of US television broadcaster NBC's Twitter account.

Larry Ellison and Larry Page will appear at Android settlement talks
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TWO OF THE BIGGEST NAMES in information technology, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison and Google CEO Larry Page, will have to appear at mediation talks over Oracle's patent lawsuit against Google's Android operating system.

Microsoft will overhaul Hotmail
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SOFTWARE GIANT Microsoft will launch a major overhaul of its Hotmail email service next month.

Bartz resigns from Yahoo's board
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FORMER YAHOO CEO Carol Bartz has resigned from the company's board of directors following her abrupt dismissal as CEO last week.

HTC is considering buying an operating system
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TAIWANESE SMARTPHONE MAKER HTC has let slip that it is considering buying an operating system, which could put it in direct competition with its partners Google and Microsoft.

SAP will plead guilty in Tomorrownow criminal case
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GERMAN SOFTWARE HAUS SAP will plead guilty to settle criminal charges over its now defunct Tomorrownow subsidiary.

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Tuesday, September 13, 2011

IT News Head Lines (THE INQUIRER) 13/09/2011

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