Wednesday, November 30, 2011

IT News Head Lines (THE INQUIRER) 30/11/2011





ST-Ericsson annoints its third CEO in three years

CHIPMAKER ST-Ericsson has announced that its COO Didier Lamouche will step up to the CEO role from December.





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ST-Ericsson anoints its third CEO in three years

CHIPMAKER ST-Ericsson has announced that its COO Didier Lamouche will step up to the CEO role from December.



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AT&T threatens to sue the FCC after withdrawing its application to buy T-Mobile USA

AGGRESSIVE TELECOM AT&T has threatened the US Federal Communication Commission (FCC) with legal proceedings if it ignores the company's decision to withdraw its application to buy T-Mobile USA.





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Australian ISPs move to tackle ‘piracy’

THE FIVE major Australian ISPs have revealed plans to cut down on online copyright infringement.





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Anonymous and Team Poison start Op Robin Hood

HACKERS Team Poison have joined forces with Anonymous to launch Operation Robin Hood, an assault on banks that should see funds channeled back to the disenfranchised 99 per cent.





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The UK could get a Privacy Commissioner

THE UNITED KINGDOM could get a dedicated Privacy Commissioner, according to a tabled discussion in the House of Lords.





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Facebook faces European data audit

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PEOPLE DATABASE Facebook is due a visit from European regulators who are concerned about the way that it can see what people think, see and do.





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Hard drive prices double after Thai floods

HARD DISK DRIVE (HDD) prices have more than doubled in the six weeks between 1 October and 14 November after the floods in Thailand.





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Dell fails to remove misleading ad images

TIN BOX FLOGGER Dell has reacted to its own misleading advertisement, thanked us for bringing it to its attention, and removed it, the firm has claimed.





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Apple made half of UK smartphone sales in October

FLOGGER OF EXPENSIVE GADGETS Apple accounted for nearly half of smartphone sales in October as it launched the Iphone 4S, according to data from Kantar Worldpanel Com Tech.





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Unofficial fix for Galaxy Nexus volume bug is leaked

AN UNOFFICIAL fix for the volume bug that is plaguing Samsung's Galaxy Nexus smartphone has been leaked.





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Ministry of Defence loses 15 laptops a month

THE UNITED KINGDOM'S Ministry of Defence (MoD) either loses or has stolen from it around 15 laptops a month.





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Google seeks European Commission approval for Motorola Mobility deal

INTERNET GIANT Google is seeking approval from the European Commission (EC) for its proposed buyout of mobile device company Motorola Mobility.





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Blur bassist offers Windows phone rewards

CHEESE FANATIC AND OCCASIONAL BASSIST Alex James is the creative director for a social networking gadget on Windows Phone and has ushered in a competition that does not sound very tempting at all.





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Blur bassist offers Windows Phone rewards

CHEESE FANATIC AND OCCASIONAL BASSIST Alex James is the creative director for a social networking gadget on Windows Phone and has ushered in a competition that does not sound very tempting at all.



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HTC talks itself up after sales slump forecast

TAIWANESE PHONE MAKER HTC has announced that it plans to launch several more handsets early next year, despite having forecasted a sales slump last week.





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Best Buy UK starts closing down sale

ELECTRONICS RETAILER Best Buy has started the closing down process that will end with it leaving the UK.





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Linux Mint 12 is released with two desktops

LINUX ORGANISATION Linux Mint has released Lisa, the 12th version of its distribution.





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ARM releases a free Android code optimiser and debugging environment

CHIP DESIGNER ARM has released a free Android application developer toolkit to optimise code for its processors.





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13 million Korean gamers get hacked

THIRTEEN MILLION Korean gamers might be open to data abuse after hackers broke into gaming outfit Nexon and plucked their Maple Story credentials.





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