IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (THE INQUIRER) 08/12/2011

Texas Instruments introduces multicore Keystone chips for C-RANs

CHIPMAKER Texas Instruments (TI) has expanded its Keystone architecture in order to support cloud radio access networks (C-RANs).

IBM shows off sub-10nm carbon nanotube transistors

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY GIANT IBM has shown off sub-10nm carbon nanotube transistors at the IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting.

AMD lops 800 million transistors from its 8-core Bulldozer chips

CHIP DESIGNER AMD has taken the unusual and embarrassing step of correcting its quoted transistor count for Bulldozer chips from two billion to just 1.2 billion.

Samsung plans to open its first flash chip plant in China

KOREAN ELECTRONICS GIANT Samsung plans to open a fab in China to produce flash memory chips.

Ipcom demands that German retailers halt HTC sales

PATENT COMPANY Ipcom has written to retailers in Germany to demand they stop sales of HTC 3G handsets in Germany.

Triple X web domains go on sale today

THE TRIPLE X web domain names go on sale today at 4pm.

H&M is using fake models, real heads on web site

CLOTHES RETAILER H&M has been criticised for running doctored photos of models to show off its wares.

Talk Talk fails to block Pornhub

BROADBAND PROVIDER Talk Talk has come under fire after its internet filter failed to block one of the web's biggest porn sites.

EU opens ebooks investigation of Apple and five publishers

FRUIT THEMED GADGET FLOGGER Apple and five publishers will be investigated by the European Union (EU) over anti-competitive practices in the ebook market.

Waterstones' MD calls Amazon ‘a devil’

HIGH STREET BOOKSELLER Waterstones has called online book store Amazon "a devil" in a no-holds-barred interview.

India calls for web self-censorship

THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT has called on social networking web sites to help it stop citizens from posting content defamatory to its leaders.

LG Cinema 3D LCD Monitor TV review

Product LG DM2350D Cinema 3D LCD Monitor TV
Website http://www.lg.com/uk
Specifications 23in TN LCD display, 1920x1080 resolution, 16:9 aspect ratio, 5ms response time, 7,000,000:1 contrast ratio, 250cd/m2 brightness, 16.7 million colours, anti-glare, 2D-3D conversion, VGA, two HDMI ports, USB 2.0, Scart, component input, built-in tuner, remote control, 3D glasses
Price £219

US ITC delays Apple HTC case for a week

A DECISION on whether HTC has infringed Apple patents has been delayed for a week until 14 December.

HTC sales drop 30 per cent in November

TAIWANESE SMARTHONE VENDOR HTC has seen its sales fall by 30 per cent in the month of November, ending a streak of strong growth for the company.

LG announces its Xnote Z330 Ultrabook laptop

SMILEY FACED FIRM LG has announced its Xnote Z330, an Ultrabook laptop.

Asda goes dirt cheap on Kobo e-reader

UK SUPERMARKET CHAIN Asda has announced that it will sell the Kobo e-reader at a discount this Christmas season.

Drunken RIM executives removed from plane and payroll

CANADIAN GADGET MAKER Research in Motion (RIM) has parted with two of its executives after they got so drunk that they caused a plane to be diverted.

Court leaks Apple and Samsung case secrets

THE US COURT presiding over the Apple versus Samsung case in the US has mistakenly revealed some details about the litigation that were not meant to be shared.

Xbox 360 dashboard update is delayed

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GAMING CONSOLE MAKER Microsoft has delayed its updated Xbox 360 dashboard rollout.

Opera launches latest version of web browser

WEB BROWSER OUTFIT Opera Software has launched Opera 11.60, touting it as the perfect web browser for the holiday season, particularly since Justin Bieber does not use it.

Cnet is accused of bundling malware with downloads

TECHNOLOGY PUBLISHER Cnet has been accused of bundling malware with the security scanning software Nmap through its Downloads web site.

Battlefield 3 gets its first expansion pack

GAMES DEVELOPER Electronic Arts (EA) has released the first expansion pack for Battlefield 3.

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Thursday, December 8, 2011

IT News Head Lines (THE INQUIRER) 08/12/2011

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