IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (THE INQUIRER) 3/20/2012

AMD's Llano helps claw market share from Intel

CHIPMAKER Intel saw a marginal increase in market share over the course of 2011 as AMD's Fusion chip saw the firm make up ground in the laptop market.

Samsung, LG and Pantec are fined $40m for price fixing

THE KOREAN FAIR TRADE COMMISSION (FTC) handed out $40.1m in fines to the country's three main mobile handset makers and mobile operators for price fixing.

Indian ISPs are ordered to block 104 websites

AN INDIAN COURT has ordered every internet service provider (ISP) in India to block 104 web sites that it claims offer illegal music downloads.

Tech funding guru talks startups, Shazam and the Olympics [Video]

THE INQUIRER visited the Digital London event in the east of the city earlier this week to hear about what's being done to ensure the capital remains a key tech hub in both Europe and the world.

Lulzsec is accused in court

ONE OF THE YOUNG MEN accused of involvement with the Lulzsec hacking spree is up on charges in a UK court today.

Olympics technology special

The Inquirer looks into the technology supporting the London Games 2012
This campaign, which will run throughout the year, will examine the state of our domestic IT industry at a time when the country will be at the centre of global attention.

UK trade watchdog barks at Groupon

THE UK OFFICE OF FAIR TRADING (OFT) has accused 'daily deals' company Mycitydeal Ltd, which trades as Groupon, of breaching consumer protection regulations.

Google faces another privacy probe

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INTERNET SERVICES FIRM Google will be facing more questions over the bug that meant it was tracking Apple Safari users without their permission.

Paypal turns Iphones into credit card readers

ONLINE PAYMENTS PROCESSOR Paypal is putting Iphones and Android smartphones to work by turning them into readers that allow small firms to accept payments from a variety of sources, including credit cards.

Beijing clamps down on micro bloggers

THE GLORIOUS Chinese government is bearing down on the nation's micro bloggers.

Google is preparing to overhaul its search engine

INTERNET SEARCH LEADER Google is about to start using semantic search techniques to produce search results.

BBC prepares an Itunes style download service

THE BBC IS GEARING UP to launch an Itunes style service that will allow punters to download classic shows and keep them permanently for a "relatively modest charge".

Cameron wants to rewrite extradition rules

UK PRIME MINISTER David Cameron will use some of his holiday time with President Obama to discuss the lopsided extradition treaty between the two countries.

European Commission sends a letter to mobile operators over collusion fears

THE EUROPEAN Competition Commission has sent a letter to five of Europe's largest mobile operators asking whether meetings between them amount to collusion.

BBC says it is under cyber attack from Iran

BRITISH BROADCASTER The BBC is claiming to be under a cyber attack directed from Iran.

Virgin Media is tipped for London Underground Olympics WiFi

TELECOM PROVIDER Virgin Media is likely to be supplying the London Underground with wireless internet during the Summer Olympics.

Virgin Media will run London Underground Olympics WiFi

TELECOM PROVIDER Virgin Media is supplying the London Underground with wireless internet during the Summer Olympics.

US FTC drags Apple into Google antitrust probe

SELLER OF SHINY TOYS Apple has been subpoenaed by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) as part of its on-going antitrust investigation of Google.

O'Dwyer will appeal TV Shack extradition

THE MOTHER of the student set to be extradited to the US for posting links to copyrighted material says he will appeal the Home Office decision.

AT&T wants talks with throttled Iphone user

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UNITED STATES TELECOMS FIRM AT&T is ready to settle with the man who took it to court and won after it throttled his Iphone mobile phone service.

Apple’s new Ipad with Retina Display and quad-core graphics hands on

THERE'S BEEN A LOT WRITTEN about Apple's new Ipad. So, on finally getting our hands on one of the devices we were eager to see how it would perform, particularly the apparently world-changing Retina display.

Apple’s new Ipad hands on review

THERE'S BEEN A LOT WRITTEN about Apple's new Ipad. So, on finally getting our hands on one of the devices we were eager to see how it would perform, particularly the apparently world-changing Retina display.

Samsung will bring the Galaxy Ace to the UK

KOREAN PHONE MAKER Samsung is proudly showing off another Android handset, the Galaxy Ace Plus, running Android 2.3 Gingerbread.

Samsung will bring the Galaxy Ace Plus to the UK

KOREAN PHONE MAKER Samsung is proudly showing off another Android handset, the Galaxy Ace Plus, running Android 2.3 Gingerbread.

People are still lining up for Ipads

THE INQUIRER LIKES A LEISURELY LUNCH, so it was not until around 4pm that it found itself wandering towards London Regent's Street Apple store and walking through its doors.

UK aims to recycle precious metals from old phones and laptops

THE UK GOVERNMENT will launch a scheme to prevent "hundreds of millions of pounds" worth of precious metals like gold and platinum from being wasted when old mobile phones and laptops are scrapped.

Man buys an Ipad in London

THE INQUIRER would never recommend getting out of bed while the birds are still warming up, but today is a special occasion and we've been to the Apple store to see who is buying the new Ipad.

New Ipad is on sale

THE LATEST new Ipad is on sale, and the mobile phone floggers have finally released their full pricing options.

Orange, Three and Vodafone confirm Ipad sales

MOBILE PHONE FLOGGERS Orange, Three and Vodafone have selflessly stepped forward to sell Apple's latest Ipad.

Nokia's design chief is focusing on a Windows 8 tablet

RUMOURS that Nokia is in the late stages of developing a Windows 8 tablet are intensifying after the company's chief designer let slip that he is spending about a third of his time on the device.

Four inches is not enough for smartphone users

SMARTPHONES ARE TOO SMALL for people in the US and the UK, and most users are set on devices with at least four inch screens.

Laser 'unprinter' vapourises toner

A TEAM OF BOFFINS at the University of Cambridge have unveiled an "unprinter" that uses lasers to vaporise toner so that text can be burnt off a page, leaving the paper underneath undamaged.

Samsung fails to win a Dutch Apple injunction

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A DUTCH COURT has decided that Korean electronics firm Samsung should not try to push for injunctions on Apple hardware when apparently it is willing to discuss licensing.

Google's Android will overtake Apple's IOS devices by 2015

TOYMAKER FOR THE WELL HEELED Apple will lose its tablet market share crown by 2015, according to IDC.

Microsoft worker tells why he doesn’t like Google

IT IS USUALLY THE FIRM that provides a reference for its ex-staffers, but someone at Microsoft is looking to change that.

Apple will start selling new Ipad at 8am Friday

MAKER OF SHINY TOYS Apple has announced that the new Ipad will be available from 8am on Friday 16 March in the UK.

Apple will start selling the new Ipad at 8am Friday

MAKER OF SHINY TOYS Apple has announced that the new Ipad will be available from 8am local time on Friday 16 March in the UK, the US and various other regions.

Toshiba announces 90MB/s Exceria SD card

JAPANESE MEMORY MAKER Toshiba has launched a range of SDHC memory cards that tops out at over 90MB/s bandwidth.

HTC details its Android 4.0 updates

TAIWANESE PHONE MAKER HTC has published the list of mobile devices it will treat to a lick of Google's Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system.

Red Hat releases Jboss beta software

LINUX DISTRIBUTOR Red Hat has released beta versions of Jboss Enterprise Application Platform 6 (JEAP) and JBoss Developer Studio 5 claiming lower development times for misson critical applications.

Sophos warns about a fresh Windows exploit

SECURITY FIRM Sophos has already found an exploit in the wild for the serious Windows vulnerability that Microsoft warned about earlier this week.

Apple's slide-to-unlock case against Samsung is suspended

SHINY TOY MAKER Apple has had its slide-to-unlock lawsuit against Samsung suspended pending the outcome of a separate lawsuit.

British tablet users prefer to buy news and music

BRITISH TABLET OWNERS pay for news and music, shunning magazines and television shows, movies and books.

Sourceforge pulls down the Anonymous OS

OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE DISTRIBUTOR Sourceforge has removed the controversial Anonymous operating system (OS) from its web site.

Google asks for delay of Android trial

SOFTWARE DEVELOPER Google has received permission to request a delay in its trial with Oracle over allegations of Java patent and copyright infringement.

FBI wants a warrant to unlock an Android phone

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A SECURITY RESEARCHER has discovered that the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is seeking a warrant to let it unlock an alleged gang member's phone.

Microsoft shows off Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 8 Metro

SOFTWARE REDEVELOPER Microsoft has talked up its Internet Explorer 10 web browser in the Metro user interface, saying it improves web browsing based on touch input.

Sarkozy urges the French government to tax Google, Facebook and Twitter

FRENCH PRESIDENT Nicolas Sarkozy said he wants large internet firms to pay taxes in France.

Mozilla will start silent updates in Firefox 13

SOFTWARE DEVELOPER Mozilla has said that it will begin silent updates to its Firefox web browser to avoid "update fatigue".

Hacktivists denounce 'Anonymous' operating system

AN OPERATING SYSTEM (OS) that supposedly comes from the hacktivist group Anonymous has been denounced by the hackers, who are calling it a fake.

Google aims to improve the UK mobile web with Getmo

SOFTWARE DEVELOPER Google has brought to the UK a campaign to help firms spiff up their mobile web presentations.

Microsoft's Windows Remote Desktop bug is rated critical

SOFTWARE TINKERER Microsoft has revealed details of a security flaw that can let attackers potentially bypass firewalls and allow remote code execution on a swathe of Windows operating systems from Windows XP SP3 up to Windows 7.

Judge sets trial date for Oracle's Android lawsuit against Google

ENTERPRISE VENDOR Oracle is finally able to pencil in its day in court with Google over alleged patent and copyright infringement after the judge said the trial will begin in April.

Tesco web blunder offers new Ipads for £49.99

UK SUPERMARKET Tesco has incurred the wrath of Apple fanbois after refusing to honour adverts for the new Ipad on its web site that were incorrectly priced at £49.99.

Google will develop a Metro version of Chrome

SOFTWARE DEVELOPER Google is working on a Windows 8 Metro version of its Chrome web browser.

Encyclopaedia Britannica axes paper volumes

MARKING A MILESTONE in publishing history, the company behind Encyclopaedia Britannica has after 244 years decided to drop physical books made from dead trees and offer the reference work only in digital form.

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IT News Head Lines (THE INQUIRER) 3/20/2012

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