Friday, March 30, 2012

IT News Head Lines (THE INQUIRER) 3/30/2012





AMD collaborates with Green Hills to port Integrity real-time OS

CHIP DESIGNER AMD has announced that it will collaborate with Green Hills Software to port the Integrity real-time operating system (RTOS) to its G series Fusion APU processors.





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EU wants to lock down roaming charges

THE END OF ROAMING BILL SHOCK is in sight, according to the European Union (EU) where a preliminary deal that will future-proof mobile users is in the works.





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Microsoft billionaire co-founder falls victim to identity theft

MICROSOFT CO-FOUNDER Paul Allen has had his identity stolen by an AWOL soldier in what is described by US reports as a "simple scam".





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Anonymous suspects are arrested in the Dominican Republic

SIX ALLEGED HACKERS thought to belong to the Anonymous hacktivist collective have been arrested in the Dominican Republic.





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Rapidshare heads for German Supreme Court in copyright battle

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SWISS-BASED FILESHARING WEB SITE Rapidshare announced today that it is going to the German Supreme Court to fight the music rights association GEMA, which accused the company of copyright infringement on a grand scale.





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European hackers will face two years in prison

HACKING INFORMATION SYSTEMS could become a criminal offense worthy of two years imprisonment after a vote in the European Parliament.





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Samsung boasts of five million Note sales

KOREAN HARDWARE GIANT Samsung is claiming to have sold five million of its Note device.





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Apple dismisses Ipad battery problems

PASTEL GADGET FLOGGER Apple has acknowledged complaints that its new Ipad does not indicate its battery power levels very well, saying that it is no big deal.





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RS Components will open a dedicated online Raspberry Pi store

ANYONE THAT HAS THOUGHT the Raspberry Pi is exciting in the last few weeks but is annoyed that they cannot get one can cool their jets, as the wait is almost over.





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Amazon Kindle Touch finally arrives in Europe

EUROPEAN BOOK LOVERS will finally be able to get their hands on Amazon's Kindle Touch devices, some five months after the ebook readers made their debut in North America.





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Apple will give confused Australian Ipad buyers a refund

SELLER OF SHINY TOYS Apple will give disgruntled Ipad buyers the option of a refund after people moaned that it wasn't clear whether it will work on their 4G networks.





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Armored Core V Review

HARDCORE SHOOTING FEST Armored Core V (ACV or AC5) is an enjoyable game title that, were it not for a lack of mission variety and a slew of minor flaws, would be among the finest mech games on the market.





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Opera Mini 7 speeds web browsing on Android phones

WEB BROWSER DEVELOPER Opera Software released its latest Opera Mini browser for Android smartphones, which boasts faster hardware acceleration plus some user interface tweaks.





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Apple, Samsung and HTC are hit by Graphics Properties' patent lawsuits

PATENT HOLDER Graphics Properties Holdings (GPH), formerly known as Silicon Graphics Inc (SGI), has sued Apple, Samsung, HTC, LG, Sony and Research in Motion for allegedly infringing its patents.





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Adobe to charge a nine per cent royalty on popular Flash Player apps

SOFTWARE DEVELOPER Adobe plans to charge Flash developers a nine per cent royalty should they make over $50,000 from a particular application.





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Microsoft will support regionalised English in Kinect for Windows update

SOFTWARE DEVELOPER Microsoft has announced that its upcoming Kinect for Windows update will support more languages including regional English variations.





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Microsoft confirms Pirate Bay blocking

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NANNY-LIKE SOFTWARE HOUSE Microsoft has confirmed that its Live Messenger chat application does block links to the Pirate Bay and said it will carry on doing so.





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Rockyou security blunder exposed data on 32 million gamers

SOCIAL GAMING OUTFIT Rockyou has agreed to implement a "comprehensive data security programme" and cough up a $250,000 fine to the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC).





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