IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (THE INQUIRER) 4/16/2012

MIPS Technologies hires Goldman Sachs to find a buyer

CHIP DESIGNER MIPS Technologies is looking for a buyer and has hired investment bank Goldman Sachs to hawk it around to potential purchasers.

China’s Great Firewall locks up

THE GLORIOUS Great Firewall of China caused a total web blackout in that country yesterday, possibly as a chilling example of what could happen.

Vodafone rolls out Samsung Galaxy S II Android 4.0 update

UK MOBILE OPERATOR Vodafone has rolled out its Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) update for the Samsung Galaxy S II today after a last minute delay.

Vodafone rolls out Samsung Galaxy SII Android 4.0 update

UK MOBILE OPERATOR Vodafone has rolled out its Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) update for the Samsung Galaxy S II today after a last minute delay.

RIAA says that innovation will cure ‘piracy’

MEDIA CARTEL ATTACK DOG the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) seems to have softened a little in its stance on so-called 'piracy', that is, copyright infringement, saying that innovation can help prevent it.

Canonical might be developing a Ubuntu powered smartphone

LINUX VENDOR Canonical might be planning to produce a Ubuntu powered smartphone, according to its career portal.

Canonical to develop Ubuntu powered smartphone

LINUX VENDOR Canonical is planning to produce a Ubuntu powered smartphone.

Smartphone sales will top one billion in 2014

INVESTMENT BANK Credit Suisse is anticipating that smartphone sales will top one billion in 2014, driven by ever increasing demand from China.

A decision on Megaupload servers is imminent

A UNITED STATES COURT could decide on the future of Megaupload's servers today, and take users a step closer to retrieving their seized content.

Suspects are picked up for terrorism hotline hack

TWO TEENAGERS have been arrested for their suspected involvement in a hack on an anti-terrorist hotline.

Icann pushes top-level domain deadline back due to technical problems

INTERNET GOVERNING BODY Icann has halted applications for top-level domain (TLD) names after noticing 'unusual behaviour' with the system.

European Commission gets interested in the Internet of Things

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION wants to know what the benefits of having an 'Internet of Things' are and whether it needs to put legal and ethical frameworks in place to curb potential abuses.

Dutch hacktivists target 'anti-piracy' group

DUTCH HACKTIVISTS representing Anonymous have picked their next target, the Dutch 'anti-piracy' outfit Brein.

ACTA rapporteur will recommend EU rejection

THE MAN RESPONSIBLE for moderating European discussions over the draconian Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement will recommend that the European Parliament reject it.

Goldman Sachs programmer’s source code theft conviction is overturned

AN ACCUSED Goldman Sachs employee who was convicted and sentenced to eight years in prison for stealing source code from the firm has had the conviction overturned because you cannot physically hold source code.

Facebook gives users access to more data

THE SOCIAL NETWORK Facebook has announced that users can now download an expanded archive of their account history using an updated version of its Download Your Information tool.

EFF wants to block law enforcement phone location requests

ONLINE FREEDOM FIGHTER the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is sponsoring a US bill that would make it illegal for law enforcement authorities to access phone location data without a warrant.

Sony will axe 10,000 jobs in shake-up

NEWLY APPOINTED Sony CEO Kaz Hirai has revealed plans to turn around the company's fortunes, which as expected include 10,000 job cuts.

Job post hints at Valve hardware plans

A JOB POSTING at Valve has led to conjecture that the firm is working on hardware, something it has denied in the past.

Chinese smartphones will use Chinese processors

IDF Beijing
THE CHINESE have been building smartphones for companies from other countries for a long time. Then recently came locally developed smartphones using Western processors, and now we are starting to see the first tablets and smartphones with locally developed processors using technology from both ARM and MIPS.

700 Rasperry Pi PCs are shipping this weekend

ELECTRONICS DISTRIBUTOR RS Components has confirmed that a batch of 700 tiny Rasperry Pi PCs will be shipped this weekend.

HTC One V goes up for pre-orders

UK RETAILER Carphone Warehouse has started taking pre-orders for the HTC One V, the company's lowest priced Beats Audio handset yet.

Western Digital outs 7mm 2.5in hard drives for ultrabooks

STORAGE VENDOR Western Digital has released a range of 7mm hard drives targeted at ultrabooks.

Engineering staff in London will use sleeping pods to combat Olympics traffic congestion

COLOCATION SERVICES PROVIDER Interxion will install sleeping pods in its London datacentre to counteract the traffic congestion caused by the 2012 Olympic Games.

Intel drops an Atom microserver bomb

IDF Beijing
CHIPMAKER Intel dropped an Atom bomb on the second day of IDF in Beijing, announcing its 'Centerton' microserver chip that will draw just a miserly 6W of thermal design power (TDP).

Global PC shipments rose by 1.9 per cent last quarter

WORLDWIDE PC SHIPMENTS rose by almost two per cent in the first quarter, IT research and advisory firm Gartner reported.

Intel sneaks out a PCI based SSD

IDF Beijing
THERE IT WAS on the show floor at IDF here in Beijing, Intel’s first PCI Express based SSD.

Intel sneaks out a PCI Express based SSD

IDF Beijing
THERE IT WAS on the show floor at IDF here in Beijing, Intel's first PCI Express based SSD.

Adobe to buy back $2bn of its own stock by 2015

SOFTWARE DEVELOPER Adobe has announced plans to buy back $2bn of its own stock to avoid dilution.

Ubuntu 12.04 will provide APIs to bridge Openstack and Amazon Web Services

LINUX VENDOR Canonical will release an application programmable interface (API) to bridge the gap between Openstack based clouds and those that run on Amazon Web Services.

Microsoft sets up a company to work on open source software

SOFTWARE TINKERER Microsoft has launched a subsidiary to deal with open source software in a bid to show it can keep up with contemporary software vendors.

Microsoft names a CEO for Greater China

SOFTWARE FLOGGER Microsoft has named Ralph Haupter its CEO for Greater China, after Simon Leung reportedly decided to leave the company for personal reasons.

Icann confirms system leak is to blame for top-level domain application delay

INTERNET GOVERNING BODY Icann has confirmed in a statement that a system leak is the reason for its delay of top-level domain (TLD) name applications.

Apple denies ebook price fixing claims

SELLER OF SHINY TOYS Apple has denied accusations that it, along with five major publishers, conspired to fix ebook prices, calling the claim "simply not true".

Google has oodles of profits

INTERNET SERVICES JUGGERNAUT Google has released its latest financial information, and boy is it good.

Apple issues Flashback fix

WALLED GARDEN SOFTWARE HOUSE Apple has released a software patch to protect its Mac users from the recently infamous Flashback Trojan.

Touchscreen Gestures sues Apple and Samsung for alleged patent infringement

PATENT TROLL Touchscreen Gestures has claimed that Apple's Iphone and Ipad infringe its touchscreen patents.

Cybercriminals use malware infected Angry Birds game to target smartphone users

ANDROID MALWARE AUTHORS have taken advantage of the popular fowl-flinging video game Angry Birds to infect unsuspecting smartphone users.

Microsoft stops Motorola from banning Xbox sales

REDMOND SOFTWARE GIANT Microsoft has come out of a patent battle against Motorola with its head held high, after a judge ruled that the handset maker cannot enforce a Windows and Xbox sales ban.

Red Hat releases Data Grid 6 beta

LINUX VENDOR Red Hat has released a beta of its Jboss Data Grid 6 NoSQL implementation.

Barclays Pingit expands its reach

UK BANK Barclays has announced that its money transferring Pingit app is now available to customers of all UK banks and building societies.

Netflix for Windows Phone tips up in the UK

VIDEO STREAMING SERVICE Netflix has finally arrived on the Windows Phone mobile operating system (OS) in the UK and Ireland after launching in the US and Canada in 2010.

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Monday, April 16, 2012

IT News Head Lines (THE INQUIRER) 4/16/2012

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