IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (THE INQUIRER) 4/23/2012

AMD reveals that Trinity and Brazos 2.0 APUs are in the channel

CHIP DESIGNER AMD has for the first time said that its Trinity and second generation Brazos accelerator processor unit (APU) chips are in the channel.

AMD reports a $580m loss as graphics sales fall

CHIP DESIGNER AMD reported a loss of $580m with revenue falling marginally from a year ago as graphics card sales fell by seven per cent.

Qualcomm blames TSMC for chip shortage

CHIP DESIGNER Qualcomm has said it is looking at 'several alternative sources' for chip fabrication after shortages plagued TSMC's 28nm process node.

Intel's Medfield Atom makes it debut in Lava's Xolo X900

CHIPMAKER Intel has chosen India as the first market to receive a Medfield Atom powered smartphone in Lava's Xolo X900.

Intel's Medfield Atom makes its debut in Lava's Xolo X900

CHIPMAKER Intel has chosen India as the first market to receive a Medfield Atom powered smartphone in Lava's Xolo X900.

Qualcomm announces 123 per cent profit increase

CHIP DESIGNER Qualcomm has announced excellent financial results, underlining the popularity of its chips in smartphones and tablets.

ARM has a 2GHz quad-core Cortex A15 design

CHIP DESIGNER ARM has come up with a 2GHz quad-core Cortex A15 processor design in a bid to jumpstart deployment.

100 million users might be affected by a social network vulnerability

DO IT YOURSELF social networking company Ning is reportedly suffering from a slight security problem that could affect 100 million users.

UK Abortion advice web site repeatedly attacked

JUST OVER A MONTH after a hacker pleaded guilty to attacking its web site, the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) has said that it is still being attacked.

John Lewis launches broadband service in the UK

UK DEPARTMENT STORE John Lewis has launched its own-branded broadband service in what must be the weirdest development we've heard all week.

European Parliament will cough up airline passenger data to the US

IN A SUBSERVIENT DECISION the European Parliament has rubber-stamped a data sharing agreement with US authorities that will see European Union countries surrendering airline passenger information.

HTC battles Apple in London court

TAIWANESE PHONE MAKER HTC has told a court in the UK that its touchscreen devices do not infringe Apple patents, as the legal battles between the two companies continue.

GCHQ releases Alan Turing's wartime research papers

GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS SPYING AGENCY GCHQ has just released two papers written by UK code cracking legend Alan Turing.

Rapidshare details plans to curb ‘piracy’

CYBER LOCKER OUTFIT Rapidshare has published a manifesto about its approach to 'piracy' and suggested that all of its peers shut down accounts if there are 'accusations' of copyright theft.

Homeserve fined £750,000 over silent calls

A TELEMARKETING FIRM HAS BEEN FINED three quarters of a million quid because it insisted on phoning people's homes with automated calls.

Nokia reports a €1.3bn loss

FINNISH PHONE MAKER Nokia has announced its first quarter 2012 financial results, which see the company posting a greater than expected €1.34 billion loss.

Anonymous makes Time’s movers and shakers list

HACKTIVIST GROUP Anonymous has somehow made it onto the coveted Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world.

Mark Zuckerberg went solo on Instagram buy

SOCIAL NETWORKING entrepreneur Mark Zuckerberg pursued and bought the $1bn photo upload company Instagram pretty much all on his own, according to a report.

Government 'morality filter' draws opponents

A PROPOSAL by the UK Government to install a pornography filter on the internet has drawn a chorus of criticism from both technological and civil liberties opponents.

German court rules Nokia infringed IPCom patents

FINNISH PHONE MAKER Nokia has suffered a defeat against IPCom after a German court ruled it had infringed IPCom's patents.

X-ray smartphones could be a reality soon

BOFFINS at the University of Texas have invented a chip that could enable your phone see through walls, which means that X-ray handsets could soon become reality.

Sandisk reports a seven per cent revenue decline

FLASH MEMORY MAKER Sandisk has announced negative first quarter results, reporting a seven per cent year-on-year decline in revenues to $1.21bn.

Amazon's touchscreen Kindle arrives in the UK

ONLINE RETAILER Amazon has announced that its touchscreen Kindle is now shipping in the UK and available in both WiFi and 3G models.

FBI seizes anonymising email server

THE SUIT WEARING US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has seized an anonymising email server to find out who sent a bomb threat.

Apple, Google and Intel face an antitrust lawsuit

INDUSTRY GIANTS Apple, Google and Intel face an antitrust lawsuit after a judge ruled that they illegally conspired not to hire each other's employees.

Intel and AMD ready high end enterprise CPUs and chipsets for a 2013 generational change

Analysis
LOOKING AT the workstation and server markets these days, you will notice three distinct segments based on the number of sockets.

Raspberry Pi pre-orders hit 350,000

MINIATURE COMPUTER Raspberry Pi has been pre-ordered 350,000 times, it has been revealed, with the next batch set to start shipping in May.

Apple eyes a court showing over ebook pricing

WALLED GARDEN VENDOR Apple fancies an appearance in court to defend itself against allegations of ebook price fixing.

Flashback Trojan spread by Wordpress web sites

COMPROMISED Wordpress web sites have been sending visitors to malware hosts that infect Mac OS X systems with the Flashback Trojan, security outfit Kaspersky Lab has reported.

Mozilla phone will go on sale this year

THE FIRST SMARTPHONE to run Mozilla's 'Boot to Gecko' operating system (OS) reportedly will go on sale later this year.

Gabe Newell crushes Apple rumours by saying he never met Tim Cook

THE CEO of Valve, Gabe Newell claims he has never met Apple CEO Tim Cook, quashing rumours that Apple and Valve are going to make a deal.

AT&T's Watson to take on Apple's Siri from June

UNITED STATES TELECOM AT&T will release its Watson speech recognition service to developers by publishing a set of application programmable interfaces (APIs).

Linux creator Linus Torvalds is shortlisted for Millennium Technology Prize

LINUX FOUNDER Linus Torvalds has been shortlisted for the prestigious Millennium Technology Prize.

Microsoft is hiring a Skype engineer for an Xbox app

VOICE OVER IP (VoIP), video and chat service Skype will soon be coming to the Xbox, a Microsoft job listing suggests, following Microsoft's high profile acquisition of the company last year.

Microsoft Windows sales are on the rise

SOFTWARE HOUSE Microsoft has announced its first quarter 2012 earnings, which beat analysts' forecasts.

Twitter is sponsoring the Apache Software Foundation

MICRO BLOGGING OUTFIT Twitter is now a sponsor of the Apache Software Foundation (ASF).

Archaic voting systems should be put online to boost election turnout

Column
V3's Madeline Bennett

ON 3 MAY, UK voters will be out in force to choose their preferred councillors and mayors in the local elections. The London mayoral election has dominated the headlines so far, giving Ken and Boris a chance to show off their mature sides with plenty of mud-slinging in their haste to win votes.

Spotify overhauls its Android smartphone app

MUSIC STREAMING SERVICE Spotify has overhauled its Android smartphone app and is launching an updated beta version online today.

One third of internet users visit an Amazon Web Services cloud site daily

WEB SITES USING cloud computing outfit Amazon Web Services (AWS) are visited daily by a third of all internet users, a report by a web analytics firm has revealed.

Amazon Web Services accounts for a third of web site visits daily

CLOUD COMPUTING OUTFIT Amazon Web Services (AWS) accounts for a third of all internet web site visits each day, a report by a web analytics firm has revealed.

HP will certify Ubuntu 12.04 on some Proliant servers

LINUX VENDOR Canonical has announced that its upcoming Ubuntu 12.04 long term support (LTS) Linux distribution will be certified for a number of HP's Proliant servers.

AWS Marketplace is an online shop for cloud-based software

THE WEB SERVICES ARM of Amazon (AWS) has launched the AWS Marketplace, enabling its cloud customers to quickly buy and start using the software they need to develop their online business.

Chinese nationals and a former NASA staffer are charged with software ‘piracy’

THREE MEN have been charged with software copyright infringement and exporting technology to China by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) service.

Samsung Galaxy S II handsets on Orange will get Android 4.0 ICS this week

UK MOBILE OPERATOR Orange has announced that it will release Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) to Samsung Galaxy S II owners this week.

Fake Instagram app infects Android smartphones

A MALWARE CLONE of the snap happy smartphone app Instagram is infecting Android devices, security firm Sophos has revealed.

Xbox Live is free this weekend

SOFTWARE HOUSE Microsoft is offering free access to entertainment on Xbox Live this weekend in a bid to raise the profile of the service.

Google says Android isn't critical to its success

THE SMARTPHONE OPERATING SYSTEM Android isn't critical to Google's success, Larry Page said in court on Wednesday.

Microsoft announces key features of Windows 8 Enterprise

SOFTWARE DEVELOPER Microsoft has announced further details regarding its Windows 8 Enterprise edition that it is set to launch later this year.

Credit card poachers are in your hotel

CRIMINALS ARE EXPLOITING hotel point of sale applications to siphon off travellers' credit card details.

Spotify Ipad app will be a desktop clone

MUSIC STREAMING SERVICE Spotify will soon be releasing an Ipad app, the company's CEO Daniel Ek has revealed.

Microsoft will bring Windows Store to the UK

SOFTWARE FLOGGER Microsoft has announced plans to expand its Windows Store to 33 more markets, which it says will allow more developers to submit Windows 8 applications.

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Monday, April 23, 2012

IT News Head Lines (THE INQUIRER) 4/23/2012

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