IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (THE INQUIRER) 05/05/2012

AMD outs Roadrunner mainboard for Open Compute

CHIP DESIGNER AMD has announced its Roadrunner mainboard as part of its Open Compute project contribution that supports its Bulldozer and upcoming Piledriver Opterons.

TSMC says it made a 28nm 3.1GHz Cortex A9 chip

WAFER BAKER Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced that its 28nm high performance mobile (HPM) process node has managed to fab an ARM Cortex A9 chip that can run at 3.1GHz.

Infineon posts 81 per cent drop in profits as margins tumble

CHIPMAKER Infineon reported an 81 per cent drop in profits for its second quarter to €111m as sales remained stagnant.

Mastercard brings Paypass to more NFC phones

PAYMENTS OUTFIT Mastercard has announced that a number of near field communications (NFC) handsets have been certified to work with its Paypass service and has approved the phones to make mobile payments.

RIM's Blackberrys account for 80 per cent of NFC phones

CANADIAN PHONE MAKER Research In Motion (RIM) has revealed that Blackberry handsets account for 80 per cent of NFC phones in the UK, giving it a healthy lead in the mobile payments race.

Everything Everywhere brings 4G to the Lake District

THE UK's BIGGEST mobile operator Everything Everywhere has launched the UK's first live 4G trial in the North of England.

Nokia sues HTC, RIM and Viewsonic for patent infringement

FINNISH PHONE MAKER Nokia has filed a number of lawsuits in the US and Germany claiming that smartphone makers HTC, RIM and Viewsonic have infringed several of its patents.

LG Optimus L7 is now available in the UK

KOREAN PHONE MAKER LG has announced that its latest flagship, the LG Optimus L7 smartphone is now available in the UK.

Mobile operators announce Samsung Galaxy S III pricing in the UK

THE MUCH HYPED Samsung Galaxy S III is finally out, and UK mobile operators have promptly announced that they will be offering the smartphone.

Samsung launches the Galaxy S III as the official smartphone of the London Olympics

THE WAIT is finally over as Samsung has unveiled the Galaxy S III, the official smartphone of the London 2012 Olympics.

Huawei Ascend G300 review

Product Huawei Ascend G300
Website www.huaweidevice.com
Specifications 1.2GHz processor, 4in 480x800 TFT LCD display, 5MP autofocus camera with HD 720p video, 512MB of RAM, 4GB of internal storage, 1320mAh battery, GPS, Stereo FM with RDS, Android 2.3 Gingerbread, 122.5x63x10.5mm, 140g
Price £100 on Vodafone pay as you go

Nokia reveals Windows 8 tablet plans

FINNISH PHONE MAKER Nokia has revealed that it's planning to launch a Windows 8 tablet in a bid to turn around the company's fortunes.

HP steals Apple's crown to lead the global personal computer market again

MAKER OF EXPENSIVE PRINTER INK HP has overtaken Apple as the global personal computer market leader again, a report by analyst outfit Canalys has revealed.

Intel-powered Orange Santa Clara is coming to the UK soon

UK MOBILE OPERATOR Orange has revealed that it will be bringing the Intel-powered Santa Clara handset to the UK soon.

Hitachi shows off 12Gbit/s SAS SSD drive

STORAGE VENDOR Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (HGST) has shown off the first 12Gbit/s serial attached SCSI (SAS) solid state disk (SSD) drive.

Nokia will continue to sell high-end camera phones

FINNISH PHONE MAKER Nokia has signed a deal to extend its partnership with Carl Zeiss, hinting that the Pure View 808 handset won't be the last of its 41MP camera phones.

Yahoo CEO is accused of lying on CV

INTERNET PORTAL Yahoo's board of directors is investigating the academic credentials of the company's recently hired CEO Scott Thompson after he was accused of lying on his CV.

Never before seen Android Trojan 'Notcompatible' detected by Lookout

AN ANDROID TROJAN that spreads through hacked web sites has been detected by security firm Lookout.

Oracle seeks $777m in damages from SAP

ENTERPRISE VENDOR Oracle will pursue $776.7m in damages in its retrial of a copyright infringement lawsuit against rival software firm SAP.

Rdio launches a Spotify rival in the UK

AMERICAN BASED Rdio has announced plans to bring its music streaming service to the UK to compete with Spotify.

SOCA web site taken down after cyber attack

UK LAW ENFORCEMENT BODY the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) was forced to take its website off line Wednesday night following a cyber attack.

Microsoft will ditch Window Live brand ahead of Windows 8 launch

SOFTWARE HOUSE Microsoft has announced that it will discontinue its Windows Live brand ahead of its Windows 8 operating system (OS) launch later this year.

Blackberry OS 7.1 brings NFC sharing to UK handsets

CANADIAN PHONE MAKER Research In Motion (RIM) has announced the launch of its Blackberry operating system (OS) 7.1 in the UK, which brings NFC sharing to the company's handsets.

Skype has known about its security flaw for 18 months

VOICE OVER IP (VoIP) and chat service Skype has known about a potential security vulnerability in its service for 18 months, it has emerged today.

Virgin Media is first UK ISP to block The Pirate Bay

BROADBAND PROVIDER Virgin Media has become the first ISP in the UK to block bittorrent web site The Pirate Bay after receiving an order issued by the High Court.

RIM is confident Blackberry 10 can save it

CANADIAN PHONE MAKER Research In Motion (RIM) is confident that its Blackberry 10 operating system (OS) will save the company, promising to launch a range of devices towards the end of the year.

EU court rules programming languages cannot be copyrighted

SOFTWARE VENDOR SAS Institute lost a lawsuit against World Programming Limited (WPL) that could be a hammer blow to Oracle's case against Google's use of Java in Android should it ever come to Europe.

Xamarin ports Google's Java Android to C#

SOFTWARE DEVELOPER Xamarin has ported Android's source code from Java over to C#.

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Saturday, May 5, 2012

IT News Head Lines (THE INQUIRER) 05/05/2012

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