IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (THE INQUIRER) 10/05/2012

Toshiba's chip business sees higher NAND income

JAPANESE TECHNOLOGY CONGLOMERATE Toshiba announced higher profits from chip sales even though its fiscal full year 2011 operating income fell by 14 per cent to ¥206.6bn.

AMD G series APUs support Windows Embedded Compact 7

CHIP DESIGNER AMD has announced that its G series Fusion accelerated processor units (APUs) now support Microsoft's Windows Embedded Compact 7 operating system.

Micron says it has fabbed working DDR4 chips

MEMORY VENDOR Micron has produced its first working DDR4 DRAM module with implementation expected in 2013.

Anonymous takes down Virgin Media web site

HACKTIVIST COLLECTIVE Anonymous has reportedly knocked the Virgin Media web site offline in what's believed to be retaliation against the network's blocking of The Pirate Bay.

Motorola Defy Mini review

Product Motorola Defy Mini
Website www.motorola.com
Specifications 600MHz processor, 3.2in 320x480 TFT LCD display, 3MP camera with LED flash, 512MB of RAM, 120MB of internal storage, 1650mAh battery, GPS, Stereo FM with RDS, Android 2.3 Gingerbread, 109x58.5x12.6mm, 107g
Price £150 SIM free

RS Components promises to ship 4,000 more Raspberry Pi PCs soon

POCKET PC Raspberry Pi units will soon be landing in the hands of 4,000 more patient customers, RS Components has revealed.

Samsung announces Focus 2 as a $50 Windows Phone handset

SOUTH KOREAN PHONE MAKER Samsung has announced the Focus 2, the latest addition to its Windows Phone range.

Hands on with the Samsung Galaxy S III [Video]

LONDON'S FAMOUS Earl's Court last night saw the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S III, the smartphone that Android fans have been waiting for ever since this year's Mobile World Congress.

Canonical expects Ubuntu to be pre-installed on 18 million PCs in 2013

LINUX VENDOR Canonical has said it expects Ubuntu to ship on 18 million PCs next year.

McAfee launches upgraded network security product

SECURITY VENDOR McAfee has announced an upgraded version its network security platform (NSP) that it claims doubles the performance of its intrusion prevention system (IPS) for datacentres.

Dell releases Ubuntu 12.04 image for XPS 13 ultrabook

TIN BOX FLOGGER Dell has packaged Ubuntu 12.04 to support its XPS 13 ultrabook.

ICANN offers refunds to firms backing out of gTLD applications

INTERNET SYSTEMS COORDINATOR, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has offered to pay back up to $350m in application fees to firms wishing to withdraw from its generic top-level domain (gTLD) application system (TAS).

Yahoo CEO apologises to staff for lying on CV

INTERNET PORTAL Yahoo's CEO Scott Thompson has apologised to employees at the firm after he was accused of lying on his CV last week.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 breaks Amazon single day pre-order sales record

FIRST-PERSON SHOOTER GAME Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 has smashed Amazon's single day pre-order sales record after its debut on 1 May last week.

Apple patches three major security flaws in IOS 5.1.1

SOMETIME SOFTWARE DEVELOPER Apple has released an update to its mobile operating system today, IOS 5.1.1.

Angry Birds creator posts £42m annual profit

FINNISH GAME DEVELOPER Rovio, the masterminds behind the ridiculously popular Angry Birds, today posted an annual profit of £42m.

US jury finds Google's Android infringes Oracle's Java copyrights

A US JURY has found that Google's Android infringes Oracle's copyrights on Java APIs, in the first stage of a high-stakes court battle between the two companies.

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Thursday, May 10, 2012

IT News Head Lines (THE INQUIRER) 10/05/2012

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