IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (THE INQUIRER) 12/06/2012

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

IT News Head Lines (THE INQUIRER) 12/06/2012

Intel offers 56Gbit/s Infiniband on Xeon E5 server motherboards

INTERCONNECT VENDOR Mellanox has announced it picked up business from Intel after the chipmaker decided to stick Mellanox's Connectx-3 FDR 56Gbit/s Infiniband adapter into two of its server motherboards.

UK Government faces industry backlash over shunning ITC in GCSE

THE UK GOVERNMENT has announced plans to remove ICT from the GCSE curriculum for two years, a move that faces criticism from the IT industry.

UK Government faces industry backlash over shunning ICT in GCSE

THE UK GOVERNMENT has announced plans to remove ICT from the GCSE curriculum for two years, a move that faces criticism from the IT industry.

Silicon Valley Bank comes to London

SILICON VALLEY BANK has announced plans to open its first international branch in the UK in a bid to tap into London's technology startup sector.

Toshiba Portege Z930 hands-on review

JAPANESE COMPUTER OUTFIT Toshiba launched a line of notebooks at Computex in Taipei last week and The INQUIRER got a hands on preview of the Portege Z930.

Blue Samsung Galaxy S3 is in stock at Phones 4U

UK MOBILE RETAILER Phones 4U has revealed that it has stock of the pebble blue Samsung Galaxy S3 handset, ahead of Samsung's promised 22 June release.

Quad-core LG Optimus 4X HD tips up in Europe

KOREAN PHONE MAKER LG has begun rolling out its quad-core Optimus 4X HD smartphone across Europe in a bid to rival the Samsung Galaxy S3.

Apple App Store hits 30 billion downloads

APPLE CEO Tim Cook today announced that the Apple App Store has seen 30 billion downloads to date, putting the competition to shame.

Fedora ARM head claims 64-bit ARM chips will be tipping point

THE RED HAT sponsored Fedora Linux distribution believes a 64-bit ARM architecture will prove to be the tipping point for ARM servers.

Flame and Stuxnet creators cooperated in early development

HACKERS behind the Stuxnet and Flame worms liaised at least once during the early stages of their development, said security firm Kaspersky.

Top 10 IOS 6 features we want to see

IT'S THAT TIME of year again, time for Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). Set to kick off at 6pm UK time, it's likely to bring out a refreshed line of Macbooks, the launch of third-party apps for Apple TV and possibly even a TV set. Thanks to leaked snapshots, we know that we'll be seeing the launch of IOS 6 at today's San Francisco-based event, so we've compiled a wishlist of what we want to see from Apple's next-generation mobile operating system.

Halo 4 extended trailer will premier tonight

LONG AWAITED XBOX GAME Halo 4 will make a special appearance during half time of the England versus France Euro 2012 football game tonight when its extended game trailer premiers.

Coverity to release security testing static analysis for web applications

SOFTWARE TESTING OUTFIT Coverity has announced that it has improved its static analysis technology to address security issues in Java applications.

Linkedin tells users to change passwords several days after breach

BUSINESS NETWORKING SERVICE Linkedin has contacted users who it believes were compromised by the password leak last week, warning them to reset their login details several days after the hack.

Microsoft announces Visual Studio Express 2012

SOFTWARE DEVELOPER Microsoft has announced it will launch Visual Studio Express 2012, a free cut-down version of its Visual Studio 2012 integrated development environment (IDE).

Microsoft improves media playback in Windows 8

SOFTWARE REDEVELOPER Microsoft has announced a list of media streaming features that it will integrate into its upcoming Windows 8 operating system.

Apple spy planes spark privacy fears

SOFTWARE DEVELOPER Apple is deploying spy planes that can capture highly detailed images for its "Maps" software that is rumoured to be announced today.

Andy Rubin says Android activations hit 900k a day

ANDROID BOSS Andy Rubin has posted a rare tweet to boast that the operating system has reached 900,000 activations a day, just hours before Apple's WWDC keynote.

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