Thursday, June 21, 2012

IT News Head Lines (THE INQUIRER) 21/06/2012





Intel will make MIC an on-die coprocessor

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CHIPMAKER Intel will move its Xeon Phi accelerator card from being a PCI-Express board to becoming a coprocessor located on-die in future process nodes.





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European Commission slams slow UK broadband speeds

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION has slammed the UK government and business sectors for failing to keep up with consumers' digital demand, after it was revealed that just 0.1 per cent of Brits have access to 100Mbit/s broadband internet bandwidth.





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Spotify brings mobile radio to an IOS app

MUSIC STREAMING SERVICE Spotify has made a change to its app for Apple IOS devices, bringing them mobile radio.





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Internet heroes and villains are named

THE UK Internet Service Provider's Association (ISPA) has published its 2012 list of internet heroes and villains.





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What we think of Microsoft’s chances with its Surface tablets

SOFTWARE HOUSE Microsoft's announcement of its Surface tablets is the latest development in the PC and mobile computing markets that have seen changes following Apple's debut of its Ipad.





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Apple secures a Liquidmetal exclusivity deal

JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT Apple couldn't own more of the world than it already does, the Iphone maker today secured a further two-year exclusivity deal for Liquidmetal materials technology.





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LG will put tablet development on the back burner

KOREAN HARDWARE MAKER LG will sideline its tablet computer development to focus more on its smaller devices, the firm announced today.





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Huawei Honour is released in the UK

CHINESE PHONE MAKER Huawei has announced that its budget Honour smartphone is now available in Blighty, with a large battery in tow.





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What the industry says about Microsoft's Surface tablets

MICROSOFT ANNOUNCED a line of tablets this week, ushering in Surface as its new old way of doing things.





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Adata launches two mSATA SSD drives

FLASH STORAGE MAKER Adata has launched two solid state disk (SSD) storage drives today, the XPG SX300 and the Premier Pro SP300, for mini-SATA (mSATA) enabled motherboards.





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Debian 'Wheezy' public beta is out for Raspberry Pi

THE RASPBERRY PI developers have released a reference image of Debian "Wheezy" for the tiny computer in your pocket device.





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Microsoft Surface RT vs Apple Ipad first impressions review

MICROSOFT IS BACK in the tablet race and is looking to take on Apple's market-dominating Ipad with its 10.6in Windows RT tablet. Although today it's more about the ecosystem than the specifications, we pit the two tablets against each other in a battle of the spec sheets.





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Google threatens to sue Youtube to MP3 conversion web site

WEB SERVICES FIRM Google has threatened a large Youtube to MP3 conversion web site, Youtube-MP3.org with legal action, and has blocked its servers from accessing Youtube.





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HTC acknowledges One X WiFi bug

TAIWANESE PHONE MAKER HTC has acknowledged that its One X flagship smartphone has an issue with WiFi connectivity, and has promised that a fix is coming.





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