Thursday, May 16, 2013

IT News Head Lines (THE INQUIRER) 17/05/2013






Samsung announces 45nm embedded flash for smart cards
Samsung announces 45nm embedded flash for smart cards
Increases the performance of smart cards

    




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Intel used ARM's DS-5 screenshots in Silvermont presentation
Intel used ARM's DS-5 screenshots in Silvermont presentation
Gives an inadvertant nod to a competitor

    




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AMD announces 2.3TFLOPS Radeon HD 8970M
AMD announces 2.3TFLOPS Radeon HD 8970M
Immense computing power in a laptop

    




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Texas Instruments, Intel and Infineon see lower revenues from anemic industrial electronics market
Texas Instruments, Intel and Infineon see lower revenues from anemic industrial electronics market
Panasonic makes surprise gain

    




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Nvidia reports a 29 percent jump in profits
Nvidia reports a 29 percent jump in profits
Tegra and Tesla continue to pay

    




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Nvidia and Qualcomm make the most of the tablet and smartphone boom
Nvidia and Qualcomm make the most of the tablet and smartphone boom
Show Intel what it is missing out on

    




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Intel announces Silvermont Atom microarchitecture for Avoton, Merrifield and Bay Trail
Intel announces Silvermont Atom microarchitecture for Avoton, Merrifield and Bay Trail
Intel's most important launch of the year

    




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AMD says HSA will cut latency bottleneck in GPU processing
AMD says HSA will cut latency bottleneck in GPU processing
Capacity is more important than bandwidth

    




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AMD says IOMMU v2.5 is key for Linux HSA support
AMD says IOMMU v2.5 is key for Linux HSA support
But the real work is in compilers and libraries

    




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Intel appoints Brian Krzanich as CEO
Intel appoints Brian Krzanich as CEO
Gelsinger fairy tale comeback hopes dashed

    




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AMD creates business unit for custom chips after PS4 win
AMD creates business unit for custom chips after PS4 win
Opens up its design library for all

    




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Lehman Brothers sues Intel over $1bn deal
Lehman Brothers sues Intel over $1bn deal
Cries over spilt milk

    




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Intel announces GPUs for its Haswell chips
Intel announces GPUs for its Haswell chips
Touts impressive 3DMark figures

    




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Intel Haswell chips will have on-package DRAM for CPU and GPU
Intel Haswell chips will have on-package DRAM for CPU and GPU
HSA on a smaller scale

    




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Adata teams with Google to slap a Chrome logo on its USB drives
Adata teams with Google to slap a Chrome logo on its USB drives
Go faster stripe for a memory stick

    




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Samsung starts production of 4Gb LPDDR3 modules for smartphones and tablets
Samsung starts production of 4Gb LPDDR3 modules for smartphones and tablets
Will ramp up DRAM production on a 20nm process node this year

    




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AMD touts hardware level memory coherence in HSA architecture
AMD touts hardware level memory coherence in HSA architecture
Says developers don't need to worry about CPU and GPU

    




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Infineon and Globalfoundries collaborate on 40nm embedded flash process node
Infineon and Globalfoundries collaborate on 40nm embedded flash process node
To produce the next generation of microcontrollers

    




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Intel to launch Haswell processors at Computex
Intel to launch Haswell processors at Computex
Announces what many already guessed

    




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Toshiba announces 160MB/s compact flash cards for 4K video
Toshiba announces 160MB/s compact flash cards for 4K video
Impressive turn of speed from NAND chips

    




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Qualcomm sees revenues grow but profits fall
Qualcomm sees revenues grow but profits fall
Cites one-time tax bill for drop in profit

    




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TSMC captures almost 50 percent of foundry market thanks to 28nm demand
TSMC captures almost 50 percent of foundry market thanks to 28nm demand
Samsung sees benefit of Apple's popularity

    




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ARM posts 44 percent increase in profits
ARM posts 44 percent increase in profits
Thanks to smartphone and tablet surge

    




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AMD says a sub-9W G series SoC is weeks away
AMD says a sub-9W G series SoC is weeks away
Pushing Jaguar to the power limit

    




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Germany tells Google to brush up auto-complete
Germany tells Google to brush up auto-complete
Should remove anything defamatory

    




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Microsoft says that some people worry about privacy
Microsoft says that some people worry about privacy
Less talk needed, more action

    




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Syria falls off the internet again
Syria falls off the internet again
The second time in a fortnight

    




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Government awards non-taxpaying Arqiva £150m rural mobile deal and Camden WiFi contract
Government awards non-taxpaying Arqiva £150m rural mobile deal and Camden WiFi contract
Deal with Arqiva will improve rural mobile coverage

    




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EE will bring 4G to Glastonbury festival
EE will bring 4G to Glastonbury festival
Takes over from Orange as sponsor

    


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Microsoft to tackle IE8 zero-day vulnerability in May Patch Tuesday
Microsoft to tackle IE8 zero-day vulnerability in May Patch Tuesday
Rated as critical

    




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ATM hackers steal $45m from banks across the world in a matter of hours
ATM hackers steal $45m from banks across the world in a matter of hours
Lack of chip and pin in the US was to blame, says Kaspersky

    




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UK’s data watchdog to audit websites for compliance
UK’s data watchdog to audit websites for compliance
ICO says ICU

    




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Rebelmouse wants to power the open web with a social front page
Rebelmouse wants to power the open web with a social front page
Founder Paul Berry speaks out about the NYC startup scene

    




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Lib Dem peer pushes for Alan Turing pardon
Lib Dem peer pushes for Alan Turing pardon
Lord Sharkey files private member's bill

    




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RIAA now recognises streams at Rdio, Spotify and others
RIAA now recognises streams at Rdio, Spotify and others
Plays will count towards gold and platinum awards

    




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Youtube launches paid for channels to rival Netflix and Lovefilm
Youtube launches paid for channels to rival Netflix and Lovefilm
53 now and more to come

    




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The FBI has warrantless access to emails
The FBI has warrantless access to emails
American Civil Liberties Union complains

    




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3D printed guns could be banned in California
3D printed guns could be banned in California
Senator Leland Yee proposes a law

    




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New Zealand bans software patents
New Zealand bans software patents
Does the IT industry a favour

    




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Google announces a Samsung Galaxy S4 handset with stock Android
Google announces a Samsung Galaxy S4 handset with stock Android
Slaps a $649 price tag on it

    




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Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 gets a July UK release
Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 gets a July UK release
Looks like it might have been delayed

    




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Samsung shifts four million Galaxy S4 smartphones in five days
Samsung shifts four million Galaxy S4 smartphones in five days
Could launch a Google model at Google I/O today

    




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HP announces Android and Windows hybrid laptops
HP announces Android and Windows hybrid laptops
Slatebook x2 and Split x2 heading to the US in August

    




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Samsung Galaxy S4: Price, release date and where to buy
Samsung Galaxy S4: Price, release date and where to buy
All you need to know

    




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Working Apple I computer expected to fetch over $250,000 at auction
Working Apple I computer expected to fetch over $250,000 at auction
Worth ten times as much as an Enigma machine

    




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Apple's iPad dominance slows as Android leads tablet market to record growth
Apple's iPad dominance slows as Android leads tablet market to record growth
According to Canalys

    




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Nokia announces the Lumia 928 as a Verizon exclusive
Nokia announces the Lumia 928 as a Verizon exclusive
Won't see a UK release

    




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The best iPhone 5 cases and covers
The best iPhone 5 cases and covers
We test drive 10 of the best cases for Apple's latest smartphone

    




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Mobile phone for four year olds launched
Mobile phone for four year olds launched
Launched out of the pram, hopefully

    




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Carl Icahn and Southeastern make a rival offer for Dell
Carl Icahn and Southeastern make a rival offer for Dell
Offer Dell less but shareholders more

    




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Western Digital teams with Sandisk for hybrid Caviar hard drive
Western Digital teams with Sandisk for hybrid Caviar hard drive
Follows Seagate's example

    




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BBC is 'in talks' with Samsung over Watchdog investigation into the Galaxy S4
BBC is 'in talks' with Samsung over Watchdog investigation into the Galaxy S4
Set to feature on next week's show

    




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Huawei's Ascend P2 is coming to Three next month
Huawei's Ascend P2 is coming to Three next month
World's fastest 4G smartphone, it claims

    


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Amazon is working on a 3D smartphone to challenge Apple and Samsung
Amazon is working on a 3D smartphone to challenge Apple and Samsung
Likely to arrive later this year

    




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Japan plans to design an exascale replacement for its K computer
Japan plans to design an exascale replacement for its K computer
Doesn't want to fall behind the Chinese

    




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Google unveils Hangouts messaging and Google+ redesign
Google unveils Hangouts messaging and Google+ redesign
Tackles Whatsapp and Facebook

    




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Google challenges Spotify with Google Play Music All Access
Google challenges Spotify with Google Play Music All Access
30-day free trial for all

    




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Google announces updated Android developer tools including Game Services
Google announces updated Android developer tools including Game Services
Looks to challenge Apple's Game Center

    




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Microsoft is dropping Xbox points system
Microsoft is dropping Xbox points system
Pointless

    




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IBM collaborates with Red Hat and Suse to port Linux applications to Power architecture
IBM collaborates with Red Hat and Suse to port Linux applications to Power architecture
AIX is not the only game in town

    




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Microsoft patches zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer
Microsoft patches zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer
With May's Patch Tuesday release

    




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Microsoft brands Windows Blue as Windows 8.1, and the upgrade will be free
Microsoft brands Windows Blue as Windows 8.1, and the upgrade will be free
26 June release date for public beta

    




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BBC iPlayer is available on Windows Phone 8
BBC iPlayer is available on Windows Phone 8
But it's not a proper app

    




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Mozilla releases Firefox 21 with usage reporting
Mozilla releases Firefox 21 with usage reporting
Also bolsters Social API support

    




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Google to unveil Spotify rival at I/O keynote
Google to unveil Spotify rival at I/O keynote
Firm will beat Apple to music streaming market

    




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