Thursday, May 23, 2013

IT News Head Lines (THE INQUIRER) 24/05/2013






AMD lifts the lid on Temash and Kabini chips
AMD lifts the lid on Temash and Kabini chips
Jaguar outside of games consoles

    




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How the Microsoft Xbox One and Sony PS4 shape up
How the Microsoft Xbox One and Sony PS4 shape up
AMD is the real winner

    




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Nvidia demonstrates 150Mbit/s LTE on Tegra 4i
Nvidia demonstrates 150Mbit/s LTE on Tegra 4i
Touts the upgrability of software defined radio

    




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Intel CEO takes direct control of Architecture Group
Intel CEO takes direct control of Architecture Group
Doesn't wait long to make changes

    




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Intel releases Beacon Mountain Android IDE for Atom chips
Intel releases Beacon Mountain Android IDE for Atom chips
Offers performance tuning for upcoming Silvermont chips

    




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Outgoing Intel CEO Paul Otellini says he turned down Apple's iPhone business
Outgoing Intel CEO Paul Otellini says he turned down Apple's iPhone business
Underestimated iPhone demand

    




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

    




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NXP announces MFA100 development for iPhone and iPad Lightning accessories
NXP announces MFA100 development for iPhone and iPad Lightning accessories
Optimised for audio streaming

    




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NXP announces MFA100 development kit for iPhone and iPad Lightning accessories
NXP announces MFA100 development kit for iPhone and iPad Lightning accessories
Optimised for audio streaming

    


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Tokyo court dismisses Elpida creditors' appeal of Micron purchase
Tokyo court dismisses Elpida creditors' appeal of Micron purchase
Another hurdle cleared

    




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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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ARM collaborates with Logmein to launch Xively cloud service
ARM collaborates with Logmein to launch Xively cloud service
Makes it easier to design kit using its microcontrollers

    




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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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Sky's Acetrax movies website is shutting down
Sky's Acetrax movies website is shutting down
Back up and back off

    




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Lulzsec hackers' sentences could have been worse
Lulzsec hackers' sentences could have been worse
Lucky the US isn't seeking extradition

    




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Four men arrested in Italy for Anonymous attacks on the Vatican
Four men arrested in Italy for Anonymous attacks on the Vatican
Hacktivists pinched in Operation Tango Down

    




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Man sentenced to jail for DDoS attacks on police and Oxbridge websites
Man sentenced to jail for DDoS attacks on police and Oxbridge websites
Kentish lad gets two years in stir

    




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New Zealand High Court grants Megaupload Four’s extradition appeal
New Zealand High Court grants Megaupload Four’s extradition appeal
Kim Dotcom wants to avoid a trip to the US court system

    




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New Yorker launches Aaron Swartz’ Strongbox
New Yorker launches Aaron Swartz’ Strongbox
Secure spot for documents and messages

    




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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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Sky blames Colin hack on disaster recovery bug
Sky blames Colin hack on disaster recovery bug
Was there, is now gone

    




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France could drop three strikes copyright law
France could drop three strikes copyright law
Hadopi too dopey

    




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Google bundles Drive, Gmail and photo storage into 15GB
Google bundles Drive, Gmail and photo storage into 15GB
Business users also get boost to 30GB for Apps

    




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Nvidia says next Citrix Xenserver will support virtual machines on Kepler GPUs
Nvidia says next Citrix Xenserver will support virtual machines on Kepler GPUs
Microsoft HyperV support is coming later

    




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Vodafone confirms no 4G until September as it waits for the iPhone 6
Vodafone confirms no 4G until September as it waits for the iPhone 6
Might be waiting on iOS support

    




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Huawei Ascend Mate arrives in the UK for £335
Huawei Ascend Mate arrives in the UK for £335
Cheaper than the Samsung Galaxy Mega

    




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HGST launches a 1.5TB hard drive for notebooks
HGST launches a 1.5TB hard drive for notebooks
Claims to be the industry’s first 9.5mm 2.5in HDD with 1.5TB capacity

    




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Xbox One first impressions
Xbox One first impressions
It's a bit of a letdown given its bulky design and lack of backwards compatibility

    




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Seagate launches 4TB hard disk engineered for video content
Seagate launches 4TB hard disk engineered for video content
Can support 30 percent more HD streams than a laptop hard drive

    




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Apple iPhone 6 rumour roundup: specifications, price and release date
Apple iPhone 6 rumour roundup: specifications, price and release date
Everything you need to know about Apple's next generation smartphone

    




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Xbox One to cost £400, come out 30 November says Zavvi
Xbox One to cost £400, come out 30 November says Zavvi
Firms start taking preorders

    




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HTC sees 'disastrous' Facebook phone sales
HTC sees 'disastrous' Facebook phone sales
Firm is in turmoil as staff flee amid sales woes

    




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Samsung Galaxy S4 to hit 10 million sales next week
Samsung Galaxy S4 to hit 10 million sales next week
CEO opens up on sales of the flagship Android smartphone

    




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Android 4.2 Jelly Bean arrives on 3D Smart TV from Kogan
Android 4.2 Jelly Bean arrives on 3D Smart TV from Kogan
Available in Australia for less than £300

    




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Cortado launches Thinprint to turn any printer into a cloud printer
Cortado launches Thinprint to turn any printer into a cloud printer
A virtual instance mimics drivers so a printer can be installed on any device

    




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IBM gives customer service representatives access to Watson
IBM gives customer service representatives access to Watson
Might improve telephone customer service calls

    




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EA fires up Ignite Sports game engine for Xbox One and PS4
EA fires up Ignite Sports game engine for Xbox One and PS4
Let’s get physical

    




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Apple to bring Flickr and Vimeo integration to iOS 7
Apple to bring Flickr and Vimeo integration to iOS 7
iOS will get more social

    




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GIF creator sparks outrage by revealing that it's pronounced 'Jif'
GIF creator sparks outrage by revealing that it's pronounced 'Jif'
We refuse to believe it

    




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Syrian Electronic Army goes after the Financial Times in latest hacking attack
Syrian Electronic Army goes after the Financial Times in latest hacking attack
Leaves its mark on Twitter

    




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Bill Gates retakes world's richest title
Bill Gates retakes world's richest title
Sees net worth soar in 2013

    




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