Wednesday, June 19, 2013

IT News Head Lines (THE INQUIRER) 6/20/2013





Analysts claim 40 million quad-core smartphones were shipped in 2012
Analysts claim 40 million quad-core smartphones were shipped in 2012
Impressive figures for high-end technology

    




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Apple's 11in Macbook Air uses just one Samsung chip
Apple's 11in Macbook Air uses just one Samsung chip
And manages to almost double battery life

    




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Broadcom announces a quad-core 1.2GHz chip for midrange smartphones
Broadcom announces a quad-core 1.2GHz chip for midrange smartphones
Quad-core chips are set to be mainstream by the end of 2013

    




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Toshiba shows off a multi-level MROM cell for smartphones
Toshiba shows off a multi-level MROM cell for smartphones
Claims performance improvements for no extra space

    




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Apple looks to Samsung for Macbook Air PCI-Express SSD
Apple looks to Samsung for Macbook Air PCI-Express SSD
Biggest technological innovation comes from rival

    




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AMD announces a 5GHz FX-9590 processor
AMD announces a 5GHz FX-9590 processor
Turbo mode helps it keep the clock speed crown

    




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AMD announces 5GHz FX-9590 processor
AMD announces 5GHz FX-9590 processor
Turbo mode helps it keep the clock speed crown

    




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Hynix announces 8Gb LPDDR3 for smartphones and tablets
Hynix announces 8Gb LPDDR3 for smartphones and tablets
Touts 4GB on a single stacked package

    




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Dell says Intel's Xeon turbo boost causes thread synchronisation problems
Dell says Intel's Xeon turbo boost causes thread synchronisation problems
Claims it has a software solution

    




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Dell Storage VP believes SLC NAND can be replaced by MLC within five years
Dell Storage VP believes SLC NAND can be replaced by MLC within five years
Considerable improvements to write endurance on the horizon

    




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Computex: AMD debuts fourth generation Kaveri APU chip [Video]
Computex: AMD debuts fourth generation Kaveri APU chip [Video]
The firm talks us through the successor to Richland at the launch in Taipei

    




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AMD launches Richland APUs with Piledriver cores
AMD launches Richland APUs with Piledriver cores
Tweaks Trinity to compete against Haswell

    




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Computex: Intel flashes the first smartphone with Merrifield chip
Computex: Intel flashes the first smartphone with Merrifield chip
Says it will increase performance by 50 percent compared to predecessor chips

    




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Intel announces dual-core Haswell chips for laptops
Intel announces dual-core Haswell chips for laptops
Still no sub-10W TDP parts

    




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Intel launches single socket Haswell Xeon E3 processors
Intel launches single socket Haswell Xeon E3 processors
Touts GPU performance for cloud rendering

    




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ARM announces Cortex A12 chip for midrange smartphones and tablets
ARM announces Cortex A12 chip for midrange smartphones and tablets
Touts Big Little compatibility

    




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Intel announces quad-core Haswell Core i7 processors
Intel announces quad-core Haswell Core i7 processors
Modest CPU improvements make way for big GPU changes

    




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Apple shifts production from Foxconn to Pegatron
Apple shifts production from Foxconn to Pegatron
Could be preparing for a budget iPhone

    




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Nvidia announces Kepler Geforce GTX 700M series for Intel's Haswell chips
Nvidia announces Kepler Geforce GTX 700M series for Intel's Haswell chips
Claims significant design wins

    




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Nvidia releases Geforce GTX 770 with 2GB and 4GB variants
Nvidia releases Geforce GTX 770 with 2GB and 4GB variants
Leaks proved to be accurate

    




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Nvidia's Geforce GTX 770 comes close to the Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Nvidia's Geforce GTX 770 comes close to the Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
But still no cigar

    




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Mediatek releases quad-core 1.5GHz ARM Cortex A7 chip for tablets
Mediatek releases quad-core 1.5GHz ARM Cortex A7 chip for tablets
Mentions Lenovo as a customer

    




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G8 agree to fight tax avoidance of companies such as Amazon, Apple and Google
G8 agree to fight tax avoidance of companies such as Amazon, Apple and Google
Calls for more transparency over ‘shell companies’ that exploit tax loopholes

    




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UK ISPs BT, Sky, Talktalk and Virgin Media pledge £1m to tackle online child abuse
UK ISPs BT, Sky, Talktalk and Virgin Media pledge £1m to tackle online child abuse
Culture Secretary Maria Miller calls a meeting to fight child pornography

    




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Wall Street to host a simulated cyber war
Wall Street to host a simulated cyber war
Quantum Dawn 2 will prepare banks, brokerages and exchanges for cyber attacks

    




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BBC iPlayer viewer base stays level at 257 million
BBC iPlayer viewer base stays level at 257 million
Steady as she shows

    




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Intel weighs in on INQUIRER Debate into offices vs remote working
Intel weighs in on INQUIRER Debate into offices vs remote working
Day one saw 68 percent vote that the office is dead

    




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Live debate day 2: The office is dead. Remote working is the future
Live debate day 2: The office is dead. Remote working is the future
Have you cast your vote yet?

    




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Yahoo reveals scale of US surveillance requests
Yahoo reveals scale of US surveillance requests
Joins Google, Facebook and Apple

    


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Asia is leading us to a 'phablet' revolution
Asia is leading us to a 'phablet' revolution
The Far East’s love for giant phones is a sign of what’s to come

    




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Whatsapp hits daily messaging record of 27 billion
Whatsapp hits daily messaging record of 27 billion
RIP SMS

    




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PRISM sends traffic to Duckduckgo through the roof
PRISM sends traffic to Duckduckgo through the roof
People go crackers for quackers

    




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UK Snoopers' Charter raises its ugly head again
UK Snoopers' Charter raises its ugly head again
Politicians cosy up to total surveillance

    




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The IT Crowd special wants you
The IT Crowd special wants you
Get shocked and photographed to be famous

    




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PRISM makes it onto the ISPA’s internet villains list
PRISM makes it onto the ISPA’s internet villains list
New entry for Orwellian surveillance

    




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The INQUIRER shows off its Twitter best bits with #Followme
The INQUIRER shows off its Twitter best bits with #Followme
Find out what we tweet about

    




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European Commission votes to scrap roaming fees in 2014
European Commission votes to scrap roaming fees in 2014
Wants a single European telecoms market

    




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BMI wants royalties from Pandora
BMI wants royalties from Pandora
Music streamer must be dammed

    




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Spotify promises to add Pink Floyd catalogue
Spotify promises to add Pink Floyd catalogue
Stream on you crazy diamonds

    




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Google spots Iranian phishing spike
Google spots Iranian phishing spike
Questions links to elections

    




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Facebook copies Twitter with hashtag support
Facebook copies Twitter with hashtag support
Tapping into chatty traffic

    




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Europe rallies against PRISM
Europe rallies against PRISM
Incensed by US surveillance

    




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The Pirate Bay gets attacked and banned in one day
The Pirate Bay gets attacked and banned in one day
Oh no me hearties

    




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Huawei Ascend P6 hands-on review
Huawei Ascend P6 hands-on review
We put the world's thinnest smartphone through its paces

    




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Huawei Ascend P6 video demo
Huawei Ascend P6 video demo
A first look at the world's slimmest smartphone

    




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Huawei unveils the Ascend P6 as a super thin iPhone lookalike
Huawei unveils the Ascend P6 as a super thin iPhone lookalike
Claims the title of world's thinnest smartphone

    




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HTC outs the Desire 200 as low-end Beats Audio smartphone
HTC outs the Desire 200 as low-end Beats Audio smartphone
Pricing and release date to be confirmed

    




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Ex-HTC chiefs launch smartphone startup Kazam
Ex-HTC chiefs launch smartphone startup Kazam
Will launch a smartphone range this year

    




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Blackberry Q5 goes up for pre-order on Orange and T-Mobile
Blackberry Q5 goes up for pre-order on Orange and T-Mobile
Free handset for the first 5,000 buyers

    




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US officials call for smartphone kill switch to deter thieves
US officials call for smartphone kill switch to deter thieves
Get Apple, Samsung and Microsoft involved

    




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Nokia Lumia 925 review
Nokia Lumia 925 review
Best camera phone on the market is let down by Windows Phone 8

    




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Vodafone launches smartphone charging shorts and sleeping bags
Vodafone launches smartphone charging shorts and sleeping bags
More power to your handset

    




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Samsung CEO debunks talk that Galaxy S4 sales are slow
Samsung CEO debunks talk that Galaxy S4 sales are slow
Insists that sales are good

    




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Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 lineup dated for July UK release
Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 lineup dated for July UK release
7in, 8in and 10.1in models are set for release next month

    




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Apple is mulling larger iPhone screens, multiple colour options
Apple is mulling larger iPhone screens, multiple colour options
But will play it safe with the iPhone 5S

    




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Toshiba announces Q series SSDs for laptop upgrades
Toshiba announces Q series SSDs for laptop upgrades
Only hard drive maker to take consumer SSDs seriously

    




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Samsung unveils the Galaxy S4 Zoom with 16MP camera and 10x optical zoom
Samsung unveils the Galaxy S4 Zoom with 16MP camera and 10x optical zoom
Measures 15.4mm thick

    




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Dell launches updated Alienware laptops with Intel Haswell CPUs and SLI Nvidia Geforce GTX 780M GPUs
Dell launches updated Alienware laptops with Intel Haswell CPUs and SLI Nvidia Geforce GTX 780M GPUs
Impressive combinations of power, weight and price

    




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Seagate releases HDD units for NAS boxes
Seagate releases HDD units for NAS boxes
No word on warranty

    




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ZTE inks patent licensing deal with Dolby for smartphones and tablets
ZTE inks patent licensing deal with Dolby for smartphones and tablets
Wants to make better sounds

    




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

    




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Google settles shareholder lawsuit, paving the way for Class C shares
Google settles shareholder lawsuit, paving the way for Class C shares
Co-founders to keep control over Google

    




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Microsoft claims neural network research improves Bing voice search
Microsoft claims neural network research improves Bing voice search
Money spent on research rather than marketing pays off

    




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Oracle releases MySQL Cluster 7.3 for MySQL 5.6
Oracle releases MySQL Cluster 7.3 for MySQL 5.6
Touts improved performance and resiliance

    




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Apple refunds freemium app cash harvest
Apple refunds freemium app cash harvest
Don't play Hay Day unless you want to pay

    




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Nvidia CUDA 5.5 release candidate adds ARM support
Nvidia CUDA 5.5 release candidate adds ARM support
Prepares for Tegra chips supporting CUDA

    




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Digg will launch its RSS news reader by next week
Digg will launch its RSS news reader by next week
Just in time for the shutdown of Google Reader on 1 July

    




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Google to shelve Chrome Frame for Internet Explorer in January 2014
Google to shelve Chrome Frame for Internet Explorer in January 2014
Old versions of Microsoft's browser are becoming rarer

    




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Sony opens up Smartwatch to third party Android ROM developers
Sony opens up Smartwatch to third party Android ROM developers
Should introduce interesting use cases

    




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Microsoft outs pricey multi-factor authentication on Azure cloud
Microsoft outs pricey multi-factor authentication on Azure cloud
Could put small developers off

    




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Netflix confirms watchlist and Profiles for UK this year
Netflix confirms watchlist and Profiles for UK this year
Would also be up for more Arrested Development

    




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Apple executive testifies book publishers wanted to raise prices
Apple executive testifies book publishers wanted to raise prices
Claims he had no thought of collusion

    




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Samsung releases Galaxy S4 software update to address storage complaints
Samsung releases Galaxy S4 software update to address storage complaints
Update now live in the UK

    




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Microsoft releases an Office 365 app for the iPhone
Microsoft releases an Office 365 app for the iPhone
But it's not available yet in the UK

    


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Twitter launches #Followme video service for profile promotion
Twitter launches #Followme video service for profile promotion
Syndicates users' most popular photos, Vine videos, and Tweets into a movie reel

    




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Yahoo to reclaim usernames of inactive accounts
Yahoo to reclaim usernames of inactive accounts
Could free up three letter usernames

    




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Android 5.0 to launch in October with support for low-end phones
Android 5.0 to launch in October with support for low-end phones
Fifth iteration of Android to launch on its fifth anniversary

    




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AMD's Seamicro SM15000 server gets Red Hat Openstack certification
AMD's Seamicro SM15000 server gets Red Hat Openstack certification
Important step to spur sales

    




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Rovio teases an Angry Birds driving game
Rovio teases an Angry Birds driving game
Looks a bit like a Mario Kart ripoff

    




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Oracle releases Java 7 EE with HTML 5 and web socket support
Oracle releases Java 7 EE with HTML 5 and web socket support
Removes clutter for developers

    




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Symantec claims a Linux kernel exploit has been ported to Android
Symantec claims a Linux kernel exploit has been ported to Android
Older versions might be at risk

    




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Samsung delays Android 4.2 update for the Galaxy S3, Note 2
Samsung delays Android 4.2 update for the Galaxy S3, Note 2
Touchwiz reportedly is the cause

    




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Consumer rights protected from freemium app flops
Consumer rights protected from freemium app flops
Minister wants a smoother, simpler digital system

    




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