Monday, June 3, 2013

IT News Head Lines (THE INQUIRER) 6/4/2013





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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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'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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Intel buys ST Ericsson's navigation chip business for smartphones and tablets
Intel buys ST Ericsson's navigation chip business for smartphones and tablets
Navigation chip to end up in portable devices

    




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Mentor Graphics releases chip verification tools for TSMC's 16nm FinFET process node
Mentor Graphics releases chip verification tools for TSMC's 16nm FinFET process node
Lets designers get started on new chips

    




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AMD announces quad-core Opteron X series chips for microservers
AMD announces quad-core Opteron X series chips for microservers
Goes up against Intel's Centerton and Avoton Atoms

    




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ARM releases dual-core Cortex A15 hard macro for TSMC's 28nm HPM process node
ARM releases dual-core Cortex A15 hard macro for TSMC's 28nm HPM process node
Should speed up chip development

    




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ARM announces LG as lead partner for Cortex A50 series
ARM announces LG as lead partner for Cortex A50 series
Joins Samsung in supporting 64bit ARM chips

    




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Nvidia releases refreshed Geforce GTX 780
Nvidia releases refreshed Geforce GTX 780
Bumps memory up to 3GB

    




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Qualcomm, Broadcom and Nvidia buck falling semiconductor revenues in 2012
Qualcomm, Broadcom and Nvidia buck falling semiconductor revenues in 2012
Rare highlights in bleak 2012 results

    




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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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Apple's iPhone and iPad chips generate 83 percent of Samsung's processor revenue
Apple's iPhone and iPad chips generate 83 percent of Samsung's processor revenue
Rivals rely on each other

    




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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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Intel sees GPU shipments drop while AMD and Nvidia see gains
Intel sees GPU shipments drop while AMD and Nvidia see gains
Nvidia scores in mobile devices while AMD's APUs pay off

    




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Arduino launches Yún for WiFi connectivity under Linux
Arduino launches Yún for WiFi connectivity under Linux
Aims to make connecting to complex web services that use XML much easier

    




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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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EE expands 4G services to 12 additional towns
EE expands 4G services to 12 additional towns
Now covers over 50 percent of the UK

    




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EE announces 30 day SIM-only 4G tariffs
EE announces 30 day SIM-only 4G tariffs
They come at a cost

    




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Anonymous goes after the English Defence League
Anonymous goes after the English Defence League
EDL members and supporters are targeted

    




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Netflix’s Arrested Development is an immediate hit on torrent websites
Netflix’s Arrested Development is an immediate hit on torrent websites
Sees 100,000 downloads in 24 hours

    




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Spotify launches Discover for personalised music recommendations
Spotify launches Discover for personalised music recommendations
Available only on Spotify web player

    




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BT advert banned for not showing broadband cap
BT advert banned for not showing broadband cap
Pssst... capped at 10GB per month

    




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Lulzsec’s Jeremy Hammond pleads guilty
Lulzsec’s Jeremy Hammond pleads guilty
Facing as much as ten years in stir

    




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Chinese hackers have stolen US advanced weapons blueprints
Chinese hackers have stolen US advanced weapons blueprints
Report prepared for Pentagon likens the threat to the cold war

    




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Google to beef up SSL encryption keys
Google to beef up SSL encryption keys
Will double key length to 2048-bit by the end of 2013

    




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BBC shows off a radio that can comment on the weather
BBC shows off a radio that can comment on the weather
Perceptive radio demoed

    




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Kim Dotcom claims he invented two-factor authentication
Kim Dotcom claims he invented two-factor authentication
He’s got a patent and everything

    




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Nokia Siemens and Intel collaborate on base station hardware and software
Nokia Siemens and Intel collaborate on base station hardware and software
Want to make network operators more money

    




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Twitter offers users two factor authentication to tighten security
Twitter offers users two factor authentication to tighten security
Responds to a host of recent attacks

    




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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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Ethernet turns 40 years old today
Ethernet turns 40 years old today
From local area to worldwide deployment

    


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Anonymous threat leads to Guantanamo WiFi shutdown
Anonymous threat leads to Guantanamo WiFi shutdown
Military responds to protest with caution

    




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Copyright cartel's axe falls on Movie2k and Download4all websites
Copyright cartel's axe falls on Movie2k and Download4all websites
Proxies pop up promptly

    




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Computex: Acer confirms launch of first 8in Windows 8 tablet, the Iconia W3
Computex: Acer confirms launch of first 8in Windows 8 tablet, the Iconia W3
Intel's "wonderful baby"

    




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Computex: Acer announces a phablet, the Liquid S1
Computex: Acer announces a phablet, the Liquid S1
A 5.7in phone-tablet aimed at both consumer and business users

    




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Western Digital outs 4TB WD Se hard drive for analytical workloads
Western Digital outs 4TB WD Se hard drive for analytical workloads
Touts Apache Hadoop performance

    




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Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 review
Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 review
Pricey tablet will struggle to compete with its affordable rivals

    




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IDC predicts laptop sales will increase by 2017
IDC predicts laptop sales will increase by 2017
Desktop shipments to see a modest decline

    




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Huawei outs flagship Ascend P6 smartphone on Facebook
Huawei outs flagship Ascend P6 smartphone on Facebook
Ahead of 18 June unveiling

    




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Microsoft outs a 256GB Surface Pro tablet
Microsoft outs a 256GB Surface Pro tablet
Will debut in Japan next month

    




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Nokia and Sony sign up for O2's chargerless initiative
Nokia and Sony sign up for O2's chargerless initiative
Nokia Lumia 925 and Sony Xperia SP are latest additions

    




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Apple CEO Tim Cook claims Google Glass has no mass appeal
Apple CEO Tim Cook claims Google Glass has no mass appeal
Hints at iWatch plans

    




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Mozilla reportedly is working with Foxconn on Firefox OS device
Mozilla reportedly is working with Foxconn on Firefox OS device
An announcement is expected on the eve of Computex

    




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Kickstarter hits 100,000 funded projects
Kickstarter hits 100,000 funded projects
A lot of success stories under its belt

    




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Xbox One could track everything you watch on TV
Xbox One could track everything you watch on TV
And reward you for staying tuned during the ad breaks

    




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Yahoo, Silver Lake and KKR bid for Hulu
Yahoo, Silver Lake and KKR bid for Hulu
Competition heats up for video streaming service

    




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Wordpress turns 10 years old
Wordpress turns 10 years old
Many happy returning bloggers

    




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Opera Software releases beta Opera Next web browser based on Chromium
Opera Software releases beta Opera Next web browser based on Chromium
First look at Opera's work on Webkit

    




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Mixcloud relaunches its iPhone app with sights set on Spotify
Mixcloud relaunches its iPhone app with sights set on Spotify
Android and Blackberry 10 apps incoming

    




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BBC to add downloadable radio content to iPlayer in 2014
BBC to add downloadable radio content to iPlayer in 2014
Will be available to download and listen to offline for the first time next year

    




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Syrian Electronic Army is back in the Sky camp
Syrian Electronic Army is back in the Sky camp
Hackers create havoc with app takeover

    




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UK DWP won't upgrade online system beyond Windows XP and IE6
UK DWP won't upgrade online system beyond Windows XP and IE6
Government will force people off the web and into offices to make a claim

    




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Mageia 3 is a great way to banish Microsoft forever
Mageia 3 is a great way to banish Microsoft forever
Linux outfit releases latest Windows alternative

    




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Atari to flog Rollercoaster Tycoon for $3.5m in July auctions
Atari to flog Rollercoaster Tycoon for $3.5m in July auctions
Wants just $250,000 for Total Annihilation

    




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Grid 2 £125,000 special edition comes with a free car
Grid 2 £125,000 special edition comes with a free car
And a free Playstation

    




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Microsoft opens up on Xbox One second hand games and licences
Microsoft opens up on Xbox One second hand games and licences
What to expect from the next Xbox

    




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