Thursday, June 6, 2013

IT News Head Lines (THE INQUIRER) 6/7/2013





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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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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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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Three faces Ofcom probe following 3G data outage
Three faces Ofcom probe following 3G data outage
Full service has now resumed

    




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Yahoo gets a makeover
Yahoo gets a makeover
Firm shows off changes in a GIF

    




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BBC takes web clock complaint seriously
BBC takes web clock complaint seriously
BBC Trust says it did a misleading thing

    




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Google, Microsoft and Twitter speak out against the snoopers’ charter
Google, Microsoft and Twitter speak out against the snoopers’ charter
So does Nick Clegg

    




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Youview is on its way to 400,000 home installations
Youview is on its way to 400,000 home installations
Boom time for the boob tube

    




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O2 cuts its users' access to free BT Openzone WiFi
O2 cuts its users' access to free BT Openzone WiFi
Will replace it with O2 WiFi

    




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Sky's Android apps come back to life
Sky's Android apps come back to life
Firm had pulled them after SEA hacking

    




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BT dumps Yahoo Mail after complaints about hacking and spam
BT dumps Yahoo Mail after complaints about hacking and spam
Set to launch its own BT Mail service

    




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Neelie Kroes appeals for a single digital Europe
Neelie Kroes appeals for a single digital Europe
Roaming to go

    




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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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Computex: 80 percent of Windows 8 devices will have touch screens by 2014, says Microsoft
Computex: 80 percent of Windows 8 devices will have touch screens by 2014, says Microsoft
Has been working with partners to lower the costs of integrating the technology

    




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Acer to offer limited edition Aspire R7 Star Trek model
Acer to offer limited edition Aspire R7 Star Trek model
Will be up for grabs

    




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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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Sony Vaio Pro 13 with Intel Haswell video demo
Sony Vaio Pro 13 with Intel Haswell video demo
We cast an eye over Sony's 13.3in Windows 8 ultrabook

    




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One in five Brits want Google Glass banned
One in five Brits want Google Glass banned
Never seen it, don’t like it

    




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HTC One Mini leaks as firm eyes Samsung's Galaxy S4 Mini
HTC One Mini leaks as firm eyes Samsung's Galaxy S4 Mini
Features 4.3in HD screen, HTC Sense 5.0

    




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Computex: Nvidia shows off Project Shield production model
Computex: Nvidia shows off Project Shield production model
We test the final build of Nvidia's Android gaming machine

    




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Dell unveils refreshed laptop line with Intel Haswell
Dell unveils refreshed laptop line with Intel Haswell
The Precision T1700 workstation and the R7610 2U rackmount

    




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Sony outs three Windows 8 ultrabooks with Intel Haswell chips
Sony outs three Windows 8 ultrabooks with Intel Haswell chips
Unveils the Vaio Duo 13, Pro 13 and Pro 11 hybrid laptop tablets

    




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Acer Liquid S1 hands-on review
Acer Liquid S1 hands-on review
We take a closer look at Acer's first phablet device

    




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Samsung announces the Galaxy S4 Active with water and dust protection
Samsung announces the Galaxy S4 Active with water and dust protection
Looks to challenge the Sony Xperia Z

    




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Computex: Sonostar shows off a smartwatch that syncs with Android and iOS [Video]
Computex: Sonostar shows off a smartwatch that syncs with Android and iOS [Video]
Debuts E Ink’s 1.73in Mobius flexible paper display made for smartwatches

    




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Apple releases Mac OS X 10.8.4 ahead of WWDC refresh
Apple releases Mac OS X 10.8.4 ahead of WWDC refresh
Could be the final version of Mountain Lion

    




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Microsoft coughs on Windows 8.1 Outlook tablet update
Microsoft coughs on Windows 8.1 Outlook tablet update
Will bring email to RT devices

    




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Google Play Music All Access to land on Apple iOS in ‘a couple of weeks’
Google Play Music All Access to land on Apple iOS in ‘a couple of weeks’
Still no word on UK availability

    




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Google puts a seven day deadline on critical bugs
Google puts a seven day deadline on critical bugs
Will reveal vendors' software bugs if not acknowledged within a week

    




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Ruby on Rails exploit could hijack unpatched web servers
Ruby on Rails exploit could hijack unpatched web servers
Administrators should patch them

    




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Nasdaq accepts $10m fine from US SEC over Facebook IPO
Nasdaq accepts $10m fine from US SEC over Facebook IPO
UBS and others are still negotiating

    




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Microsoft waxes lyrical over Windows 8.1 and its Start button
Microsoft waxes lyrical over Windows 8.1 and its Start button
What to expect from the service pack

    




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Facebook's Waze buyout talks fall through
Facebook's Waze buyout talks fall through
Suggests Google is back as frontrunner

    




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Opera Software sets up three release channels for Webkit based Opera
Opera Software sets up three release channels for Webkit based Opera
Follows Mozilla's lead

    




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Microsoft brings in the first phase of Skype and Lync integration
Microsoft brings in the first phase of Skype and Lync integration
Users can share contacts, messages and audio calls

    




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Amazon launches API based login service for iOS and Android app developers
Amazon launches API based login service for iOS and Android app developers
Allows the use of existing Amazon accounts for user identification

    




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Facebook tightens its security with verified pages
Facebook tightens its security with verified pages
Ensures users can find the true profiles of celebrities, brands and businesses

    




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Google gives Gmail a makeover
Google gives Gmail a makeover
Makes it simpler to organise your inbox

    




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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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