IT News Head Lines (THE INQUIRER) 7/19/2013

Micron starts sampling 16nm NAND flash for SSDs

Drives expected next year

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Toshiba announces a 13MP smartphone and tablet camera sensor

Touts full resolution 30fps recording

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Texas Instruments releases chips to provide HD 720p touchscreens in cars

Tries to improve the quality of in-car entertainment

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Fujitsu licenses ARM Cortex A15 and Cortex A7 for Big Little configurations

Says consumer and industrial devices will see chips

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Toshiba to expand Japanese fab to build stacked NAND chips

NAND market continues to grow

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Intel Fab 32 leaks gas leaving 11 workers needing hospital treatment

Part of plant under lockdown

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D-Wave quantum computer passes tests ahead of Google deployment

Researchers claim it passed muster

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Nvidia's graphics licensing strategy needs more than just Kepler

Chip designers want more than just an architecture

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Intel CTO Justin Rattner steps down after hitting age limit

Chipmaker will create a new position

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Imagination reveals MIPS 32-bit and 64-bit processor roadmap details

Doesn't waste much time

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Nvidia delays Shield shipments a day before launch

Irate fans cancel orders

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Intel invests in restaurant tablet business

One way to get into the tablet market

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Micron posts $43m profit as DRAM business picks up

Bodes well for the DRAM market

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Imagination reports a 57 percent drop in profits

Cost of research mounts up

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Nvidia to license Kepler GPU technology for smartphones and tablets

Mobile push results in Geforce GTX 760 Ti being put back a week

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Analysts claim 40 million quad-core smartphones were shipped in 2012

Impressive figures for high-end technology

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AMD reveals details of Berlin and Seattle chips

HSA and 64-bit ARM parts to arrive next year

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Intel's Knights Landing chip will make Xeon Phi part of the CPU

The beginning of the end for accelerators in HPC

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Samsung releases PCI-Express SSD for ultrabooks

A week after Apple puts it in the Macbook Air

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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

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

Claims performance improvements for no extra space

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Apple looks to Samsung for Macbook Air PCI-Express SSD

Biggest technological innovation comes from rival

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Dell shareholders will vote on buyout bid on Thursday

Michael Dell still set on $13.65 share price

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Virgin Media adds 3D TV content as BBC declares lack of viewer interest

Expect around 50 hours of additional 3D content from July

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Football cries foul over sports streaming website

Firstrow sports is benched

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Google Glass vulnerability discovered by Lookout could have captured user data

The vulnerability has since been patched by Google

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Paypal turns a man into a quadrillionaire... briefly

Virtually the richest man in the world

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Parliament says GCHQ did not break laws by taking part in PRISM

But says the laws need to be looked at

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Oracle plugs 89 security holes in July critical patch update

Security researchers are concerned that Oracle's practices are 'not working'

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Microsoft puffs cheeks, gets ready to blow whistle on PRISM

Invokes the US Constitution

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iPhone and iPad users warned of Tumblr security update

Advised to change passwords

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Ransomware is targeting Apple Mac OS X users via Safari

Demands users pay $300 to unlock systems

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Snowden case could break the asylum system

ACLU warns of creeping loss of liberty

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Transatlantic teen runs up a big roaming bill

Mum is appalled

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Dell's special committee says Carl Icahn is trying to scare investors

Vote on Michael Dell's future is still on for tomorrow

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Cat B15 review

Rugged handset impresses with durability, but it's an unlikely smartphone

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Three to sell the Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0

Will chuck in free 16GB microSD card and £60 voucher

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UK braces itself for driverless cars

More time to talk on mobiles, text, watch telly and argue

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Boffins power mobile phone using human urine

Coming to a bathroom near you

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HTC One in 'glamour red' hands-on review

We go hands-on with the latest version of HTC's flagship Android smartphone

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Haswell-powered mObi robot with Microsoft Kinect will help restock supermarket shelves [Video]

Boasts omnidirectional movement made possible through “ballbot” technology

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Haswell powered mObi robot with Microsoft Kinect will help restock supermarket shelves [Video]

Boasts omnidirectional movement made possible through 'ballbot' technology

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Blackberry Q10 vs Blackberry Q5 head to head review

We compare Blackberry's two Blackberry 10 QWERTY smartphones

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Microsoft pitches Xbox One at small businesses

Part of the new way of doing things in Redmond

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Nokia Lumia 1020 hands-on review

A big player in the camera phone arena

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Nokia announces the Lumia 1020 with 41MP camera and Windows Phone 8

Claims it outperforms the Samsung Galaxy S4 and iPhone 5

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Xbox One pips PS4 in Currys & PC World’s top Christmas tech gift predictions

Microsoft’s console will prove the best seller, says UK retailer

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Intel reportedly buys gesture recognition firm Omek for $40m

Waves its hands and cash about

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Yahoo sees profits rise after last year's restructuring costs

Spending spree cuts cash reserve in half

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Google rolls out Maps 2.0 for iOS with support for iPad

Brings indoor mapping to Apple gadgets

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Microsoft must change its corporate culture not just structure

Deep changes are needed

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Netflix and Lovefilm competitor Wuaki.tv launches in UK from £2.99 a month

Offers a hybrid of TV and movie rental with unlimited subscription streaming

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Raspberry Pi and Spotify are powering Volvo’s Twitter Jukebox

Allows people to tweet songs to be played at the Goodwood festival

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Microsoft tries to distance itself from PRISM

Reportedly gave the NSA access to everything

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ARMA games publisher Bohemia Interactive resets passwords after attack

Joins Ubisoft and Codemasters

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ARMA game publisher Bohemia Interactive resets passwords after attack

Joins Ubisoft and Codemasters

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Twitter video app Vine is coming to Windows Phone 8

Still no word on Instagram

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US SEC lifts restrictions on startups advertising for funds

Tries to increase transparency

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Microsoft announces a major company reorganisation

To innovate faster around OS, Apps, Cloud, and Devices

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