IT-Code-News: IT News HeadLines (THE INQUIRER) 11/15/2010

Beware the Internet scams of Christmas
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TURKEY OVERDOSES ASIDE, McAfee has issued a stern warning about public safety for this holiday season.

Three is offering free Murdoch content
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MOBILE BROADBAND PROVIDER Three is trying to bump up the readership of Rupert Murdoch's pay-walled Times and Sunday Times websites by offering free subscriptions.

Apple is heading into the shiny toy sales gutter
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Analysis
THE DEMISE of Apple's Xserve clearly demonstrates the firm's slide into the sales rat race as it purges any notions of being an innovative high technology company.

Dixons pulls Toshiba Folio 100
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TEMPORARILY OR NOT, the decision by Dixons to remove the Toshiba Folio 100 from its retail stores' shelves and websites spells disaster in the UK for the Japanese electronics company's first tablet.

Samsung slashes Galaxy Tab prices
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SLASHING PRICES by up to £200, Samsung is making its Galaxy Tab available for less than £500 two weeks after its UK launch.

Acer Aspire 5745DG review
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Review

Product Acer Aspire 5745DG 374G32Mn 3D Laptop
Website http://www.asuslaptop.co.uk/
System Specifications Intel Core i3-370M 2.4GHz CPU with 3MB L3 cache, 4GB DDR3 RAM, Nvidia Geforce GT425M GPU with 1.5GB VRAM, 320GB hard disk, DVD combo drive, 15.6-inch 1366x768 120Hz LED backlit display, Ethernet, WiFi, multi-card reader, Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Price £899 including VAT

Windows Phone 7 is Hotel California for microSD cards
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GOOD ISN'T GOOD ENOUGH when it comes to microSD cards for Microsoft's special Windows Phone 7 (WP7) smartphone operating system.

Oracle is likely to give up on HP CEO
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IT LOOKS LIKE Oracle is going to give up on getting HP CEO Leo Apotheker into the witness stand in its lawsuit against SAP.

Chrome goes for 'movie experience' from Youtube clips
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INTERNET SEARCH OUTFIT Google has come up with a batch of add-ons to its Chrome web browser that are designed to make watching Youtube clips more like the movies.

Apple Iphone Flaw scapegoat goes to Cisco
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THE BLOKE who was tarred and feathered by the tame Apple press after being blamed for stuffing up Steve Jobs' perfect Iphone 4 has found work at Cisco.

Microsoft disables Live Messenger links
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SOFTWARE MANGLER Microsoft has shut down links to some websites in the 2009 builds of Windows Live Messenger.

Bloke gets a year for hacking Sarah Palin's email
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A TENNESSEE MAN who guessed Tea Party icon Sarah Palin's password and published her emails online has been sentenced to a year's porridge.

Murdoch's son moans about print sales
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Gutterwatch
THE SON of Rupurt Murdoch, James Murdoch, has been moaning that electronic gear has been cannibalising sales of physical newspapers.

AOL plans to disrupt email
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KEEN TO GET THE JUMP on Facebook, the old lady of the Internet, AOL announced that it has revamped its email services.

Adobe introduces Acrobat X
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CREATIVE SOFTWARE HOUSE Adobe has refreshed Acrobat X with the addition of features and document exchange services.

Gangs employ cold calling to flog bad anti-virus software
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CONTEMPORARY PHISHING FILTERS are being circumvented by good old social engineering techniques, according to the Serious and Organised Crime Agency (SOCA).

Sophos bypasses Firesheep
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INSECURITY EXPERTS at Sophos have released a Linux-based do-it-yourself defence against the HTTP hijacker known as Firesheep and said people can use it in order to browse the web safely over unencrypted WiFi.

Apple delays its IOS update again
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FRUIT THEMED TOY SELLER Apple has pushed back the release of its next IOS update until later this month, according to the Telegraph newspaper.

Facebook gets chopped off the web in Saudi Arabia
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PRIVACY SHREDDING SOCIAL NETWORK Facebook has been blocked by Saudi Arabia because authorities there claim that it doesn't conform to the country's moral values.

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

IT News HeadLines (THE INQUIRER) 11/15/2010

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