IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (THE INQUIRER) 23/09/2011

Swedish Movie Institute is not stealing films

THE SWEDISH FILM INSTITUTE (SFI)has been forced to explain how it become embroiled in a copyright scandal and why what happened is a lesson to us all.

Swedish Film Institute is not stealing films

THE SWEDISH FILM INSTITUTE (SFI) has been forced to explain how it become embroiled in a copyright scandal and why what happened is a lesson to us all.

TalkTalk is the most complained about broadband provider

TALKTALK is the most complained about broadband provider, research from industry regulator Ofcom has revealed.

TalkTalk had 0.58 complaints per 1,000 broadband customers, followed by BT, Orange and BSkyB. Virgin Media had the fewest complaints according to the data from April to June this year.

Talktalk is the most complained about broadband provider

INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER (ISP) Talktalk is the most complained about broadband provider, research from industry regulator Ofcom has revealed.

AT&T paid almost $1m to US lawmakers urging approval for T-Mobile purchase

US TELECOMS OPERATOR AT&T gave over $950,000 to lawmakers, urging them to sign off on its proposed purchase of T-Mobile USA.

Vint Cerf warns Facebook against walled gardens

THE GODFATHER OF THE INTERNET Vint Cerf has warned social networking web site and people database Facebook against shutting itself off from the rest of the internet.

Mexican Twitter 'terrorist' duo are released without charge

TWO MEXICANS who faced up to 30 years in prison for Twitter 'terrorism' have been freed, marking an end to one of the micro-blogging web site's biggest legal issues to date.

Spammers promise free games to lure Twitter users

MICRO BLOGGING PLATFORM Twitter is being flooded with spam messages that promise users free licenses for upcoming game titles like BioShock Infinite or Batman: Arkham City.

Open Diaspora lets you post to the social web

STARTUP SOCIAL NETWORK Diaspora is almost finished sending out invites to its service and reckons to have hundreds of thousands of waiting users.

Google wins an Aussie advertising case

INTERNET SEARCH DOMINATOR Google has won a court case in Australia over its placement of sponsored links.

Microsoft Live outage was down to a DNS issue

SOFTWARE HOUSE Microsoft has revisited the outage that affected its Live services earlier this month and explained that it was a Domain Name Service (DNS) issue that left users locked out.

HTC Sensation XE video demo

TAIWANESE PHONE MAKER HTC's Sensation XE is first phone in a line of smartphones to feature Beats audio technology.

Huawei Ideos S7 Slim goes on sale

CHINESE NETWORKING GIANT Huawei has launched its Ideos S7 Slim tablet with prices starting at £238.

Xperia Arc users report cracks issue

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USERS of Sony Ericsson's Xperia Arc smartphone have reported a widespread cracks issue on the handset.

Al Gore spills guts on Iphone 5 release date

CLIMATE OBSESSED, but presumably light on labour rights focus, Al Gore has let slip the release date for the Iphone 5, only he mentioned phones, plural.

Al Gore spills his guts on Iphone 5 release date

CLIMATE OBSESSED but presumably light on labour rights focus, Al Gore has let slip the release date for the Iphone 5, only he mentioned phones, plural.

Archos launches its 80 G9 Android tablet

FRENCH TABLET MAKER Archos has launched its 80 G9 tablet, but it's not as good as it's supposed to be.

Hacker makes a 23in Android tablet

HACKER Martin Drashkov has created a custom built 23in touchscreen Android tablet that he calls the Megapad.

Fujitsu Arrows phones and tablets are incoming

JAPANESE COMPUTER GIANT Fujitsu has announced that its upcoming phones and tablets will come under the 'Arrows' brand.

HIS announces its AMD Radeon 6570 silent graphics card

CHINESE HARDWARE MAKER Hightech Information Systems (HIS) has announced its 6570 graphics card with silent operation.

Nokia installs a CTO

FINNISH PHONE MAKER Nokia has shuffled off its current CTO and replaced him with Henry Tirri.

HP might oust Apotheker

MAKER OF EXPENSIVE PRINTER INK HP's board is going to consider ousting CEO Léo Apotheker, according to reports.

Apple wins 40 patents in China

FRUIT THEMED GADGET VENDOR Apple has been granted 40 patents in China as it looks to shore up protection of its intellectual property in that country.

Motorola Atrix 2 surfaces

PICTURES AND SPECS have appeared of Motorola's Atrix 2 smartphone and it seems not much has changed.

AOC announces a USB powered monitor

DISPLAY MAKER AOC has announced a portable monitor that runs off a single USB port.

Microsoft and Nokia show off an app converter tool

SOFTWARE DEVELOPER Microsoft and Finnish phone maker Nokia are showing off an app converter tool that converts from Symbian to Windows Phone.

Oracle's $2.2bn claim against Android is flawed claims Google

SMARTPHONE DEVELOPER Google has urged the judge in its case against Oracle over Android to reject a $2.2bn claim made by Oracle.

HTC strikes a deal with Dropbox

TAIWANESE PHONE MAKER HTC has struck a deal with cloud storage provider Dropbox to give customers extra space.

Schmidt claims Google isn't a rational company that seeks profits

ADVERTISING BROKER Google is not a "rational business" according to its chairman Eric Schmidt.

Microsoft to roll out Windows Phone 7.5 Mango in two weeks

SMARTPHONE DEVELOPER Microsoft announced that its Windows Phone 7.5 update, codenamed Mango, will be released within two weeks.

Microsoft will roll out Windows Phone 7.5 Mango in two weeks

SMARTPHONE DEVELOPER Microsoft has announced that its Windows Phone 7.5 update, codenamed Mango, will be released within two weeks.

Android is best for developers, Blackberry is best for making money

MOBILE SOFTWARE DEVELOPER Google's Android operating system (OS) is the best place for developers in general, while the Blackberry OS is the best place for developers to make money, according to a report by Evans Data.

Play.com is sold for £25m

ONLINE CD AND DVD FLOGGER Play.com has been sold to a Japanese group for £25m.

Adobe patches critical vulnerabilities in Flash Player

SOFTWARE MAKER ADOBE has released a security update for Flash Player in order to address several critical vulnerabilities, including one that is being exploited in the wild.

Gamers live in virtual reality

RESEARCHERS at Nottingham Trent University (NTU) have revealed that gamers transfer virtual experiences into the real world.

Poker pros sold Full Tilt players down the river

PROFESSIONAL POKER PLAYERS Chris Ferguson, Howard Lederer and Rafael Furst have been accused of bilking tens of millions through their poker web site, Full Tilt Poker.

Google might have hiked Microsoft’s ad rates

INTERNET SEARCH GIANT Google might have increased Microsoft's ad rates 50 fold, a Bloomberg report says.

French publishers team up against Apple

A GROUP OF RIVAL FRENCH magazine and newspaper publishers have joined forces to try to stop Apple from dictating the terms of their distribution.

Researchers plan to demo Android root exploits

A PAIR OF SECURITY RESEARCHERS plan to demonstrate how two unpatched Android vulnerabilities can be exploited to gain root access on the device and bypass application permission prompts.

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IT News Head Lines (THE INQUIRER) 23/09/2011

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