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Dec 2009 |
Intel has revealed a prototype silicon chip that crams 48 processing cores - a total of 1.3 billion transistors - onto a piece of silicon around the size of a postage stamp. In theory each core could run a separate operating system.
Intel said it had already demonstrated Linux running on each core, and the company suggested that it could in time cram 100 separate cores onto a single piece of silicon.
Nvidia has previewed its next-generation processor that has 512 cores, although Intel's chip is based ... |
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Dec 2009 |
Microsoft and Yahoo on 4 December said they have finalised a deal that would enable Microsoft Bing to power Yahoo search.
"Microsoft and Yahoo believe that this deal will create a sustainable and more compelling alternative in search that can provide consumers, advertisers and publishers [with] real choice, better value and more innovation," the companies said in a brief statement.
The search engine rivals announced their intent to join forces against market leader Google on 29 July with a 10-year pac... |
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Dec 2009 |
Google has named the winners of its second contest aimed at encouraging software developers to make applications for the Google Android mobile operating system.
The Android Developer Challenge 2 (ADC2) was announced in May and attracted entries by offering winners cash awards. The overall winner of ADC2, SweetDreams, an app that helps users sleep at night by sending late calls straight to voicemail, earned its creators $250,000.
From games and social networking apps to productivity and privacy tools,... |
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Dec 2009 |
A report from Credant Technologies has revealed that Londoners lose 10,000 mobile phones each month in cabs, and another 1,000 other devices - such as iPods and laptops - also get left behind each month.
The study quoted Steve McMenara, from TAXI magazine, as saying the busy shopping season is the worst for lost devices. "Its a known fact that this is the worst time of year for forgetting `propertyҒ at the back of cabs, but especially mobile phones and laptops as they slip onto the floor or get for... |
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Nov 2009 |
Milan prosecutors Wednesday sought prison sentences ranging from six months to one year for four Google executives accused of violating Italy's privacy laws over the posting of a video showing the bullying of a handicapped teenage boy.
The prosecutor's request was backed up by a request by lawyers representing the Milan city council for 300,000 (US$452,000) in moral and material damages.
The case concerns the posting on Google Video of a three-minute mobile-phone video showing a handicapped boy being ... |
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Nov 2009 |
Social networking site Twitter has expressed an interest in more acquisitions as it grows in popularity.
"That is something we are definitely interested in," Stone told a news conference in Tel Aviv. "We made an acquisition last year that turned out to be an outstandingly good decision," co-founder Biz Stone said, adding they had nothing specific in mind at the moment.
Stone said that Twitter will "start making money" in 2010, and it will be revealing an advertising revenue plan early next year, but d... |
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7
Nov 2009 |
Apple's iPhone has been a ringing success wherever it has been launched -- but in China few are picking up call.
Challenged by high pricing, missing features and stiff competition, iPhones have logged only 5,000 sales since the handset debuted Oct. 30 in the world's biggest cellphone market. By comparison, more than a million units were sold in the first three days when the latest iPhone was launched in North America and Europe in June.
Price could be one deterrent -- the iPhone starts at around the e... |
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Nov 2009 |
A limited number of Freesat viewers will be included in the BBC iPlayer trial at the end of November.
A BBC spokesperson said that a full service on Freesat would likely be launched in 2010, and that all Freesat HD boxes will be able to receive it.
Viewers will be able to catch up with their favourite BBC and ITV programmes including Top Gear and new drama Murderland.
Rahul Chakkara, controller of TV platforms at BBC Future Media & Technology, said, "The iPlayer has been a success on TV. Since it w... |
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Nov 2009 |
According to various sources Yahoo is currently trialling real-time search with several partners as the company is aiming to match its rivals in providing up-to-the-minute search results.
OneRiot is one of the companies currently testing the new search capabilities with Yahoo, and their data will be available to around a tenth of Yahoo's users.
Real-time search results are becoming an increasigly popular way to find the latest info on the net, and microblogging site Twitter was one of the first sites ... |
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Nov 2009 |
After letting go of swathes of staffs and dropping certain products to cut costs, the search giant plans to build a massive campus in Santa Clara.
Yahoo purchased the 170,000 square metre plot 3 years ago, and it aims to house twice the number of employees currently housed in the company's existing HQ in Sunnyvale.
When the campus has been completed, it will have thirteen buildings in total, which will rival Google's head office in Mountain View, California.
Despite having recessionary troubles, sl... |
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Oct 2009 |
On Wednesday Google will make it easier for searchers to find music online by integrating music preview and purchase links into its search results.
Searched who type in music-related queries, which can be song names as well as partial lyrics, will be shown results from Google's music partners MySace and LaLa. Searchers can then click on a song for a preview, as well as click on a link to purchase the song online.
CEO of Lala.com, Geoff Ralston, says his company's partnership with Google is "about gett... |
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Oct 2009 |
Apple could have to fork up as much as R8.3 billion to the world's top mobile phone manufacturer, Nokia, for the patented technologies Apple2 used in the iPhones sold to date if it loses a lawsuit brought by Nokia.
On Thursday nokia filed the lawsuit in the US, claiming that Apple had infringed 10 of its patents, and accused the company of attempting to get a "free ride" on Nokia's research and developement investment.
Apple has claimed a sizable portion of the high-end mobile phone market, and it is ... |
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Oct 2009 |
Social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter are costing British businesses millions a day in lost productivity in the workplace.
IT services company Morse, which surveyed more than 1,000 employees, claims that 57 percent of respondents admitted to using social networking services like Facebook and Twitter for personal use during the working day.
Workers spend, on average, around 40 minutes per week on the social sites, which equates to a monumental R17 billion per year in lost productivity, or a... |
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Oct 2009 |
Arguably the world's most popular VoIP service - Skype - increased their user base massively in the past 3 months, having reported a revenue increase of 27 percent on top of adding over 40 million people to its network.
Skype released its Q3 earnings on Wednesday, showing it generated USD185.2 million (R1.37 billion) in revenue, which is an increase of USD2m (R14.8 million) from the previous quarter. The IP telephony company now boasts 521 million subscribers.
Skype's owner, eBay, is still trying to s... |
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22
Oct 2009 |
Social website Twitter on Wedensday announced new search deals with Microsoft and Google to have tweets integrated into their search results.
Microsoft also announced a similar deal that will enable searching of Facebook results using the Bing search engine.
Paul Yiu, from Microsoft's Bing Social Search Team, said "Today at Web 2.0 we announced that working with those clever birds over at Twitter, we now have access to the entire public Twitter feed and have a beta of Bing Twitter search for you to pl... |
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