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May 2009 |
The European Commission on Wednesday fined Intel a record €1.06 billion, or about $1.446 billion, for abusing its dominance in the computer chip market to exclude longtime rival AMD. (techmeme)
The move comes just a day after Intel CEO Paul Otellini was reported to say that chip orders for Q2 2009 have been “a little better than we expected” and refused to comment on the antitrust case.
The E.U. competition commissioner, Neelie Kroes, said the penalty against the world’s largest chip maker was justifi... |
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May 2009 |
Research in Motion today confirmed that the Storm 2 is to be launched as the next generation version of its BlackBerry Storm touchscreen phone.
This will consolidate the success of the Curve which is confirmed to be outselling the iPhone in the first quarter of this year, and now RIM has moved into the consumer market seeing it as a potentially lucrative market.
The launch of the Storm 2 will continue the push into the retail market, and according to co-CEO, Jim Balsillie, over half of the 25 million ... |
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May 2009 |
Google’s Android operating system is expected to grow by 900 percent in 2009, encouraged by vendors, developers and operators, a May 11 report from research firm Strategy Analytics is predicting.
The report, “Global Smartphone Vendor Market Share by Region: 2008,” breaks down smartphone market growth by region and operating system.
“The Android mobile operating system from Google gained early traction in the United States in the second half of 2008 and it is gradually spreading its presence into Europ... |
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May 2009 |
Pirate software on PCs in the UK has surged to a record 27 percent last year, which translates to around �1.49 billion in lost sales, service and support opportunities, according to the sixth annual global IDC software piracy study.
One in four PCs in UK has illegal softwareWorldwide, software piracy climbed to a record high, making up 41 percent of all software installed on the planet, according to the IDC report released today by the Business Software Alliance (BSA).
The value of unlicensed and pi... |
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May 2009 |
Within the next few months Asus will launch the Asus Eee PC T91, a tablet-style netbook with a swivelling touchscreen. The Asus Eee PC T91 adds tablet functionality to the burgeoning Asus Eee PC line.
The Asus Eee PC T91 has an 8.9in rotating touchscreen display that converts into a tablet and a stylus. The Asus Eee PC T91 will cost around £449 inc VAT, and will initially ship with Windows XP and Asus' own touchscreen technology.
Windows 7 upgrades are a possibility, according to Asus, and in the long... |
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May 2009 |
Greece's data protection agency has banned Google from expanding its Street View service in the country, pending "additional information" from the firm.
Street View gives users a 360-degree view of a road via Google Maps.
Authorities want to know how long the images would be kept on Google's database and what measures it will take to make people aware of privacy rights.
A similar street mapping service, run by local ISP Kapou, was also suspended for the same reason.
In a statement, Google said t... |
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May 2009 |
Finnish operator Elisa and Nokia Siemens Networks have demonstrated a new technology that allows operators to increase voice capacity of their 3G networks, potentially up to double the baseline capacity. The trial call was conducted in Elisa’s live 3G network using R&D prototype devices supplied by Nokia. In technical terms the demonstration was of the world’s first circuit switched call over a high speed packet access network (CSoHSPA).
Mobile systems such as GSM were designed to carry each voice call ... |
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May 2009 |
For years, companies have tried to get the perfect combination that would assure optimum functionality at the lowest possible cost. Indeed, it has become the Holy Grail for PC manufacturers.
A Chinese company called Skyzone is now entering the fray with the Alpha 680 netbook. The Alpha 680, slated to be released in three months time, is already generating interest with its alleged $250 price tag, the ARM CPU it runs on, and its preference of Google's Android OS over the ubiquitous Windows XP.
But will... |
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May 2009 |
Despite Microsoft's constant denials that it's to offer a Zune-themed mobile, a tweet from a Microsoft employee has hinted at an iPhone rival due in June.
From a new Twitter account set up to promote the launch of Office 2010, the tweet reads: "New product launch, that's all I'm allowed to say. Hold off from buying an iPhone/Pre. :)"
In addition, and despite the account's supposed Office-bias, a previous tweet states: "June 2009 will be an important month for Zune lovers".
New "HD" Zunes PMPs from ... |
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May 2009 |
Acer provided new details about two of its smartphones, but kept silent on price points for each of them.
The computer maker, which unveiled a lineup of Windows Mobile smartphones at Mobile World Congress in February, said that its dual-SIM DX900 is now available in France, the U.K., Germany, Spain, Portugal, Russia and the Middle East, as well as in Singapore, Hong-Kong, Taiwan, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Philippines, Australia, New Zealand and elsewhere.
Acer is touting the DX900 as the... |
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May 2009 |
Google has just made search a lot more useful, and real-time search offerings (i.e. Twitter Search, OneRiot, and Tweetmeme) are about to feel the power of the Google juggernaut. Why? Because of the release of Google Search Options, a new Google search feature that provides the user the ability to drill down search results by recency, content type, and more.
Announced today by Marissa Mayer, Google’s VP of Search and User Experience, Google Search Options is an attempt to organize universal search results... |
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May 2009 |
The world's largest handset manufacturer, Nokia, is prepping its long-awaited application store for mobile devices at the end of May. With the new service, which is called the Ovi Store, the Finnish company will try to emulate Apple's success -- only with more than 20,000 titles at launch.
The Ovi Store, expected for a few months now, will debut with a large catalog of items, unlike Apple, RIM and Google, whose stores launched with a few hundred apps and a few dozen respectively. At the moment, Apple's A... |
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May 2009 |
Spammers in China are being offered a great deal - just $700 (£460) to use a server that allows the sending of as much spam as they want. It's called bulletproof hosting, and to the people who fight spam and cybercrime it's becoming a big problem.
Cybercriminals use these services not just to host servers, but also to register Internet domain names that they use for spam and online attacks.
In a three-month period this year, researchers at the University of Alabama traced more than 22,300 domains, al... |
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May 2009 |
'Noob' could well be the millionth word in the English language – a milestone set to be reached within the coming weeks.
The news comes directly from the Global Language Monitor that estimates the millionth word in the English language is set to arrive on June 10th, 2009 at 10:22 am, British Summer Time.
Approximately!
A number of British newspapers including The Daily Telegraph, The Sun and The Independent have all decreed that 'noob' could be that momentous word.
Shakespeare pwned n00bs
"Th... |
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May 2009 |
After keeping its lips zipped for months, Microsoft is finally giving a bit more clarity to Windows 7's release date. The company will release the new version of its flagship operating system in the fourth quarter of 2009, Microsoft said Monday.
Microsoft isn't yet publicly setting an exact release date, but it's clear it expects Windows 7 will be ready for the winter holidays.
"With early [Release Candidate] testing and partner feedback we've received over the past few weeks, Windows 7 is tracking we... |
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