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Nintendo Said Thursday Pre-Order Sales of Its New Wii U Console Are Strong

Dec 27, 2012

Nintendo said Thursday pre-order sales of its new Wii U console are strong and the console is likely to have shortages this holiday season after its launch. The company also expects a hit on its profits in the short-term from the console, ...

Tags: Nintendo, Wii U console, console, shortages

Google Has Admitted to The Information Commisioner's Office

Dec 27, 2012

Google has admitted to the Information Commisioner's Office that it failed to delete all the Wi-Fi data collected by its Street View vehicles. Last month, the ICO demanded proof that the Wi-Fi data collected by the Google Street View ...

Tags: Google, Wi-Fi Data, ICO

On The Same Day Microsoft Loudly Proclaims Windows 8 in New York

Dec 27, 2012

On the same day Microsoft loudly proclaims Windows 8 in New York, the aging-but-still-going Windows XP today quietly celebrated its 11th birthday. On Oct. 25, 2001, Microsoft launched Windows XP, unknowingly unleashing its most successful ...

Tags: Microsoft, Windows 8, Windows XP, 11th birthday

Texas Instruments Has Introduced a Fingerprint Recognition

Dec 27, 2012

Texas Instruments has introduced a fingerprint recognition and face detection development kit based on its real-time DSP which comes with biometrics analysis software, preloaded. The C6748 DSP development kit incorporates the firm's C6748 ...

Tags: TI, DSP, biometrics analysis, software, real-time

Workers Could Strike During The Olympic Games in London

Dec 27, 2012

Over 1,500 workers in the IT services and healthcare units of supplier Atos could go on strike during the Olympics after being offered a below-inflation pay rise. The Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union is balloting workers after ...

Tags: IT services, healthcare, Olympics, IT

Byte Night Is This Year Launching a Belfast Sleep-out in Addition to Events in Cambridge

Dec 27, 2012

For those who thought that 2012 was getting slightly too London-centric, I have some good news. Put down your javelin, dust off your sleeping bag and get ready for Belfast 2012. Byte Night is this year launching a Belfast sleep-out in ...

Tags: Belfast sleep, sleeping bag, sleep, sleep out

Ofcom Will Have to Pay for Each Phone Number Allocated to Them as of Next Year

Dec 27, 2012

Ofcom today announced new rules for telecoms providers meaning they will have to pay for each phone number allocated to them as of next year. Currently the likes of BT, Virgin Media and TalkTalk can request blocks of 1,000 numbers from ...

Tags: Ofcom, telecoms, telephone, Virgin Media, TalkTalk

DWP Estimates Total Benefit Overpayments Due to Fraud and Error in 2011-12 Were GBP 3.2bn

Dec 27, 2012

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) estimates that total benefit overpayments due to fraud and error in 2011-12 were GBP3.2 billion, equating to 2% of total benefit expenditure of GBP 159bn. Total underpayments in 2011-12 are ...

Tags: Department for Work and Pensions, benefit overpayments, fraud, service

Google's Next Smartphone, The Nexus 4, Will Have a 4.7-Inch Screen

Dec 27, 2012

Google's next smartphone, the Nexus 4, will have a 4.7-inch screen and start shipping on Oct. 30, according to U.K. retailer Carphone Warehouse. The follow-up to the Galaxy Nexus, which was announced in October last year, is widely ...

Tags: Google, smartphone, Nexus 4, U.K.retailer

Google Introduced Stricter Rules for Applications on Android Mobile Operating System

Dec 27, 2012

Google has introduced stricter rules for applications on its Android mobile operating system to reduce the number of malicious apps in the Google Play app market and improve its reputation. The revised Google Android developer policy ...

Tags: Google, Android Policy, Malicious Apps, Google Play app

New Light-Powered Wireless Keyboards for Apple Tablets From The Logitech

Dec 27, 2012

Dye-sensitized photoelectric film manufactured by UK company G24 Innovations eliminates need for batteries or chargers. New light-powered wireless keyboards for Apple tablets from the consumer electronics giant Logitech represent ...

Tags: Graetzel, G24, solar keyboard, iPad, Logitech

Police Have Spent About $1.8 Million on Software and Other Crime-Fighting Technologies

Dec 27, 2012

Police in Oakland, Calif., have spent about $1.8 million in recent years on software and other crime-fighting technologies that they either never used or drastically underutilized, according to a report released Wednesday by city auditor ...

Tags: Police, software, crime fighting technologies

The U.S. International Trade Commission Has Decided to Review an April Decision

Dec 27, 2012

The U.S. International Trade Commission has decided to review an April decision by its administrative law judge in a patent dispute between Microsoft and Motorola Mobility that has attracted a lot of attention including from the U.S. ...

Tags: ITC, patent dispute, Microsoft, Motorola Mobility

Now That Microsoft Has Finally Launched Its Next-Generation Operating System

Dec 27, 2012

Now that Microsoft has finally launched its next-generation operating system, Windows 8, it must tackle what may be the most daunting marketing challenge it has ever faced. Once the supreme leader of personal computing, Microsoft is now ...

Tags: Microsoft, operating system, Windows 8, marketing challenge

US Defence Department Had Developed Tools to Trace Attackers

Dec 27, 2012

US intelligence officials say there is growing evidence Iran was behind recent cyber attacks that disabled computers across the Saudi oil industry. These attacks contributed to a warning last week from Defense Secretary Leon Panetta that ...

Tags: Iran, cyber attacks, oil industry, disabled computers

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