Friday, October 3, 2014

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Intel backs misogynistic gaming Taliban

Posted: 03 Oct 2014 02:59 AM PDT

taliban-1Intel has stuck two fingers up at all women everywhere by bowing to a misogynist campaign to silence women who complain about sexism in computer gaming and the IT industry.

Intel has pulled an advertising campaign from video gaming website Gamasutra after it dared to back a campaign calling for better gender representation in video games. more»

Apple to lose Siri to Samsung

Posted: 03 Oct 2014 01:44 AM PDT

Anovità-apple-2013pple could lose the core technology behind its voice-command assistant Siri to its rival Samsung.

Siri is the product of SRI International, a research lab that has created many technologies and biosciences products. The digital assistant was spun out as Siri which Apple acquired in 2010, but the voice recognition engine is provided by Nuance Communications. more»

Schmidt is Steve Jobs fan

Posted: 03 Oct 2014 01:43 AM PDT

19th c. fan068While Google and Apple are bitter rivals, Google’s executive chairman Eric Schmidt said he was a Steve Jobs fan.

Schmidt said last week that the competition between the two companies is more “brutal” than ever, and Apple CEO Tim Cook and Schmidt have taken jabs at each other’s companies. more»

Silver Lake to sell IPC

Posted: 03 Oct 2014 01:40 AM PDT

wall streetPrivate equity outfit Silver Lake wants to sell IPC Systems which makes communication systems for Wall Street traders.

It will be the end of one of Silver Lake's longest-held investments and the outfit bought IPC from Goldman Sachs Group private equity arm in 2006 for $800 million.  more»

UK allowed to copy digital content

Posted: 03 Oct 2014 01:39 AM PDT

copyDecades behind the rest of the world, the UK is finally permitted to make personal copies of digital content they have legally bought.

Consumers are allowed to keep the duplicates on local storage or in the cloud.  However you are not allowed to share the data. more»

Google legalled over nude photos

Posted: 02 Oct 2014 07:43 AM PDT

OgleGoogle has been accused of "blatantly unethical behaviour"  for failing to remove nude or private images of celebrities hacked and distributed online.

Stars whose images were hacked include Jennifer Lawrence, Rihanna and Selena Gomez.

Marty Singer, a senior lawyer who represents Hollywood celebs, wrote a sharp letter to Larry Page, Serge Brin, Eric Schmidt and Google lawyers and threatened to sue the firm for $100 million. more»

Tablet market is all shook up

Posted: 02 Oct 2014 07:26 AM PDT

ipad3Apple and Samsung are going to have to fight hard to keep their place as leaders of the tablet pack.

Because, according to market intelligence firm ABI Research, other vendors including Asus, Lenovo and Amazon are fighting hard for third place and creeping up on the leaders. more»

Smartwatches to steal the day

Posted: 02 Oct 2014 06:35 AM PDT

fobwatchThe jury is still out on whether smartwatches will storm the market but if one research outfit is to be believed, that's exactly what's going to happen.

IHS, a market research company based in the USA, says revenues for smartwatches will be worth around $300 million this year and predicts a rise of 80 percent annually for "at least" four more years to come. more»

Chip sales to hit $338 billion

Posted: 02 Oct 2014 06:24 AM PDT

nand-chipsSales of semiconductors in 2013 are likely to reach as much as $338 billion during 2014.

That's according to market research company Gartner, which says that's a 7.2 percent hike compared to 2013.

DRAM showed a revenue growth of 26.3 percent in 2014 and will generate as much as $44.1 billion for the entire year.  more»

Glare from Windows 10 to affect sales

Posted: 02 Oct 2014 06:16 AM PDT

framedwindowsIf you're thinking of buying a notebook now, complete with Windows 8.1 and current Intel chips, it may be time to postpone your buying decision.

That's what Digitimes says is likely to be the effect of Microsoft's move to release Windows 10 – formerly known as Windows 9 – next year. more»

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