psmallPaul Hales a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/"the Inquirer/a, Tuesday 9 December 2008. 21:15:00/small/ppi Be prepared /i/ppTHE INQ is getting a facelift. If the gods of the interweb are on our side and all other factors being favourable, next time you visit the INQ it could have a whole new look and feel..../pimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.theinquirer.net/c/554/f/7127/s/2873e46/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=The INQ gets a faceliftlink=http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/12/09/farewell-old-inq" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=The INQ gets a faceliftlink=http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/12/09/farewell-old-inq" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/25853785493/u/89/f/7127/c/554/s/42417734/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/25853785493/u/89/f/7127/c/554/s/42417734/a2.img" border="0"//a

psmallEgan Orion a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/"the Inquirer/a, Tuesday 9 December 2008. 13:31:00/small/ppi Racks and blades /i/ppBIG TIN server vendor Sun Microsystems will update its rackmount and blade lines today with new systems built around AMD's latest quad-core Opteron processor called Shanghai. Sun joins Cray, Dell, Fujitsu, HP, IBM and others in jumping on the AMD Shanghai bandwagon..../pimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.theinquirer.net/c/554/f/7127/s/286a5ac/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Sun rolls out Shanghai serverslink=http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/12/09/sun-rolls-shanghai-servers" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Sun rolls out Shanghai serverslink=http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/12/09/sun-rolls-shanghai-servers" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/25853769482/u/89/f/7127/c/554/s/42378668/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/25853769482/u/89/f/7127/c/554/s/42378668/a2.img" border="0"//a

psmallWily Ferret a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/"the Inquirer/a, Tuesday 9 December 2008. 05:32:00/small/ppi Netbook PCs fuel portable machine growth /i/ppASUS MIGHT HAVE created the market for netbooks - the mini laptops that aren't quite - but it seems that Asus is having its milkshake drunk by competitors, particularly arch-rival Acer. Numbers out of research outfit NPD say that the Acer Aspire One, built on the Intel Atom platform, is.../pimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.theinquirer.net/c/554/f/7127/s/286a5ae/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Asus gets milkshake drunk by Acerlink=http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/12/09/asus-gets-milkshake-drunk-acer" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Asus gets milkshake drunk by Acerlink=http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/12/09/asus-gets-milkshake-drunk-acer" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/25853769483/u/89/f/7127/c/554/s/42378670/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/25853769483/u/89/f/7127/c/554/s/42378670/a2.img" border="0"//a

psmallWily Ferret a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/"the Inquirer/a, Tuesday 9 December 2008. 05:08:00/small/ppi CUDA WUDA SHUDA /i/ppOPEN SESAME! Or rather, Open CL. As the parallel processing programming language of choice releases its first formal spec, the major industry players are lining up to get behind the standard. Originally conceived by Apple - and now handled by the Khronos industry group - OpenCL is a programming language.../pimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.theinquirer.net/c/554/f/7127/s/2869bbf/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=OpenCL opens for businesslink=http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/12/09/opencl-opens-business" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=OpenCL opens for businesslink=http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/12/09/opencl-opens-business" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/25853768462/u/89/f/7127/c/554/s/42376127/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/25853768462/u/89/f/7127/c/554/s/42376127/a2.img" border="0"//a

psmallWily Ferret a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/"the Inquirer/a, Tuesday 9 December 2008. 04:13:00/small/ppi Breaking the hold of DRM /i/ppIS APPLE about to unwrap an early Christmas present for its users by unwrapping the DRM from its Itunes store songs? Rumours scurrying around the interweb today suggest that December 9th will be the day that Apple starts to fight back against its legion of DRM free competitors, having spent.../pimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.theinquirer.net/c/554/f/7127/s/286944c/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Itunes preparing to open uplink=http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/12/09/itunes-preparing-open" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Itunes preparing to open uplink=http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/12/09/itunes-preparing-open" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/25853767253/u/89/f/7127/c/554/s/42374220/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/25853767253/u/89/f/7127/c/554/s/42374220/a2.img" border="0"//a

psmallTony Dennis a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/"the Inquirer/a, Tuesday 9 December 2008. 12:12:00/small/ppi Watch TV @ 160 mph on the Autobahn /i/ppA NEW integrated TV tuner chip launched today by Microtune – the MT2067 – enables a car's occupants to watch TV programmes at 160 mph on a German Autobahn. The chip has been specifically engineered for the automotive market to be able to receive signals at high speed as well.../pimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.theinquirer.net/c/554/f/7127/s/2868789/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Car TV tuner chip benefits all portableslink=http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/12/09/car-tv-tuner-chip-benefits" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Car TV tuner chip benefits all portableslink=http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/12/09/car-tv-tuner-chip-benefits" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/25853766054/u/89/f/7127/c/554/s/42370953/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/25853766054/u/89/f/7127/c/554/s/42370953/a2.img" border="0"//a

psmallCharlie Demerjian a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/"the Inquirer/a, Tuesday 9 December 2008. 11:20:00/small/ppi Bumpgate We break out the electron microscope /i/ppWHEN THE NEW Macbooks came out a few weeks ago, Nvidia stated that the chips they provided to Apple did not contain the proverbial 'bad bumps'. Unfortunately for them, an investigation lead by The Inquirer proves that not to be the case..../pimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.theinquirer.net/c/554/f/7127/s/2866b46/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=INQUIRER confirms Apple Macbook Pros have Nvidia bad bump materiallink=http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/12/09/apple-macbook-pros-nvidia-bad" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=INQUIRER confirms Apple Macbook Pros have Nvidia bad bump materiallink=http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/12/09/apple-macbook-pros-nvidia-bad" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/25853762671/u/89/f/7127/c/554/s/42363718/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/25853762671/u/89/f/7127/c/554/s/42363718/a2.img" border="0"//a

psmallWiley Ferret a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/"the Inquirer/a, Tuesday 9 December 2008. 11:25:00/small/ppi Where are we and what are we doing? /i/ppVODAFONE IS ON A BIT of a bender at the moment, defying the prophets of doom by spending cash like it's going out of fashion. The latest on the block: Wayfinder, a Swedish company, which makes mobile applications that use GPS functionality..../pimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.theinquirer.net/c/554/f/7127/s/2866b45/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Vodafone gobbles GPS firmlink=http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/12/09/voda-gobbles-gps-firm" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Vodafone gobbles GPS firmlink=http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/12/09/voda-gobbles-gps-firm" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/25853762670/u/89/f/7127/c/554/s/42363717/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/25853762670/u/89/f/7127/c/554/s/42363717/a2.img" border="0"//a

psmallNick Farrell a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/"the Inquirer/a, Tuesday 9 December 2008. 08:35:00/small/ppi NVidia opens the champers /i/ppTROUBLED GRAPHICS OUTFIT NVidia has something to celebrate at last. Top game makers Electronic Arts and 2K Games have announced they will use Nvidia's PhysX technology. PhysX will appear in EA's Mirror's Edge, in which a courier has to outrun armed troops under the command of an oppressive government..../pimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.theinquirer.net/c/554/f/7127/s/2863d79/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=EA and 2K add PhysXlink=http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/12/09/ea-2k-add-physx" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=EA and 2K add PhysXlink=http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/12/09/ea-2k-add-physx" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/25853757656/u/89/f/7127/c/554/s/42351993/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/25853757656/u/89/f/7127/c/554/s/42351993/a2.img" border="0"//a

psmallNick Farrell a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/"the Inquirer/a, Tuesday 9 December 2008. 08:00:00/small/ppi Prototype ready /i/ppBOFFINS WORKING FOR the maker of expensive printer ink, HP, have come up with a new flexible electronic display prototype which is like paper and made mostly of plastic. A spokesman for HP said that the "unbreakable" display will use 90 per cent few materials by volume than traditional displays..../pimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.theinquirer.net/c/554/f/7127/s/2862515/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=HP develops cheap flexible displayslink=http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/12/09/hp-develops-cheap-flexible" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=HP develops cheap flexible displayslink=http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/12/09/hp-develops-cheap-flexible" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/25853754847/u/89/f/7127/c/554/s/42345749/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/25853754847/u/89/f/7127/c/554/s/42345749/a2.img" border="0"//a

psmallNick Farrell a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/"the Inquirer/a, Tuesday 9 December 2008. 08:35:00/small/ppi Butters up the EU /i/ppMICROSOFT SAID yesterday that it will cut the amount of time it retains Internet users' search data to six months from 18 if other web search giants agree to do so too. Search outfits are under pressure from the European Union to reduce the amount of time that they keep.../pimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.theinquirer.net/c/554/f/7127/s/2862fe3/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Microsoft to cut time search data heldlink=http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/12/09/microsoft-cut-search-held" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Microsoft to cut time search data heldlink=http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/12/09/microsoft-cut-search-held" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/div

psmallNick Farrell a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/"the Inquirer/a, Tuesday 9 December 2008. 08:55:00/small/ppi All your computer security are belong to us /i/ppTHE GLORIOUS People's Republic of China has decided to really miff the US government by insisting foreign security technology be submitted to the government for approval. US security outfits have been falling over themselves to get into China, but it seems that the Chinese want to know what they are.../pimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.theinquirer.net/c/554/f/7127/s/2862fe1/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Chinese move to certify IT security imports miffs USlink=http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/12/09/china-miffs" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Chinese move to certify IT security imports miffs USlink=http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/12/09/china-miffs" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/div

psmallNick Farrell a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/"the Inquirer/a, Tuesday 9 December 2008. 08:35:00/small/ppi Antisemitic slurs all a bit of a laugh /i/ppTWO TOP Aussie schools are embroiled in an ethnic row after two Facebook groups started by senior students were found to be packed full of antisemitic comments. Scots College in Bellevue Hill created a Facebook webpage called Jew Parking Appreciation Group, which describes "Jew parking" as something that often happens.../pimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.theinquirer.net/c/554/f/7127/s/2862514/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Top Aussie students in Facebook scandallink=http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/12/09/top-aussie-students-facebook" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Top Aussie students in Facebook scandallink=http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/12/09/top-aussie-students-facebook" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/25853754846/u/89/f/7127/c/554/s/42345748/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/25853754846/u/89/f/7127/c/554/s/42345748/a2.img" border="0"//a

psmallNick Farrell a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/"the Inquirer/a, Tuesday 9 December 2008. 08:35:00/small/ppi Rules change /i/ppIT WILL NOW be possible for online hacks to win Pulitzer prizes after the outfit in charge of awarding them decided to change its rules. Until now only those hacks who still worked for print, television or radio could get a swanky Pulitzer award..../pimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.theinquirer.net/c/554/f/7127/s/2862512/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=INQ hacks can now get a Pulitzerlink=http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/12/09/inq-hacks-pulitzer" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=INQ hacks can now get a Pulitzerlink=http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/12/09/inq-hacks-pulitzer" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/25853754845/u/89/f/7127/c/554/s/42345746/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/25853754845/u/89/f/7127/c/554/s/42345746/a2.img" border="0"//a

psmallPaul Hales a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/"the Inquirer/a, Tuesday 9 December 2008. 06:25:00/small/ppi Axes 8,000 /i/ppCONSUMER ELECTRONICS GIANT Sony said it will axe 8,000 jobs, "in response to the sudden and rapid changes in the global economic environment." The job cuts are part of a package of measures the outfit outlined this morning in an effort to cut costs and improve profitability..../pimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.theinquirer.net/c/554/f/7127/s/286184a/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Sony joins job-cutting frenzylink=http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/12/09/sony-joins-job-cutting-frenzy" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Sony joins job-cutting frenzylink=http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/12/09/sony-joins-job-cutting-frenzy" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/25853753406/u/89/f/7127/c/554/s/42342474/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/25853753406/u/89/f/7127/c/554/s/42342474/a2.img" border="0"//a

psmallPaul Taylor a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/"the Inquirer/a, Tuesday 9 December 2008. 06:33:00/small/ppi HEC of a thing /i/ppIT IS RATHER unsurprising that China, that great bastion for “liberated software”, would generate this sort of event: an attendee at WinHEC China snuck away with the VHD image (Virtual PC 2004 Virtual Hard Drive) file of Windows 7’s 6956 build and promptly uploaded it to a torrent site..../pimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.theinquirer.net/c/554/f/7127/s/28601c5/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Windows 7 Build 6956 torrentedlink=http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/12/09/windows-build-6956-torrented" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Windows 7 Build 6956 torrentedlink=http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/12/09/windows-build-6956-torrented" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/25853750977/u/89/f/7127/c/554/s/42336709/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/25853750977/u/89/f/7127/c/554/s/42336709/a2.img" border="0"//a

psmallPaul Taylor a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/"the Inquirer/a, Monday 8 December 2008. 22:58:00/small/ppi Daily Wibble Single card setups suffice? /i/ppCROSSFIRE HAS never been consensual. It has its quirks and advantages and isn’t squeaky clean in what pertains to bugs. Tom’s Hardware is looking at Crossfire scaling applied to all manner of Intel chipsets. Did you know, for example, if you play at 1680x1050 or lower resolutions, Crossfire gains are.../pimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.theinquirer.net/c/554/f/7127/s/285bbf3/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=ATI’s Crossfire scaling hits the benchlink=http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/12/08/dailywibble-08-2008" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=ATI’s Crossfire scaling hits the benchlink=http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/12/08/dailywibble-08-2008" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/25853745072/u/89/f/7127/c/554/s/42318835/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/25853745072/u/89/f/7127/c/554/s/42318835/a2.img" border="0"//a

psmallTony Dennis a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/"the Inquirer/a, Monday 8 December 2008. 17:19:00/small/ppi Still only on its milk teeth /i/ppWORD HAS REACHED the INQ of yet another 'social' network - called Bluehoo - which utilises the Bluetooth capabilities of most mobile handsets to create 'communities'. This is dating by another name. The latest beta version of the software, 1.1, was actually released today [Monday 8th] and it does appear.../pimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.theinquirer.net/c/554/f/7127/s/2856d9d/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Another Bluetooth dating service - Bluehoolink=http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/12/08/bluetooth-dating-service" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Another Bluetooth dating service - Bluehoolink=http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/12/08/bluetooth-dating-service" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/25853736225/u/89/f/7127/c/554/s/42298781/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/25853736225/u/89/f/7127/c/554/s/42298781/a2.img" border="0"//a

psmallCharlie Demerjian a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/"the Inquirer/a, Monday 8 December 2008. 09:10:00/small/ppi More for the money /i/ppAMD, ATIC AND MUBADLA are modifying their agreement to essentially lower the price. There are four changes, but in the end, AMD the elder gets the same cash. The first thing is a repricing of the stock in AMD that Mubadala will be buying..../pimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.theinquirer.net/c/554/f/7127/s/28534c7/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=AMD, Mubadala and ATIC renegotiatelink=http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/12/08/amd-mubadala-atic-renegotiate" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=AMD, Mubadala and ATIC renegotiatelink=http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/12/08/amd-mubadala-atic-renegotiate" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/25853729686/u/89/f/7127/c/554/s/42284231/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/25853729686/u/89/f/7127/c/554/s/42284231/a2.img" border="0"//a

psmallWily Ferret a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/"the Inquirer/a, Monday 8 December 2008. 06:54:00/small/ppi Desktop icon to fashion victim /i/ppTHINK YOU KNOW Microsoft sofware? Think again, as the Vole harnesses the term as a cute tag for its new clothing line. No, seriously. We aren't even kidding. Microsoft. With a clothing line. It can't sell Vista without foisting that on naive punters through preloads, Apple's selling a lot more.../pimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.theinquirer.net/c/554/f/7127/s/2852797/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Microsoft launches... softwearlink=http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/12/08/microsoft-launches-softwear" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Microsoft launches... softwearlink=http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/12/08/microsoft-launches-softwear" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/25853726767/u/89/f/7127/c/554/s/42280855/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/25853726767/u/89/f/7127/c/554/s/42280855/a2.img" border="0"//a

psmallWily Ferret a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/"the Inquirer/a, Monday 8 December 2008. 06:03:00/small/ppi Unlocked Androids /i/ppTHE FOLKS at Google have decided that they're going to stuff T-Mobile and sell their phones unlocked. The one caveat: buyers have to be registered developers for the Android platform, although this isn't particularly hard to accomplish..../pimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.theinquirer.net/c/554/f/7127/s/2851194/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Google G1 mobile gets promiscuouslink=http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/12/08/g1-gets-promiscuous" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Google G1 mobile gets promiscuouslink=http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/12/08/g1-gets-promiscuous" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/25853724275/u/89/f/7127/c/554/s/42275220/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/25853724275/u/89/f/7127/c/554/s/42275220/a2.img" border="0"//a

psmallWily Ferret a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/"the Inquirer/a, Monday 8 December 2008. 06:18:00/small/ppi Third party kits not fit for consumption /i/ppREPORTS ABOUND that the latest Macbook might be shipping complete with some grim new flaws to go with that gorgeous new facelift. It seems that the memory controller being used in the motherboards is incredibly finicky about the particular type of DDR3 RAM that's bunged in..../pimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.theinquirer.net/c/554/f/7127/s/2851193/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Apple RAM gone rottenlink=http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/12/08/apple-ram-gone-rotten" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Apple RAM gone rottenlink=http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/12/08/apple-ram-gone-rotten" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/25853724274/u/89/f/7127/c/554/s/42275219/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/25853724274/u/89/f/7127/c/554/s/42275219/a2.img" border="0"//a

psmallWily Ferret a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/"the Inquirer/a, Monday 8 December 2008. 06:34:00/small/ppi When is HD not HD? /i/ppYOUTUBE, the video darling that endures a turbulent relationship with Hollywood, is pandering to its potential benefactors with a new HD player. Yes, after many years of grim quality videos of cats on skateboards, You Tube users will now be able to enjoy....../pimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.theinquirer.net/c/554/f/7127/s/2851191/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=You Tube finally gets HD playbacklink=http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/12/08/tube-finally-gets-hd-playback" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=You Tube finally gets HD playbacklink=http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/12/08/tube-finally-gets-hd-playback" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/25853724272/u/89/f/7127/c/554/s/42275217/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/25853724272/u/89/f/7127/c/554/s/42275217/a2.img" border="0"//a