Review: Max Payne 3

IT Wire - Sat, 05/19/2012 - 20:35

Max is back, this time with the power of Rockstar Game’s impressive development team behind him, but he is still a failure.  Max Payne 3 chronicles the further slide of the character that brought the video game world ‘bullet time’ and crime noir grit, and it packs a punch.

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Powering up with Microsoft CRM adoption

IT Wire - Sat, 05/19/2012 - 09:10

Residential energy retailer, Australian Power & Gas, has adopted the Microsoft dynamics customer relation management (CRM) system to maintain and track its customer records as it experiences what it says is a surge in its customer base.

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Opengear increases sales, ramps up UK, Europe business

IT Wire - Sat, 05/19/2012 - 08:48

Australian network equipment manufacturer, Opengear, has achieved a 49.9 per cent increase in first quarter sales this year compared to 2011 just as the company announced an expansion of its presence in the UK and European markets.

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Businesses now more accepting of bring-your-own devices

IT Wire - Sat, 05/19/2012 - 08:07

Business and IT leaders in the United States are now accepting, and in some cases embracing, bring-your-own devices (BYOD) as a reality in the enterprise, according to a study of 600 companies, with the vast majority of those business chiefs saying their organisations already permit employee-owned devices in some way, shape or form in the workplace.

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NEC completes Convergys acquisition

IT Wire - Sat, 05/19/2012 - 06:55

NEC and its wholly-owned subsidiary, NetCracker Technology, have completed the acquisition of Convergys Corporation’s information management business in a deal which will see the IM business integrated into NetCracker, which will be responsible for all business operations of the newly acquired entity.  

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SpaceX scrubs first flight to ISS at last second

IT Wire - Sat, 05/19/2012 - 03:44

The first commercial mission to the International Space Station was aborted just before liftoff early Saturday morning on May 19, 2012, when a sensor picked up an indication of high pressure in one of the first-stage engines of the SpaceX rocket.

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Mandriva has become a joke

IT Wire - Fri, 05/18/2012 - 16:33

Mandriva SA, the French company that used to control development of the Mandriva GNU/Linux distribution, has become something of a joke.

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And then there were 10: Oracle trial loses another juror

IT Wire - Fri, 05/18/2012 - 14:57

The jury in the case filed by Oracle against Google is now down to 10, with one juror who was taken ill on Thursday being unable to attend jury duty yesterday.

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NASA makes better count of potentially hazardous asteroids

IT Wire - Fri, 05/18/2012 - 03:35

The most accurate count to date of the number of potentially hazardous asteroids (PHAs) out there in the solar system has come from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE). These PHAs have the most potential of slamming into Earth and causing damage and havoc.

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Facebook opens up from $38 IPO price

Total Telecom - Fri, 05/18/2012 - 01:00
Social network's stock dips after modest gain at opening.
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Verizon says users can avoid data change by paying full phone price

Total Telecom - Fri, 05/18/2012 - 01:00
U.S. telco allows customers who do not take handset subsidies to keep unlimited data plans when they upgrade to LTE.
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Brazil mobile phone subscriptions up 2.2m in April

Total Telecom - Fri, 05/18/2012 - 01:00
TIM Brasil added most subscribers last month.
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Traders split on RIM's prospects

Total Telecom - Fri, 05/18/2012 - 01:00
New BlackBerry operating system approved for government use in U.K.
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Clash in US on mobile privacy protection

Total Telecom - Fri, 05/18/2012 - 01:00
Civil liberties group welcomes proposed location privacy law, but law enforcement body disagrees.
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ARM to capture bigger share of PCs than Intel will gain in phones - CEO

Total Telecom - Fri, 05/18/2012 - 01:00
U.K.-based chip designer aims to take 10%-20% of notebook PC market in next few years.
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Hungarian parliament passes tax on phone calls, text messages

Total Telecom - Fri, 05/18/2012 - 01:00
Government hopes levy will bring in 44 billion forints per year to make up budget revenue shortfall.
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Blinkx sees ad boost from Olympics, US election

Total Telecom - Fri, 05/18/2012 - 01:00
Economic environment will remain uncertain, but major events could drive up advertising rates, according to video search specialist's CEO.
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Tencent restructuring business into six groups

Total Telecom - Fri, 05/18/2012 - 01:00
Chinese firm appoints new chief operating officer.
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Bridgestone picks Nokia Lumia

IT Wire - Thu, 05/17/2012 - 21:54

Windows Phone gets a boost with a brand-name corporate adoption.

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Greenpeace butts heads with Apple again

IT Wire - Thu, 05/17/2012 - 21:12

Has the environmental campaigning organisation once again failed to give credit where it is due? Is it taking credit that it doesn't deserve?

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