Renesas taps TSMC's 40nm process node for controller production
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has extended its deal with Renesas to produce controller chips using its 40nm process node. TSMC and Renesas had an existing agreement in place for the production of Renesas designed controller chips using TSMC’s 90nm …
Don't post photos of your cash to social media web sites
Social media users might want to reconsider posting photos of their cash on Facebook, police in New South Wales (NSW) have warned. The caution comes after two men armed with a knife and wooden club entered an Aussie girl’s family …
Blizzard promises Diablo III patches/fixes
Blizzard has promised to apply fixes to its Diablo III title after its launch was blighted with problems. In the weeks since it was released Diablo III has sold in impressive numbers, but it has suffered from as much negative publicity as positive. We’ve …
Apple's IOS 5.1.1 gets jailbroken
Chronic-Dev and the Iphone Dev Team have released Absinthe 2.0, a tethered jailbreak for IOS 5.1.1. Apple’s IOS 5.1.1 was until earlier today able to keep Iphone and Ipad users in Apple’s walled garden, however thanks to the work of …
Firm fined for Angry Birds mobile billing scam
A firm has been fined for running a scam that exploited Cut the Rope and Angry Birds gamers through in-game billing. Phonepayplus, which is part of the telecoms regulator Ofcom, said that it had received 34 complaints from users that downloaded replicas of the …
Ballmer moans about China intellectual property rights
CEO of Microsoft, Steve Ballmer has moaned about China’s lack of intellectual property protection again. Speaking at Peking University in Beijing Wednesday, Ballmer said he thinks the country’s protection for property rights is “still weak” and that is making it difficult to …
Facebook gets sued by shareholders
Facebook is being sued by shareholders that claim it hid details about its weak growth forecast. (Enron anyone? anyone?) The firm has just completed its $16bn initial public offering (IPO) but has not enjoyed the experience. Not only was the IPO …
Microsoft is working on Windows 8 boot menu redesign
Microsoft is redesigning the boot menu in its upcoming Windows 8 operating system (OS) because it starts up too quickly for users to access setup and safe modes. In a Building Windows 8 blog post today, Microsoft’s programme manager for the user …
Asus announces first certified Thunderbolt Z77 motherboard
Asus has announced its first Thunderbolt equipped motherboard that uses Intel’s Z77 chipset. Asus’ P8Z77-V Premium motherboard is based on Intel’s Panther Point Z77 chipset supporting the chipmaker’s latest Ivy Bridge processors. However Asus chose to spruce up the relatively …
