Daily Archives: January 27, 2011

Chris Nuttall Music in the air

January 27, 2011 11:43 pm by Chris Nuttall

Time to throw out the 78s, LPs, CDs, cassettes and even your digital downloads? With so many services offering to stream your favourite songs over the internet and store playlists now, there seems no need for a permanent record collection. After exploring cloud gaming last week, the Personal Technology column in the FT’s Business Life section this week looks at cloud music services, ahead of the inevitable entry of Google and Apple. Read more

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Chris Nuttall Sony’s smart and dumb game moves

January 27, 2011 11:04 pm by Chris Nuttall

There was one inexplicable omission in the features unveiled for Sony’s next-generation portable (NGP) device in Tokyo on Wednesday night and one bold and exciting move regarding the future of the PlayStation platform. Read more

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Tim Bradshaw Putting down the ‘Facebook phone’

January 27, 2011 8:04 pm by Tim Bradshaw

Facebook’s head of platform marketing, Dan Rose, sought to pour cold water on persistent rumours of a “Facebook phone” at a briefing today in London – but potentially started another ball rolling on the future applications of Facebook Credits. Read more

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Tim Bradshaw Tweetdeck busts the 140-character limit with Deck.ly

January 27, 2011 4:10 pm by Tim Bradshaw

Tweetdeck, the software for social-media ‘power users’, is today unveiling Deck.ly, the latest strand of its plan to ease its dependence on Twitter and become a greater platform in itself.

At a basic level, Deck.ly allows Tweetdeck users to post Twitter updates longer than 140 characters. Read more

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TSMC: Bigger wafers in 2015

January 27, 2011 4:09 pm by Robin Kwong

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, the world’s biggest contract chipmaker, has for the first time laid out its roadmap for moving to bigger silicon discs to drive down chip manufacturing costs.

The world’s biggest chipmaker said on Thursday that it plans to have a trial production line using 18-inch wafers ready by 2013 or 2014. Full production would begin in 2015 or 2016. Read more

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Further reading: PlayBook’s Android apps and Sony’s PSP revamp

January 27, 2011 10:50 am by Phill Tutt

Tech news from around the web:

  • RIM is considering a feature that will allow BlackBerry devices to run Android apps, according to BGR. The company is looking at using a Java virtual machine that would allow the forthcoming PlayBook and other QNX devices to run just about any application built for the Android platform.

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Posted in Computers, Internet, Mobile, Tech |