IT News HeadLines (TechWeb) 29-8-2008

29-8-2008

1. Google Shows Off Android App Winners
2. Obama's VP Text Missed By Half Who Signed Up
3. Comcast Sets Bandwidth Threshold For Residential Customers
4. AT&T-iPhone Problems May Signal Difficulties For Android
5. MySpace Overtakes Yahoo In Display Ad Views
6. Psystar- Apple Illegally 'Destroys' Competition, Bricks Mac Clones
7. Smartphone Apps For The Rest Of Us
8. Zi Renews Nokia Contract
9. In Face of Cash Squeeze, Bank IT Depts. Turn to Creative Leasing
10. Microsoft To Acquire Ciao Shopping Portals For $486 Million
11. Electric Cars- Inside Chevy Volt, Tesla Roadster
12. Apple Patent Application Describes Multi-Touch Mac
13. Procter & Gamble Taps IBM ISS For Cybersecurity Contract
14. Broadcom Says Qualcomm In Contempt On Patents
15. Dell's Profit Drops As IT Spending Slowdown Spreads
16. FBI Arrests Blogger Over Online Music Sharing
17. Best Western CIO Scott Gibson On The Data Breach That Wasn't
18. Google Unveils Android's App Store
19. Outsourcing Provides New Opportunities for Trust Industry

28-8-2008

1. Oracle Ties Middleware To Eclipse Workbench
2. Lenovo Unveils Low-Power Business Desktop PC
3. Motion-Powered Cell Phone Charger Coming Soon
4. Veoh Lawsuit Dismissal Provides Hope For YouTube
5. How Do You Make A Robot Fish- Copy Bluefin Tuna
6. Orange Caps iPhone 3G Speeds At 384 Kbps
7. User Group Hosting Discussions On SAP Price Hikes
8. Sony Readies Thinnest 40-Inch LCD HDTV
9. European Court Won't Save McKinnon From U.S. Trial
10. Smartphone Sales To Hit $200 Billion In 2012
11. Alcatel-Lucent Considers Former Exec Mike Quigley For CEO Post
12. Web News Aggregators Rise Despite Papers Woes
13. Cisco To Buy PostPath For $215 Million
14. SugarCRM Upgrades To 5.1 With Reporting, Analytics, Tracking
15. Demand For Spring Skills Dominates Java Programming
16. What Do SMB Wi-Fi Customers Want-
17. NASA Security Badge Poses Safety Risk
18. Oracle Tabs New CFO, Reporting To Safra Catz
19. Linux Systems Being Hit By SSH-Key Attacks
20. Dell, IBM Revenue Growth Double Overall Server Market

27-8-2008

1. Virus Found On Computer In Space Station
2. Spammers Use 'Hijacked' Babies To Lure Victims
3. Internet Explorer 8 Release Approaches As Microsoft Offers Second Beta
4. Nortel Demo Puts 4G Wireless One Step Closer
5. Dell Looks To Tap Emerging Markets With Latest Business PCs
6. FXAll and Onix Partner
7. The 'Poor Man's Traffic Intercept'
8. MIT Model Helps Computers Think Like Humans
9. iPhone Password Flaw Discovered
10. Era Of Exclusive Video Game Deals Ending
11. Dell Explains Cloud-Computing Trademark Attempt
12. hi5 Offers Mobile Social Networking In 26 Languages
13. 'Misleading' U.K. iPhone Ad Pulled
14. Retailers Use Social Media To Spur Back-To-School Sales
15. Japan's Ricoh To Buy Ikon Office For $1.6 Billion
16. Nokia Continues Its Cell Phone Dominance
17. Moss Adams Chooses Advisor’s Client Acquisition Software
18. TowerGroup Warns That Without Innovation, Fee Revenue Processing Costs Will Skyrocket
19. Immersion To Pay Microsoft $20.75 Million To Settle 'Force Feedback' Suit
20. SaaS Doubts Give Remote Infrastructure Services Life
21. Mac Clone Maker Psystar Plans Antitrust Suit Against Apple
22. ICW to Launch Improved Web 2.0 Agent New Business Platform
23. Mozilla's 'Ubiquity,' A Command Line For Web 2.0
24. Amazon Buys Social Network For Book Lovers
25. Inventor Sues Google, Verizon, Others On 'Visual Voicemail'
26. Futurist Ray Kurzweil Interviewed
27. FAA Computer Glitch Causes National Flight Delays
28. EagleEye Launches Verisight
29. Blame iPhone 3G Reception Problems On Carriers, Not Handset
30. 1010data Introduces Open Database Connectivity Driver
31. Obama's VP Text Reached 2.9 Million
32. Aircell Signs Up Fourth Airline For Wi-Fi Service

26-8-2008

1. Nations Respond To Google Earth Threat
2. Acer Drops Mini-Notebook Prices
3. Adobe Launches Photoshop Elements 7, Photoshop.com Storage
4. Online Pharmacy Risks Rising, Report Finds
5. Disney Exec Wins Award Named For 'Last Lecture' Author Pausch
6. QuickBooks Comes To iPhone, BlackBerry
7. AT&T Adds Two International Data Plans For iPhone
8. New Verari Blades Combine Processing and Storage
9. Qatar Telecom To Pursue Rapid Expansion
10. Internet Explorer 8 To Include 'Stealth' Privacy Mode
11. HTC Adds Windows Mobile Smartphone
12. Acquisition Scorned By Zi, Nuance Sues For Patent Infringement
13. National Tech Medal Winners Include eBay, OS Creator, And Net Engineer
14. Facebook Blocks Scrabulous Worldwide
15. HP Closes $13.9 Billion EDS Acquisition
16. Nvidia CEO Huang Outlines Smartphone Strategy In Battling Intel
17. Q & A- Futurist Ray Kurzweil
18. Nokia Rolls Out Pair Of N Series Smartphones