IT News HeadLines (TechWeb)

1. A Simpler Approach To SOA
2. Think Beyond Basic Apps For Smartphones
3. AT&T Uses Its Hosting Experience To Reassure Customers That Cloud Computing Is Safe
4. Private Clouds Take Shape
5. XAM Standard Plans For The Future Of Storage
6. Startup Of The Week: Qwaq Brings Virtual Reality To Enterprise Collaboration
7. CIO Values: Nelson Lin, VP Of IT Services and CIO, Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A.
8. Microsoft To Sell Money Plus Online Only
9. Yahoo Expands Ad Privacy Options
10. Gartner OKs iPhone For Business, With Some Reservations
11. Analyst Says HTC Android Handsets Delayed
12. Microsoft Plans 12 Security Fixes For Aug. 12 'Patch Tuesday'
13. No Answers From Apple On iPhone 'Kill Switch'
14. Sprint Eyes Sale Of Nextel's iDen Network
15. Facebook Tries To Exterminate Worm
16. IBM Unveils Biz Apps For iPhone, Blackberry
17. Restricted Stock Partners Hires ex-JP Morgan’s Kevin O’Connor
18. NBC Bringing Olympics To Your Cell Phone
19. Electronic Voting Machines At Center Of Ohio Lawsuits
20. Verizon Unions Set Sunday Deadline For Labor Talks
21. Sprint Cancels $3 Billion Convertible Sale
22. Christopher Maguire Prioritizes IT at Philadelphia Insurance Cos.
23. Bruce Livesay Takes Helm of Revamped First Horizon IT Team
24. SEC Web Guidelines Vex Press Release Services
25. Sapient Buys Derivatives Consulting Group
26. Vonage Loss Narrows, But Subscriber Growth Weakens
27. Social Networking Site BeatThat Focuses On Shopping Bargains
28. SQL Server 2008 Available For Free Public Trial
29. SkyGrid Receives $11 Million in Funding From BlackRock, RRE Ventures, Others
30. Main Street America Group Dumps Legacy Claims Applications for Guidewire
31. Tech Industry's Financial Results Show Sky Isn't Falling
32. World's No.4 PC Maker Lenovo's 1Q Net Up 65%
33. Speed Is Everything for Texas De Novo
34. Interactive Data Corporation Expands Interest Rate Swaps Valuation Service
35. Enigmatec Receives $14 Million in new Funding
36. IBM To Linux Desktop Developers: 'Stop Copying Windows'
37. Black Hat: Security Offers Illusion Of Control
38. Dan Kaminsky Reveals DNS Flaw At Black Hat
39. Microsoft To Share More Security Information
40. Qualcomm Advances Health Care Mobile Network
41. DTCC Names Jisun Burton VP of Product Risk Strategy
42. NASA Dispels Internet Rumors About Life On Mars
43. Oracle Unveils Virtual Machine Templates, Plans For New Data Center
44. EMC Rolls Out New EMC CLARiiON CX4 Series
45. EU Reserves Spectrum For 'Talking' Cars
46. Applied Industrial Logic Releases OpenQuote
47. Emdeon Business Services Releases Automated Electronic Solution
48. Microsoft Releases SQL Server 2008
49. BPO Continues to Evolve
50. Lenovo In Talks To Join IBM's 'Microsoft-Free' Program, Sources Say
51. Motorola Announces Three Music Phones
52. Political Web Site 'The Point' Extends Reach Of Organizers
53. New Yorkers Addicted To E-Mail More Than Most, Offered 12-Step Program
54. Cisco CEO Says Not In Talks To Buy Big Companies
55. Pre-Retirees Discontent with Retirement Portfolios
56. New Yahoo Election Tally Reveals Big Protest Vote
57. ClariFI Launches ModelStation v3.4 with New Portfolio Optimizer
58. Fiserv/Trident IV Deal Demonstrates Investor Confidence in Insurance Tech Spending
59. Sal. Oppenheim Extends IT Outsourcing Contract with EDS
60. CSC Reports Strong First Quarter But Outlook Disappoints
61. Inside Two Electric Cars
62. Google Launches Free Music Service In China
63. Sprint Beats Street, Shares Off On Planned Offering
64. Google Triples Search Appliance Capacity
65. IBM Joins Linux Distributors In Attacking Microsoft Windows, Office
66. Active Traders are Hungry for Broker Education
67. Cisco Profit Beats View, Affirms Long-Term Outlook
68. Human-Powered Search Provider Shifts To Performance Pay
69. YouTube To Broadcast Beijing Olympics, But Not In U.S.
70. Homeland Security Authorizes Laptop Searches At U.S. Borders
71. When Is A Data Center Success Story Not A Success Story?
72. DOJ Charges 11 In Retail Hacking, ID Theft Scheme
73. Microsoft To Counter Open Source With 'Basic' Software Line
74. Delta To Offer Wi-Fi Across Its U.S. Fleet
75. Apple Issues iPhone 2.0.1 Firmware Update
76. Fundtech and Firethorn Combine Adding Mobile Connectivity
77. Essent Trading Switches To Asset Control’s Data Management Software
78. Remote DVR Technology Does Not Violate Copyright Laws, Says Court
79. EMC Introduces Series Of Midrange Storage Systems
80. Comic-Con Shows Off Superheroes, Sci-Fi, And Steampunk
81. Online Threats Cost Consumers $8.5 Billion Over Last Two Years
82. Telecom Challenges Minn. City's Bond Issue
83. Apple Presentations Pulled From Black Hat
84. Netflix Tests Charging More For High-Def Movies
85. Deutsche Post Kills Huge HP Outsourcing Deal
86. Deutsche Post Talks About Decision To Drop HP Outsourcing Deal
87. Canadian Wireless Companies Sued Over Text Messages
88. Defying Western Science, Chinese Biotech Pursues Untested Stem Cell Therapy
89. Lenovo Jumps Into Mini-Notebook Market
90. Osaka Exchange, ISE Drop Plans to Create Japanese Option Platform
91. Bostick Named Conseco’s EVP of Technology and Operations
92. Imagine Software Deploys Derivatives.com
93. India Prepares Auction For 3G Mobile Spectrum
94. CDC Software Releases Pivotal CRM 6.0
95. Google Sued For Infringing Patent With AdSense
96. Dell Seeks, May Receive 'Cloud Computing' Trademark
97. California Pension Plan Chooses BarraOne For Portfolio Risk Management
98. Everyone Really Is Just Six Degrees From Kevin Bacon, Microsoft Says
99. Motorola Names New Mobile Phone Chief
100. Intel Releases Details Of Upcoming Graphics Chip
101. Linux Mobile Adds Products, Members In Bid To Match Symbian
102. 29West Expands New York Operations
103. As iPhone Applications for Capital Markets Emerge, Hedge Funds First to Adopt
104. SpaceX Falcon Sputters On Third Launch Attempt