IT-Code-News: IT News HeadLines (ComputerWorld) 01/02/2009

Project management for networking geeks
Here's a crash course in project management for network professionals. These tips just might help keep your next network upgrade on track.

Novell confirms layoffs
Open-source vendor Novell on Saturday confirmed reports that it laid off workers on Friday, though it said the cuts amounted to less than 3% of its workforce.

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Human error causes Google search bug
Human error caused a glitch that returned the message "this site may harm your computer" for all Google search results for about an hour Saturday morning, the company said.

Yahoo's Briefcase storage service to close March 30
Yahoo's Briefcase online storage service, which soldiered on for almost 10 years with a distinctly Web 1.0 capacity of 30MB, is finally being shut down.

Microsoft, HP, eBay to weigh in on US privacy laws
A group of U.S. companies, led by Microsoft, HP and eBay, is set to outline recommendations for new federal data-privacy legislation that could make life easier for consumers and lead to a standard federal breach-notification law.

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To tweet, or not to tweet?
Twitter makes potentially private situations instantly public, raising questions about the appropriateness of twittering at events where everyone else in the room assumes there is privacy.

AMD set to release DDR3-capable chips ahead of schedule
Advanced Micro Devices will soon introduce processors that are capable of supporting DDR3 memory, earlier than the company had anticipated.

Gears of War bug not SafeDisc DRM's first
The antipiracy technology that locked out players of the popular Gears of War game on Thursday was also implicated in a 2007 bug that allowed hackers to take control of Windows PCs.

Microsoft patent makes smart phones more like PCs
Patented Microsoft technology allows smart phones to connect to peripherals and networks the way PCs do.

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Chairman: FCC has no coherent plan for digital DTV
The FCC's acting chairman predicts significant disruption during the scheduled DTV transition.

Building a Projectâ€™s Business Case

Forward-looking project managers realize that to avoid failure, they should build the business case for their projects by getting intimately knowledgeable about the reasons why sponsors approved their projects.

OpenChange, KDE bring Exchange compatibility to Linux

Recent developments in the OpenChange and KDE open source projects are set to bridge a "missing link" in messaging and groupware compatibility from Microsoft's Exchange to open source clients.

Industry giants to weigh in on US privacy laws

Microsoft, HP and eBay plan to release recommendations for federal data-privacy legislation in March.

Human error caused Google search bug

Human error caused a glitch that returned the message "this site may harm your computer" for all Google search results for about an hour Saturday morning, the company said, but the mistake was Google's and not StopBadware.org's.

How secure is Safari?

Apple's Safari browser leads the pack in anti-phishing filtering and pop-up blocking, but it also has many security weaknesses.

Belated 2009 Spam Predictions

The world economic crisis has set the stage for hackers, spammers and phishers to have a field day. They can just about steal city hall, if people donâ€™t pay attention. According to security experts, this crisis alone will increase attacks in 2009.

Worm floats Obama's head on your desktop

A new Obama Worm floats a photo of the new president on the bottom right of infected desktops on Mondays.

Fired Fannie Mae employee accused of planting malware

A computer-engineering employee fired from troubled mortgage giant Fannie Mae is accused of preparing a malware computer time bomb, which, had it not been detected, might have destroyed millions of files, according to reports.

Vista, XP upgrade blockers will expire, Microsoft warns

Microsoft is warning customers that tools for blocking automatic upgrades to the newest service packs of Windows Vista and Windows XP will expire in the coming months.

Fan starts campaign for Windows 7's immediate release

A Windows enthusiast is calling for Microsoft to release Windows 7 now, only a few weeks after the company made available the software's first public test version.

Google researcher targets Web's structured data

Internet search engines have focused largely on crawling text on Web pages, but Google is knee-deep in research about how to analyze and organize structured data.

AMD to release DDR3-capable processors

AMD will soon introduce processors that are capable of supporting DDR3 memory, earlier than the company had anticipated.

Yahoo's Briefcase to close March 30

Yahoo's Briefcase online storage service, which soldiered on for almost 10 years with a distinctly Web 1.0 capacity of 30MB, is finally being shut down.

Tech layoffs looming

Early on in the economic collapse in which we currently find ourselves, there was some optimism that the tech industry would weather the downturn well.

Dell may be planning smartphone

According to the Wall Street Journal, Dell is researching building a smartphone, which would likely run either the Windows Mobile or Android OS. The company may even unveil its efforts at the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next month.

Sunday, February 1, 2009

IT News HeadLines (ComputerWorld) 01/02/2009

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