Friday, February 20, 2009

IT News HeadLines (ComputerWorld) 20/02/2009



Opinion: Has Apple gone from brash upstart to mainstream middle age?
Not so long ago, Apple reigned at the cool kids' table. It was the nonconformist company that pumped out pumped-up products and fed a cottage industry of rumor sites. So what happened?

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7 mistakes to avoid when applying for that tech job
Among other advice: Be specific about your skill set, but don't list technologies that were popular 15 years ago unless they relate to the job you're applying for.


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Conficker worm gets an evil twin
The criminals behind the widespread Conficker worm have released a new version of the malware that could signal a major shift in the way the worm operates.


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Scientists claim big leap in nanoscale storage
Scientists say they have achieved a breakthrough that could fit the contents of 250 DVDs on a coin-size surface.


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Getting a handle on mobile devices
While business users are thrilled by the capabilities of smartphones and quickly adopting them as handheld computers, it is unlikely their IT counterparts share in the excitement because traditional management platforms have not provided the tools to effectively secure and manage them. Until, that is, the arrival of Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM).


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DHS names privacy chief
The Department of Homeland Security named Mary Ellen Callahan as the department's chief privacy officer.


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Emulex announces multiprotocol SAN/LAN interface card
Emulex plans to release a multiprotocol network adapter card that offers LAN and SAN I/O traffic over a single Ethernet pipe, while also offloading TCP/IP traffic for higher throughput.

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Analyst: HP financial results could mean bad news for Microsoft
Hewlett-Packard's financial results could mean more trouble for Microsoft as the PC market continues to struggle, a financial analyst said Thursday.


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Hacker claims SQL bug on Symantec site; vendor disputes
A Romanian hacker claims to have found a SQL injection flaw on Symantec's Web site. Symantec says it's not a security issue.


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Linux firm to supply Brazil schools with PC-sharing software

Userful Corp. has won a deal to supply its Linux-based PC-sharing software to 357,000 Linux desktops in schools throughout Brazil.


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Skype calls' immunity to police phone tapping threatened

Suspicious phone conversations on Skype could be targeted for tapping as part of a pan-European crackdown


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Norway pushes to boot Microsoft's IE6 browser off the Web

Norway's equivalent of eBay is spearheading a movement to get users to upgrade from Microsoft's widely-used but aging Internet Explorer 6 browser.


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Security researcher Kaminsky pushes DNS patching

Dan Kaminsky, who for years was ambivalent about securing DNS, has become an ardent supporter of DNS Security Extensions.


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Slashed budgets? Think strategic, not tactical

In the current economic climate of uncertainty and tight IT budgets, often the mistake is to assume a more tactical, rather than strategic, approach to securing the ever-increasing volume of data travelling through an organization, said an information security expert.


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The Ultimate Browser Security Face-Off

We drilled deep into the security workings of the five most popular browsers: Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, Safari, and Chrome. Every control, checkbox, and slider was poked and prodded, as we browsed the most infected sites on the Web.


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DRAM maker ProMOS battles for survival

Facing a major debt payment with little cash, ProMOS offered to buy back the debt at a 90 percent discount.

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Brocade: Recession dampens data-center trials

The ailing economy is leading some enterprises to put off transforming their data-center networks with technologies such as FCOE, according to Brocade.

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New Mac Mini image leaked? Let the community decide!

A Mac Rumors forum member leaks a photo; will it stand up to the scrutiny of the skeptical?



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Wall Street Beat: Economy hits HP, Apple, Sprint Nextel

Earnings reports and market surveys this week show that the recession is hurting even tech highflyers like Hewlett-Packard and Apple.


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