IT-Code-News: IT News HeadLines (ComputerWorld) 24/02/2009

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

IT News HeadLines (ComputerWorld) 24/02/2009

Domain names? We don't need no domain names
When hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions, of Japanese Internet users want to Google something their first stop isn't the minimalist home page of the search engine but its biggest competitor: Yahoo Japan.

Amazon search engine suffers brief outage
Amazon.com's product search engine appeared to malfunction early Tuesday, with searches for well-known books and CDs producing no results.

10 steps for mitigating data risk during a merger
Mergers and acquisitions will likely increase as global markets struggle to stay afloat during the worst economic slowdown in decades. CIOs can conduct a 'data health check' to help make a merger, acquisition or consolidation successful.

The browser blockers: Is browser sniffing outdated?
It's easy to set your browser to pretend to be the 'approved' browser, in which case the Web site will let you in and, more often than not, everything works fine.

Web standards on the edge
Browser bugs and ambiguities in the standards are major reasons why Web pages fail to render properly.
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Image gallery: When good browsers go bad
There's plenty of blame to go around: slow-growing standards, noncompliant vendors and corporate developers who can't be bothered. And that's the short list.

When good browsers go bad -- and they all do
There's plenty of blame to go around. Some Web sites haven't been updated, and many developers still don't design their pages to modern standards and best practices. Browser vendors still interpret some standards differently and don't fully implement all of the features in others. The list goes on.

Tweak the Start Menu's Control Panel Interface

Here's the old way of accessing the Windows Control Panel: Click Start, find and click Control Panel, wait for the window to appear, then sift through all the icons to find the icon you want. Double-click that icon to open yet another window.

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Adobe flaw has been used in attacks since early January

A dangerous and unpatched vulnerability in Adobe's PDF-reading software has been around a lot longer than previously realized.

Facebook "System Error Check" malware

Don't install this Facebook application, and don't Google it, either!

HP overtakes Dell as Intel's largest customer

Hewlett-Packard became the biggest customer worldwide for microprocessor maker Intel last year, surpassing rival Dell.

Spansion slashes 3,000 jobs in bid to cut costs

Flash memory chip maker Spansion plans to lay off more than 3,000 employees to cut costs as it fights the global recession, the company said Monday.

U.S. court orders Hynix to pay Rambus

Rambus won a second major victory in its lawsuits against memory chip makers when a U.S. district court told Hynix to pay royalties.

Amazon.com's search engine suffers outage

Amazon.com's product search engine appeared to malfunction early Tuesday, with searches for well-known books and CDs producing no results.

Motorola sells Good Technology to Visto

Motorola agreed to sell its Good Technology division for an undisclosed sum on Tuesday, bringing an end to the company's foray into push services.

Covad boosts wholesale network with MPLS

Due to customer demand, Covad is adding MPLS to its wholesale network to support quality of service for applications such as VOIP.

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