IT-Code-News: IT News HeadLines (ComputerWorld) 10/03/2009

Microsoft slashes software leasing prices in bid to keep cash-strapped corporate customers
In an attempt to retain recession-hit companies, Microsoft is wooing them by cutting the price of leasing software by as much as 26%.

Symantec's Altiris 7 boosts Mac, Linux desktop PC management
Its first upgrade of the Altiris client and server management suite includes new features for remotely deploying and managing Mac and Linux desktop PCs and improved server-side monitoring.

Job One for new federal CIO: Balance openness with security
Will the new federal CIO be able to surmount the challenges he faces? The buzz in the Beltway appears to be, Yes he can!

Keep working when you’re not online
If you prepare ahead of time, you can still do two things that typically require a Net connection -- use e-mail and browse the Web -- even when you're offline.

Image Gallery: Living free with Linux: Round 2
When Preston Gralla tried Linux for two weeks, updating and installing apps was his most troublesome issue. Here, thanks to readers' advice, he solves his problems -- at least, most of them.

Stratus fits fault-tolerance into VMware environment
Stratus is aiming to offer the same high availability in one server that usually requires two by rolling VMware's Infrastructure Foundation together with its own system for fault-tolerance.

Microsoft heralds Silverlight-Eclipse link
Microsoft is touting support for its Silverlight multimedia application technology in the Eclipse open source tools platform.

Sun's Rock processor on track for this year, exec says
After a year's delay, Sun Microsystems' 16-core "Rock" server chip is on track for delivery in the fall, the head of Sun's systems business said Monday.

Researchers: Cheap scanners can 'fingerprint' paper
Think two blank sheets of paper are the same? Look closer.

Build a cheap NAS using an IKEA box

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BlackBerry How To: Change E-Mail Signatures (BIS & BES)

Create, modify or erase BlackBerry e-mail signatures--for both personal, or BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS), and corporate, or BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES), accounts.

The Google OS Is Coming by Year's End

You see, Matthأ¤us Krzykowski and Daniel Hartmann, founders of start-up Mobile-facts, discovered late last year that Android has two product policies in its code: phones and netbooks. So, Krzykowski and Hartmann decided to see if they could get Android to work on a netbook. It took them about four hours to compile Android for an Asus' Eee PC 1000H.

Three Nightmares When Managing Macs

How hard is it managing Macs in the enterprise? Harder than you might think. Expect lackluster enterprise support from Apple and its horde of Mac developers, for starters. Enterprise savvy Windows developers rushing poor Mac components to market bring frustration, too.

Microsoft's Biggest Enemy Now: Apple, Linux or Itself?

In a meeting with financial analysts last week, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer laid out who he thinks are the biggest threats today to Windows on the client side. Surprisingly, Apple wasn't number one. It wasn't number two or three either.

Panda: ID theft Trojans are on 1 in 100 PCs we scan

Perhaps as many as ten million PCs are infected with sneaky programs designed to steal sensitive financial information, antivirus vendor Panda Security reports.

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Foxit PDF viewer also open to attack, say researchers

Security researchers Monday warned of several vulnerabilities in Foxit, a free PDF document viewer that many have recommended as an alternative to Adobe Reader, which currently contains an unpatched critical bug of its own.

Charges beefed up against alleged Sarah Palin hacker

The University of Tennessee college student accused of illegally accessing Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's Yahoo e-mail account was formally charged Monday on new fraud and obstruction of justice charges.

Location a Small Detail In Security World

I'll be traveling again in the next few weeks, this time to Vietnam. We've been outsourcing some of our operations to low-cost nations for years: Russia for source-code development, India for help desk services and China for manufacturing, among others. Vietnam is new to the list, but as I stressed during the meetings about this engagement, there are no special security considerations. We follow the same procedures wherever our partners are located.

Leave No Browser Traces With GhostSurf

GhostSurf gives you the ability to control the level of your privacy and security. This program (US$30 for a one-year license, $50 for a two-year one) offers multiple ways to protect yourself, and several layers of privacy, all wrapped in a simple-to-use interface.

Threats Made Easy

Last week, I saw a plug-and-play Web camera. OK, you've seen things called that before, but this was different. It works like this: You plug a gateway device into a network. You switch on the battery-powered camera. You push one button. Now you have a palm-size device beaming live images onto your network. It's 30 seconds of setup, then an endless security nightmare.

Keeping the government's prying eyes at bay

The Electronic Frontier Foundation last week took the wraps off a new Web site that is designed to help you keep the government from taking the wraps off your personal communications and stored data.

Visa Backtracks on Breach Disclosure

Visa and MasterCard have probably been slow to identify the cause of a breach that they warned banks about in mid-February because they want to complete an investigation into the incident, analysts say.

Otellini: Windows 7 upgrade for netbooks 'going to be tough'

Microsoft has a challenge: Sell a Windows upgrade as a way to save money.

Past was guide for changes to Windows development

About a year ago on its Redmond, Washington, campus, a member of Microsoft's Windows Vista team met with a group of journalists to face some tough questions about the OS.

Excel Bug Will Be Ignored on Patch Tuesday

Microsoft will release three Windows security updates, including one rated "critical," but won't deliver a fix for an Excel flaw that attackers are now exploiting.

Cisco, cities work on being green

Cisco this week said it signed a memorandum of understanding with Metropolis, an association of 106 of the world's largest cities, to develop its plan for greener cities.

IBM CEO Palmisano gets paid nearly $21 million in '08

Sam Palmisano, chairman and CEO of IBM, was awarded a compensation package valued at roughly $20.96 million in 2008, according to documents filed with the SEC.

Sony provides more details of OLED touchscreen Walkman

Sony has provided some detailed specifications for its promised touchscreen OLED X-series Walkman but the launch date remains unannounced.

Dell launches its first rugged touch-screen laptop

Dell launches the tough Latitude E6400 XFR laptop with a touch screen, which the company claims can withstand drops, dust and high-pressure water sprays.

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

IT News HeadLines (ComputerWorld) 10/03/2009

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