Sunday, March 1, 2009

IT News HeadLines (TechWeb) 01/03/2009



Touchscreens Make A Grab Beyond Smartphones
It's not only phones that are getting the tactile treatment. Touchscreens are finding their way onto laptops, netbooks, and other mobile devices. Is there nothing a touch won't touch?
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IBM's ILOG Builds Sophisticated Data Display Components
The business rules engine division has supplied four new software tools that can be used to display complex data in a rich Internet application.
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Time To Get Serious About HIPAA
If your company qualifies as a covered entity under HIPAA, now is a good time to review your compliance efforts and fill in any gaps -- before the feds come calling.
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Stimulus Funds Will Go Toward New Data Center For Social Security Administration
With $1 billion in funding, the agency is set to build a data center and develop software to reduce a huge backlog of disability claims.
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Software Giants Join Specialists In Demand Management
Oracle, SAP, and Teradata have launched new products in the last year.
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5 Dos And Don'ts For Using Demand Data
Get these right before tapping point-of-sale for supply chain changes.
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In A Down Economy, Companies Find New Ways To Track Demand
Manufacturers and retailers lead the way in using up-to-the-minute point-of-sale data to avoid stock-outs and overproduction.
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Down To Business: Do Business Ethics Makes Business Sense?
The best companies define and enforce employee codes of ethics, but in the end reputations rise and fall one person at a time.
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New Options Power Always-On Apps
Know your systems to find the failsafe failover that works best.
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CIO Profiles: Laxman Kumar Badiga, CIO At Wipro Technologies
Deliver business value and capitalize on opportunities for growth, he advises aspiring CIOs.
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In A Down Economy, Companies Turn To Real-Time Analytics To Track Demand
Manufacturers and retailers lead the way in using up-to-the-minute point-of-sale data to avoid stock-outs and overproduction.
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Napera N24 Offers Turnkey NAC For SMBs
Appliance provides a range of security features for Microsoft nets, but lacks in-depth reporting.
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Mandiant Appliance Accelerates Incident Response
MIR gets to the heart of system compromises, but its forensic tools are limited.
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In A Down Economy, Prepaid Wireless Grows
Leap Wireless and MetroPCS are picking up multiple subscribers as consumers look to trim costs.
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Hearst Planning Electronic Reader Alternative To Kindle
Analysts suggest such a device would help the news publisher find an answer to reverse shrinking subscriber bases, as well as revenue losses from publications.
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Facebook's New Openness Exploited By Scammers
The rogue message leads to a Facebook application link that spams a victim's friend list with the same warning message, and possibly harvests personal information.
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Novell Sees Linux Business Slow, Despite Coupons
The certificates or coupons came about as a result of a November 2006 agreement with Microsoft.
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One Bank Saves $23.5m By Better Managing Remote IT Facilities
News from Global Services Conference on best practices in offshoring.
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Qualcomm Buys Mobile TV Company
Qualcomm is beefing up its mobile TV team as a potentially competing service from the Open Mobile Video Coalition looms.
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AMD On Track To Ship 32-Nm Chips In 2010
CEO Dirk Meyer says ramp up with begin in the middle of next year.
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Moneris and Verifone Sign Large Contract
Candian card processor selected Verifone technology for its customers' card processing needs.
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Google News Gets Text Ads
It's a significant turning point for Google News, which has been ad-free since its beta launch in April 2002.
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Caja de Extemadura Using Digipass 810 Card Readers
Vasco's Digipass 810 card reader is being employed by the bank to secure customers' online banking transactions.
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