Friday, April 3, 2009

IT News HeadLines (ComputerWorld) 03/04/2009



White House says U.S. needs H-1B visas to avoid 'competitive disadvantage'
The Obama administration defended the H-1B program in papers filed in the federal appeals court in Philadelphia.


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Analyzing Twitter with Excel, Part 1
Excel is one of those programs with so much depth that there are whole areas many of us will never come to grips with. One such area is Excel's support for XML through the program's XML maps feature. XML maps are a powerful tool if you can figure out how they work so this week we're going to do exactly that. Or at least, something like that.
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Attackers exploit critical PowerPoint vulnerability
Microsoft warned that hackers are exploiting a software vulnerability in PowerPoint, the company's presentation application.

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Reputation scoring changes the enterprise security game
Reputation-scoring services are headed for playing time in perimeter devices and alongside identity and authentication programs.

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RIM sells 50 millionth BlackBerry; stock soars on earnings
RIM posted stronger than expected earnings, propelling its stock by more than 23% in aftermarket trading.

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Conficker.c controls 4% of all infected PCs, IBM says
As many as one out of every 25 Internet addresses that transmits potentially dangerous data over the Internet is infected with the Conficker.c worm, according to IBM's security arm.


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Why Zoho Has a Manic Strategy for Selling Software
Despite selling products that inhabit a competitive landscape occupied by technology heavyweights like Microsoft, Google and IBM, Zoho keeps building new online software that consumers can use for free or that businesses can buy on a massive scale for dirt cheap prices. As struggling companies cut their technology budgets, Zoho has become a compelling option, says Raju Vegesna, the company's chief evangelist.


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AT&T develops connected consumer electronics
AT&T is working with developers to wirelessly enable a plethora of consumer electronics, representatives said at the International CTIA Wireless show.

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Owning your own data
The idea of you "owning" the data about yourself is both emotionally and intellectually appealing. This data, which ranges from the critical (your medical and financial records) to the theoretically trivial (what you buy and search for, and which Web sites you visit) defines, quantifies and describes your preferences, resources, habits and health. It is a proxy for you. It is also what every marketer in the entire commercial universe wants to get their hands on.

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British hacker's supporters rally at US embassy

As protesters took to the streets again Thursday during the G-20 world leaders summit, the U.S. embassy saw a much smaller rally in support of a British computer hacker.


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Gmail Gets Autocomplete Search Functions

Google added suggestive search in Gmail, five years after the service was launched. The new Search Autocomplete feature gives users suggestions as they type in the search box.

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LTE comes into focus

Widely expected to be the next major standard in mobile broadband technology, LTE received a lot of attention from both speakers and vendors at this year's CTIA Wireless convention


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Everyone forgets SOHO businesses

It seems to me that everyone forgets the small business, and by "small business" I mean truly small business--what the industry has termed SOHO (small office/home office) operations with fewer than 10 or 15 employees. These are the companies that make up the last frontier of true entrepreneurship and capitalism.


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Twitterer to Demi Moore: I'm going to kill myself

Has Twitter saved its first life? Or was this some kind of twisted publicity stunt?

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Wii hack makes light work of mowing the grass

Researchers modify a Wii remote control so that it can control an industrial lawn mower.


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RIM sells 50 millionth BlackBerry, stock soars on earnings

Research In Motion Limited (RIM) stock soared in after-market trading after the company posted solid financial results and said it sold its 50 millionth BlackBerry smartphone.


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