IT-Code-News: IT News HeadLines (ComputerWorld) 05/04/2009

Sunday, April 5, 2009

IT News HeadLines (ComputerWorld) 05/04/2009

Review: Apple's Nehalem-based Mac Pro 'fastest Mac ever'
Apple's newest Mac Pro takes a significant step forward with the move to Intel's new Nehalem processor and an infrastructure that should be able to squeeze the utmost out of the upcoming Mac OS X 10.6.

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Comcast e-mail outage sparks Twitter updates galore
Comcast.net e-mail went down for potentially millions of subscribers the better part of the day Saturday as users and observers got running commentary on the service provider's efforts to manage the situation via Twitter updates from Frank Eliason, the company's director of Digital Care.

Humans prove weak link in Japanese warning network
If there's one thing the Japanese government learned on Saturday -- the first of a five-day launch period for a North Korean rocket -- it's that the government's emergency information network works.

Elgan: Why goofing off boosts productivity
You can keep working even while playing, you can be distracted from problems and, perhaps most important, Mike Elgan says, a happy employee is a productive employee.

Appeals court keeps alive trademark lawsuit against Google
A trademark lawsuit against Google that a lower court had dismissed in 2006 has been given new life.
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AMD to take further action to cut costs
Advanced Micro Devices said it would take further actions, which could include facility closures, to cut costs as it restructures in an effort to return to profitability.

ARM: Heretic in the church of Intel, Moore's Law
For 30 years, the PC industry has treated Moore's Law with religious reverence. Its immutable commandment -- thou shalt double the transistors on circuits every 18 months -- created an enviable business model with consumers spurred to buy new, more powerful PCs every few years.
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Cognizant agrees to pay H-1B workers $500,000 in back wages
IT services firm Cognizant Technology Solutions will pay a total of $509,607 in back wages to 67 H-1B workers to settle claims by the Labor Department that it had underpaid them.

Cybersecurity bill seeks to give president new powers over private-sector networks
A cybersecurity bill introduced in the U.S. Senate would enable the president to shut down critical infrastructure networks during security emergencies. But that provision is drawing fire from critics.

Group urges FCC to open AT&T's 3G to Skype on iPhone
An advocacy group asked the FCC to decide whether AT&T and Apple broke federal rules by blocking iPhone owners from using the Skype voice-over-IP service on AT&T's 3G wireless network.
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Craeting vertical marquee in MS Silverlight

In IE8, it seems that the Marquee tag isn't supported anymore. Need for a Marquee replacement got me into my first Silverlight endeavour. Basically I've used the DoubleAnimation control to achieve this by altering the"To", "From" and "Duration" property. So, with little modification this can be made to rotate horizontally as well.

Achieving Gridness, Part 2: More on Oracle Application Grid

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Data Center Assessments: The First Step To Optimization

The ability to react to changes in the business environment quickly and effectively is not only a competitive advantage, but is required in this day and age. Understanding your capacity and utilization levels helps you understand your margin, which is the resources a data center manager needs to redirect and re-deploy to effectively manage change.

IT security vendors worth following on Twitter

Not all Twitter feeds are created equal. Many companies are simply spitting out press releases or patting themselves on the back. We've pored through the enterprise security company Twitter feeds to highlight those worth watching, maybe even regardless of whether you use products from the companies

SSL is a Security Blind spot

According to study from Netcraft, the number of websites using SSL encryption has risen by nearly 40% in the last year, and now totals well over two million. In addition to the obvious applications ...

Top 10: IBM-Sun watch, Conficker again, cyber bill

We're still waiting on the official word that IBM is buying Sun Microsystems (regulatory approvals pending), but news that the deal will soon be announced caught a lot of our attention this week. Conficker had a lot of people worried midweek and although it remains a concern its expected April Fools' Day chaos did not, fortunately, transpire. Speaking of chaos, a bill was introduced in the U.S. Senate to give President Obama the power to shut down public and private networks -- including the Internet -- during a cybersecurity emergency.

FBI raids Dallas Internet Service Provider Core IP

FBI agents have raided a Dallas IP called Core IP Networks because of illegal activity on the network.

White House defends controversial H-1B visa extension

Obama administration defends H1-B rule in lawsuit challenging 2008 Bush ruling on visas

Good Technology update includes mobile VPN

Good Technology has introduced a new version of its enterprise mobile e-mail product, including limited management support for the iPhone.

Nokia hopes new app store will replicate App Store

Nokia is refreshing its developer community and app store in an effort to sell more apps.

SaaS vendor converts offering to packaged software

A rush of software vendors have latched onto the SaaS bandwagon, converting packaged software offerings for use in the Web-hosted model. Now one longtime SaaS vendor is doing the opposite.

Microsoft to limit Office 2003 support

Microsoft Corp. has announced that it will drop mainstream support for Office 2003 on April 14, the same day it starts to retire Windows XP.

Google acquisition rumors reflect Twitter's importance

While rumors of an imminent Google acquisition of Twitter were apparently offbase, it wouldn't be surprising to see the companies strike up a formal collaboration or partnership.

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