IT-Code-News: IT News HeadLines (ComputerWorld) 13/04/2009

Monday, April 13, 2009

IT News HeadLines (ComputerWorld) 13/04/2009

New processor technology promises big boost to consumer-grade SSDs
Start-up SandForce introduced a new solid-state disk controller that it says will greatly increase the performance and endurance of consumer-grade solid-state disk so it can be used for I/O intensive applications in data centers.

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Botnet operators may be able to profit from Conficker update
Security researchers say that the latest iteration of the Conficker worm may let its creators start doing what all botnet operators hope to do — make money from malware.
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Sun's next step unclear after breakdown of talks with IBM
The apparent breakdown of acquisition talks between IBM and Sun Microsystems leaves Sun's future up in the air.

Falling budgets force IT to update storage systems
Attendees at last week's Storage Networking World conference are looking to use new technologies, including storage and server virtualization, to help offset declining IT budgets.

Vista needed for next Windows 7 upgrade
Microsoft is urging Windows 7 beta users to restore Vista to their machines before upgrading again to the upcoming release candidate version of Windows 7.

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Sallie Mae will undo IT offshoring, return jobs to U.S.
Student loan provider Sallie Mae said it plans to reverse offshoring moves and return about 2,000 IT, call center and operations support jobs to the U.S.

Global Dispatches: Germany fines Microsoft €9M
The German government fined Microsoft €9 million for anticompetitive behavior; and the Australian government plans to spend $43 billion (Australian) to create a national broadband network.

Frankly Speaking: Energy efficiency that saves just pennies a day won't fly
Energy efficiency efforts with payoffs that amount to a few minutes of an employee's daily pay are not going to make anyone greener.

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H-1B demand follows the economy -- down
With the economy tanking, the initial number of H-1B visa applications filed for the next federal fiscal year was down even more sharply than expected from last year's level.

Editor's Note: Money is often the best incentive to change behavior
It's going to take a cap-and-trade bite out of the corporate wallet to get companies to cut data center power consumption.

Creating 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.

Parsing the Current Microsoft and Apple Tax Nonsense

In crime fiction writing, when things got dull, Mickey Spillane suggested having a man with a gun burst through the door. He did that often in his Mike Hammer novels. For technology articles, the equivalent of a â€œman with a gunâ€‌ appearing is a new argument about PCs versus Macs. The current one started with Microsoft, playing the â€œman with a gun,â€‌ and their sloppy new Apple Tax survey (Microsoft's 'Apple Tax' Claims Are 'Stupid' Counters Analyst).

Twitter worm "StalkDaily" launched, spread, defeated

A new worm started propagating through Twitter yesterday. Here's how it worked, who is behind it (maybe), and how to make sure you're not infected.

Conficker botnet could flood Web with spam

Windows PCs infected with the Conficker worm have turned into junk mail-spewing robots capable of sending billions of spam messages a day, a security company warned today.

Top 10: Conficker, IBM-Sun redux, Italy quakes

Meanwhile, spies gain access to the US electricity grid, H-1B applications are down and tech job cuts are up.

Russian President warns of foreign threat to 'Net security

Foreign investors in Internet companies pose a potential threat to national security, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told United Russia party members

Conficker Shows Its Colors, Installs Rogue Anti-virus

We knew it would try to make a buck somehow, but until now Conficker hasn't done much beyond spread and update. That changed Thursday, when the worm began installing a rogue antivirus app called SpywareProtect2009 on infected machines.

Facebook saves British teen

A 16-year-old English boy planned to kill himself by deliberately overdosing on drugs -- but was still chatting with an American Facebook acquaintance while he was doing it. And that's pretty much why he's still alive today.

CompUSA Is Back With a New Retail Strategy

Remember CompUSA? The electronics retailer may have closed up shop in your town, but it never shut down
entirely. As reported by PC World's Tom Spring last January, Systemax
paid US$30 million for select CompUSA assets and retail stores

Making a PBX 'botnet' out of Skype or Google Voice?

Google Voice has patched flaws that could be used to create a PBX botnet, according to a security researcher.

PC industry focuses on value and low cost

The Recession has put us in a bargain-hunting mentality. Luxury goods are always wonderful, but the rich are embarrassed to buy them any more. The only retailers that are doing well are the dollar stores and Wal-Mart. Could it be that our consumer society is reforming into a nation of cheapskates?

MRI dislodges nail from man's head

The "M" in "MRI" stands for "magnetic," but that usually doesn't mean anything except that you need to take anything metal off your person before getting a scan. But what if you have something metal in your person.

Kindle 3 resurfaces

No new details, but when a rumor refuses to die, that in itself can be interesting.

Twittering Church walks through Good Friday ritual

One of Holy Week's ancient rituals can be found on Twitter.

Service restored after AT&T fiber cut

The fiber cut that shut off phone and Internet service to thousands of San Francisco Bay Area residents on Thursday was fixed overnight, according to AT&T.

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