Friday, April 3, 2009

IT News HeadLines (IT World Canada) 03/04/2009



Why Sun’s Project BlackBox is on a bridge to nowhere
Sun’s ambitious Project BlackBox has flown under the radar recently, but with the IBM purchase seemingly just around the corner, we might soon be hearing more about the containerized data centre offering -- like when it’s being discontinued
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Salesforce.com-Twitter integration could spell privacy fears
In March, CRM vendor Salesforce.com announced its Service Cloud would be integrated with Twitter this summer to help companies gauge brand reputation. But experts warn of potential privacy concerns among the Twitter community
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Samsung Windows Mobile phone includes video editor
The Omnia will be offered soon by Bell Mobility and works on both EVDO and Wi-Fi networks. Find out what IDC’s Kevin Restivo predicts for the smart phone market
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AMD working on very low-power Shanghai processors
Chip battle heats up even more as AMD promises to outgun Intel with its new quad-core Opteron EE chips that will deliver similar performance to its predecessors while drawing significantly less power
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Google eyeing Twitter purchase?
Reports are circulating that Google is currently negotiating the purchase of micro-blogging site Twitter
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B.C. hatches $100-million deal with EAS and Q9
The EDS subsidiary and the data centre host make an all-Canadian team for the provincial government, isolating it from foreign disclosure requirements like the Patriot Act
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