Wednesday, April 15, 2009

IT News HeadLines (TechWeb) 15/04/2009



Cisco Steps Into G20 Breach
Coordinated global financial regulation by G20 will need new, technology infrastructure, vendor proposes.
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eBay To Spin Off Skype With IPO In 2010
Earlier reports of a repurchase of the VoIP company by its founders with the help of private firms are now off the table.
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Intel Says PC Sales Have 'Bottomed Out'
Worldwide PC shipments have been hammered in the economic recession, with shipments expected to fall by 4.5% this year to 282 million units.
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Chinese National Arrested For Source Code Theft
The information was taken from a New Jersey company that develops, implements, and supports software for environmental applications.
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Nintendo Wii MotionPlus Due In June
The latest device, which brings one-to-one control to games, will only work with games that have been coded for it.
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AT&T Releases Propel Pro
The messaging-centric smartphone is powered by Windows Mobile and will be priced at $149.99 with a two-year contract.
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Microsoft Issues Eight Security Bulletins For April Patch Day
The fixes repair an Excel flaw that Microsoft warned about in February, as well as an Internet Information Services and SQL Server vulnerability.
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Xbox 360's Mysterious 'E74' Error Now Under Warranty
Microsoft is extending its "red ring of death" program to cover the console's latest glitch.
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Sun Strikes Back At Cisco
The company launches a line of Intel Nehalem-based servers and a networking module that plugs into a blade chassis and reduces the need for separate switching hardware.
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NYC May Block Cabbies' Cell Phones
Taxi and Limousine Commission eyes technology that would silence chatty drivers.
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Windows XP Support No Longer Free
Most XP users who encounter trouble will have to pay Microsoft for help.
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BlackBerry Hit With E-Mail Outages
The outage primarily affected personal users who receive e-mails with the BlackBerry Internet Service.
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U.S. Military Using Business Intelligence To Track Wounded Soldiers
WebFocus BI tools help the military improve medical care for sick and injured personnel while in transit to medical facilities and once they arrive.
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Veracode Introduces SecurityReview for Application Risk Management
Enhanced cloud-based service simplifies security and compliance risk management across a diverse enterprise application portfolio, according to Veracode.
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VC-Fueled Startups See Bigger Deals, Fewer Funds
Despite the recession, venture firms with solid track records continue to secure sizable commitments, two industry groups find.
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Google Previews Android 'Cupcake' Update
The 1.5 version branch of development will add features like video recording, a virtual keyboard, and home screen widgets.
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PG&E Looks To Space For Solar Energy
The California utility hopes to turn the sun's rays into electricity for customers.
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EU Says UK Privacy Laws Lacking
European watchdogs say Britain needs to impose stricter controls on targeted Internet advertising.
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Tech Mahindra Pledges To Restore Confidence In Satyam
Executives at Satyam's white knight promise changes, but the challenges are many.
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EMC Upgrades Symmetrix With Virtualization
In addition to its support of virtual data centers, the new architecture supports thousands of VMware and other virtual machines in a single federated storage infrastructure.
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First Guard Insurance Offers Truckers Mobile Claims Submission
Truckers covered by First Guard can report new claims via handheld mobile devices in a process that takes less than five minutes to complete.
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NIST Creates YouTube Channel
Standards body's site has drawn 4,000 views to date.
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Bernanke Sees Signs Economy is Stabilizing
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Tuesday the latest figures on housing and consumer spending suggest a rapid contraction in the economy could be easing.
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"Big Bang" A Misnomer, Major CDS Changes Yet to Come
Now that the Big Bang has gone off, what's next for credit default swaps clearing and operations?
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