Saturday, May 30, 2009

IT News HeadLines (ComputerWorld) 30/05/2009



Bashing Bing, whacking Wave
Compelling announcements on search via Bing from Microsoft and for communications from Google and its Wave application have columnist Mike Elgan a little leery.
Read More ...

Cybersecurity, Microsoft's Bing, Google's Wave
This busy week for IT news was capped on Friday when President Barack Obama outlined U.S. cybersecurity plans, which have been anticipated for a while now. We also had been awaiting Microsoft's public release of its new search engine, which it said it has named "Bing." And Google made waves with a new "mega" application as well.
Read More ...

Microsoft kills Windows 7 Starter's 3-app limit
Microsoft today dropped a limitation from Windows 7 Starter, the edition expected to ship on most netbooks, that would have blocked users from running more than three applications at the same time.
Read More ...

Obama's cybersecurity plan gets cautious praise
President Obama's vision for securing cyberspace -- and his plan to hire a new White House cybersecurity coordinator -- are being greeted with cautious optimism within the security industry. But challenges remain.
Read More ...

Considering the future of mobile phones
Few companies innovate with the intensity and frequency of those working in mobile, and today's present is a future that only a handful of people would have predicted just a few short years ago. While most of us happily soak up rampant innovation as mere consumers, a handful of people in the hallowed corridors of mobile R&D labs are already working on the next big thing -- the phones we'll be carrying around in our back pockets in 2012 and beyond.
Read More ...

Keep Laptops and Phones Powered for Productive Travel
Time is money, right? If your laptop and mobile gadgets have a dead battery when you need them, you're wasting time that could have been spent on-the-clock. And as a result, you're wasting money.
Read More ...

A U.S. cyberwarfare command: Better late than never
Ira Winkler cites the sorts of conflicts that can arise when two agencies are unaware of what the other one is doing.
Read More ...

FBI e-mail clobbered after virus
A virus has reportedly disrupted Web-based e-mail services at the FBI.
Read More ...

Project managers have much to gain exploring the wonderful world of Web 2.0
Tapping into social media to manage projects is a very efficient and forward-thinking way to keep everyone in the loop and come up with the best ideas for reaching goals.
Read More ...

U.S. advisory panel calls for new privacy rules
The federal government needs to rewrite the rules it has been using for 35 years to govern its use of personal data by focusing on new technologies for storing and retrieving data, a government advisory board recommended.
Read More ...

No comments: