Thursday, July 2, 2009

IT News HeadLines (ComputerWorld) 02/07/2009



Search Party: Why Security Pros Should Master Google
One of the reasons security is fun and interesting is that it requires a constant upgrade of your skills and knowledge.
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Palm Pre hardware glitches hard to evaluate, analysts say
Customer forum complaints about shoddy hardware in the Palm Pre are hard to put in perspective, analysts said, since the Pre is a first-generation device and it is the WebOS operating system, not the hardware, that is more likely to hold the keys to Palm's future success.
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Cloud control systems tame the ether
Signifying a formless haze of computing power and storage that is somewhere "out there," computerdom's current buzzword is as difficult to get one's arms around as a real cloud. A seemingly limitless pool of processors and memory and disk space, and you just scoop out what you need. Sounds great, doesn't it?
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Microsoft pulls projectile-vomiting IE8 ad from Web
An online ad for Internet Explorer 8 that showed a woman projectile vomiting has left such a bad taste in viewers' mouths that Microsoft has decided to remove it.
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Vista Ultimate users fume, rant over Windows 7 deals
Consumers running Windows Vista Ultimate, who have blasted Microsoft for breaking promises to deliver a host of extras, are now knocking the company's upgrade plans and discount pricing for Windows 7.
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Moblin: a First Look at Intel's Open-Source OS
Moblin is an Intel-created open-source operating system for netbooks and, specifically, the kind of people who use them.
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Researchers design wind turbine kites to fly at 30,000 feet
Stanford University researchers are designing wind turbine kites that would fly to heights of 30,000 feet to reach powerful winds that could be used as alternative energy sources.
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Bing beats Google to the punch, launches Twitter search
Microsoft beats Google out of the gate by adding Twitter searches to its Bing search engine.
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Reports: Microsoft will sell Windows 7 'Family Pack'
Microsoft will reportedly offer a multi-license "family pack" for Windows 7, according to details in the end-user licensing agreement (EULA) of a recently-leaked build.
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Court orders spammers to pay $3.7 million
A federal court has ordered members of an alleged international spam ring to give up $3.7 million that they made while sending out illegal e-mail messages pitching bogus weight-loss products and human growth hormone pills.
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