Tuesday, July 21, 2009

IT News HeadLines (ComputerWorld) 21/07/2009



Intel says its new SSDs are faster, cheaper
Intel has launched new solid-state drives that are cheaper and have faster write speeds than their predecessors, the company said Tuesday.
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Gmail Expert Tips: How to Tame Your Inbox
Gmail ushered in a whole new way of accessing and managing e-mail. Many people think that it's a major improvement over the old desktop-app approach. The following tips, tricks, and add-ons make the Gmail experience better still.
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Google Expert Tips: How to Find Anything Fast
The nice people at Google have invented multiple ways to make their core product --Internet search--even better. The tips and tricks below will help you improve the precision of the search results Google provides--and use far fewer keystrokes to get them.
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Together 2.2
Together 2.2 from Reinvented Software is an application for keeping disparate bits and pieces of digital data organized and manageable. Mac OS X's built-in Spotlight, with its content indexing and plug-in architecture do a fine job of helping track down just the item you need, but Together's abundant management and categorization tools handily justify the asking price.
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Structure your résumé for success
Columnist Dave Willmer discusses three approaches to formatting your résumé so that it's better targeted to the tech job you're applying for.
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Yale researchers create database-Hadoop hybrid
Yale University researchers on Monday released an open-source parallel database that they say combines the data-crunching prowess of a relational database with the scalability of next-generation technologies such as Hadoop and MapReduce.
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IBM tool allows virtual management from x86 servers to mainframes
IBM is looking to increase the level of management control in corporate data centers to include virtual systems with a new tool: Systems Director VMControl.
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Clinton, in India, says 'outsourcing is a concern for many'
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ended her trip to India on Monday with a promise to improve cooperation on high-tech trade between the two countries, but she offered no specifics about how that will be accomplished.
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Chinese news sites go down after reports on gov't scandal
Two of China's most popular technology news Web sites went offline after carrying news reports that linked the son of China's president to a corrupt African deal.
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EMC's Hauck: $2.1B bet on Data Domain will pay off
Frank Hauck, EMC's executive vice president of global marketing and customer quality, will help oversee Data Domain's integration into EMC's storage business unit. He talked about EMC's plans.
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