Thursday, July 2, 2009

IT News HeadLines (TechWeb) 02/07/2009



California, Hawaii Governors Veto Online Sales Tax
Online retailers, led by Amazon and Overstock, are resisting state legislators' efforts to raise revenue with online sales taxes.
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Apple Obliquely Addresses iPhone 3SG Overheating
Users have complained of handsets overheating while using applications that tap the iPhone's GPS and 3G wireless components.
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Nokia Updates Ovi Maps
The 3.0 version of Ovi Maps includes 3-D views, weather information, walking directions, and a host of other features.
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China's Green Dam 'Definitely' Coming
The controversial requirement that PCs in China come with the Green Dam Web filter may have been postponed, but the rule will be implemented, a Chinese official insists.
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Apple Bans Another iPhone App For Nudity
BeautyMeter showed a nude picture of a 15-year-old girl. It's the second explicit app Apple has removed from the App Store in the last week.
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First American Spatial Solutions and ESRI Partner, Release Risk Analysis Solution
First American Spatial Solutions and ESRI have released Risk Analysis Solution for ArcGIS.
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Dell To Offer Location Features On Mini 10 Netbooks
Skyhook Wireless' Wi-Fi position app is already a standard feature on tens of millions of Apple iPhones and iPod Touch devices.
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Farmers Completes Acquisition of 21st Century Insurance
Largest acquisition in the company's history strengthens its position as the third-largest personal lines carrier in the U.S. and makes it the top auto insurer in several states, including California.
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Hedge Fund Investors Demand More Data and Oversight
Many hedge fund investors burned by last year's market meltdown will likely demand a system of checks and balances in which outsiders keep a closer watch over assets.
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NACHA Launches International Payments Committee
The U.S.-International Committee will allow payments stakeholders in the U.S. to play a more prominent role in shaping the international payments space.
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Q&A: Obama's Health IT Czar On Strategy, Incentives
Dr. David Blumenthal explains how work is progressing on a stimulus program that would give doctors and hospitals incentives to use "qualified" electronic health systems.
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Bing Adds Twitter Searches
Microsoft's new search engine looks to capture the real-time Web.
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U.S. To Release $4 Billion For Broadband
Funds are part of a program built into the federal stimulus package to build an affordable high-speed Internet structure in rural areas.
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Macs Sales Growing Faster Than PCs
Apple Mac sales growth outstripped PCs even before Apple cut prices and introduced new MacBooks last month.
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Treasury to Name Up to 9 Fund Managers
The U.S. Treasury Department is expected to name as many as nine fund managers to operate the long-awaited Public-Private Investment Program (PPIP) to cleanse banks of toxic assets, a person familiar with the plan said on Wednesday.
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Facebook Simplifies Privacy Settings
The privacy controls at Facebook are getting reworked in the hope that users will choose to be more open.
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Zer01 Launches Unlimited Voice, Data Service
The mobile virtual network operator is using mobile VoIP to offer unlimited voice, text, and mobile data for $70 a month.
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Garda Cash Logistics Names CISO
Garda Cash Logistics has appointed Barbara Danzi to the newly created position of Chief Information Security Officer (CISO).
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Usenet Loses RIAA Copyright Infringement Suit
The music industry group is shifting away from targeting individuals and toward going after companies that make copyright violations possible.
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Oracle Revs Fusion Middleware 11g
Oracle President Charles Phillips traveled to Washington, D.C. to host the launch of the next-gen foundation for the company's Fusion Applications.
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Oracle Revs Fusion Middleware 11g
Oracle President Charles Phillips traveled to Washington, D.C. to host the launch of the next-gen foundation for the company's Fusion Applications.
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Google Sees Spam Surging
Spam, like movie zombies, just keeps coming. Despite the closure of spam ISPs, unwanted messages continue to spread.
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Generational Differences, Budgets Challenge Banks’ Leadership Growth Initiatives
Training staffers to become future leaders of organizations takes on a new dimension as banks seek to adapt to generational needs and strict budgets.
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Visa Hopes to Accelerate Mobile Payments With Monitise Alliance
Monitise is one in a series of partners Visa is teaming up with to increase its presence in the mobile space.
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CME Revs Up for Surge in Carbon Credit Trading
The exchange is preparing to launch a Green Exchange for environmental contracts and has high hopes for carbon credit trading.
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