Thursday, July 9, 2009

IT News HeadLines (TechWeb) 09/07/2009



3Com Reports Improving Profits
In recent months, the company has been targeting rival Cisco by marketing new lines of networking products including routers and switches.
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Citi Reshuffles at the Senior Management Level
Highlights include an expanded role for Edward Kelly, a new CFO, and the departure of Gary Crittenden.
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VMware Tweaks Load Balancing In vSphere 4
Distributed Resource Scheduler in vSphere 4 monitors virtual machine usage across a server cluster to see whether the VM is loaded on the server that best meets its needs.
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Javelin Study Finds Card Issuers Continue to Lag in Fraud Prevention and Detection
Although improvements are being made in identity fraud mitigation, Javelin still sees a need to increase capabilities in these areas.
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Wyse Software Speeds Delivery Of Virtualized Desktops
The thin client supplier's Virtual Desktop Accelerator addresses latencies and packet loss in the Internet's TCP/IP network.
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Managing Under Duress: Q&A With Credit Suisse CIO Karl Landert
Credit Suisse CIO Karl Landert points to a long-standing focus on efficiency and an agile technology organization as major reasons why the firm has fared relatively well during the economic downturn.
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Cyber Attack Hits South Korea Web Sites Again
Attack denies access to some banking and U.S. government sites from South Korea and is similar to recent DDOS attacks there and in the U.S.
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IT Job Stats: Grim, But Some Hopeful Signs
Fewer jobs were lost in bellwether IT job segments in June than in May.
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Rep. Frank Introduces U.S. Consumer Agency Bill
The powerful chairman of the House Financial Services Committee Wednesday introduced legislation to create a new consumer financial protection agency that would strip some powers away from current regulators.
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Google Chrome OS: Vaporware Or Victory?
Chrome OS, Google's newly announced operating system, isn't just a swipe at Microsoft. It's an attempt to realize the cloud computing future that Google's been predicting.
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There’s been plenty of complaints about the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), since it went into effect in 2005. Next week, stakeholders, will have a chance to do something about it.


A proposal from a long-time congressional foe of the Federal Reserve that could give lawmakers sway over monetary policy has won the support of a majority in the House of Representatives, alarming officials at the U.S. central bank.
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Details Emerge In U.S. Cyber Attacks
Malware that targeted Web sites of The White House, Department of Homeland Security, the FAA, and others appears to be a MyDoom variant.
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Government Accountability Office Joins Social Media Revolution
The federal agency is using Twitter and YouTube to inform the public about its reports and mission.
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Sybase Announces Support For Android
The company released a software development kit that enables developers to incorporate Bluetooth into Android devices.
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Java Vital To Top 50 Enterprise Software Vendors
ERP, supply chain management, human capital management and CRM -- grew between 4 percent and 9 percent in 2008 says report.
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Nokia Siemens Gets FTC OK For Nortel Deal
The firm moved a step closer to acquiring Nortel's CDMA and LTE assets as the Federal Trade Commission approved the deal.
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Windows 7 Deployment Toolkit Released
Microsoft utility is designed to ease upgrades to the company's next operating system.
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Web Link Shrinkage Powers Spam Surge
The popularity of Twitter has lead to a proliferation of URL shortening services. Now spammers are taking notice and using link reduction to hide spam links.
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BlackBerry App World Tops 2,000 Programs
Research In Motion's virtual application store still only has less than 5% as many as Apple's App Store for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
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Apple Disclosures On Steve Jobs' Health May Still Face SEC Scrutiny
The question for the SEC is what Apple's board of directors knew about Jobs' health when he left Apple and how much of what they knew was disclosed.
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HTC Posts $197 Million Profit
While the company is an early adopter of the Android platform, Windows Mobile smartphones account for the bulk of its sales.
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Opera To Announce Deal With Major U.S. Carrier
CEO says mobile browser company will be inking a deal soon to have its browser come preloaded on handsets from a major U.S. mobile operator.
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Blue Cross NEPA Tackles Call Center Volume Challenge with Virtual Hold Solution
Virtual Hold's Concierge system pleases customers, boosts call center efficiency and decreases Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania staffing expenses.
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Fort Dearborn Life Launches Online Beneficiary Management Service
Fort Dearborn Life Insurance Company is offering a new service that allows employees to make group life insurance beneficiary designations online.
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Cyber Attacks Hit U.S. Government Sites; North Korea Eyed
Attacks crippled at least 11 U.S. government and private Web sites for much of the weekend. No data is believed to have been stolen.
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