Wednesday, July 29, 2009

IT News HeadLines (Yahoo News) 29/07/2009



Apple: Jailbreaking Could Knock out Transmission Towers (PC World)
PC World - Apple has told the U.S. Copyright Office that modifying the iPhone's operating system could crash a mobile phone network's transmission towers or allow people to avoid paying for phone calls.
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Growth in India's Offshore Services Market Slows (PC World)
PC World - India's revenue from outsourcing services to clients abroad will grow by about 4 to 7 percent in the Indian fiscal year to March 31, 2010, the National Association of Software and Service Companies (Nasscom) said on Wednesday.
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Acer on Track for Android Netbook Launch in Third Quarter (PC World)
PC World - Acer remains on track to launch a version of its Aspire One netbook with Google's Android mobile operating system in the third quarter of this year, a company representative said Wednesday.
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Survey: Accessing Files Slows Off-Site Workers (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - A majority of workers say they concentrate better working off-site than in the office, but many say loading files and software remotely slows them down and affects their productivity, a survey said on Tuesday.
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IPhone SMS Attack to Be Unleashed at Black Hat (PC World)
PC World - Apple has just over a day left to patch a bug in it's iPhone software that could let hackers take over the iPhone, just by sending out and SMS (Short Message Service) message.
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SAP posts better-than-expected net profit (AFP)

The logo of German professional software giant SAP. The company posted a better than expected second quarter profit on Wednesday, and said it would maintain tight cost controls for the remainder of the year(DDP/AFP/File/Sascha Schuermann)AFP - SAP, the German professional software giant, posted a better than expected second quarter profit on Wednesday, and said it would maintain tight cost controls for the remainder of the year.



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Websense names Arthur Locke as new CFO (AP)
AP - Internet filtering and security software maker Websense Inc. said Tuesday it named Arthur S. Locke as senior vice president and chief financial officer, effective July 31.
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Websense posts 2Q profit, higher revenue (AP)
AP - Internet filtering and security software maker Websense Inc. posted a second-quarter profit Tuesday, boosted by higher sales and lower operating expenses.
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IBM Hosts Applications in Cloud for Chinese Vendors (PC World)
PC World - A new IBM product that allows data centers to host online applications for software vendors has been deployed in a Chinese technology park and could later appear overseas.
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IBM scoops up software maker SPSS in $1.2B deal (AP)
AP - IBM Corp. is bulking up its most profitable division with a $1.2 billion acquisition of business software provider SPSS Inc., a deal that also reflects the power of wealthy technology companies to throw their money around despite the recession.
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Survey: Accessing files slows off-site workers (Reuters)
Reuters - A majority of workers say they concentrate better working off-site than in the office, but many say loading files and software remotely slows them down and affects their productivity, a survey said on Tuesday.
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Gartner: Global Software Budgets Will Grow Next Year (PC World)
PC World - A new report by Gartner showing that software spending will increase worldwide next year indicates there may be truth to the general belief that the technology market has hit bottom.
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Check Point 2Q profit down slightly; tops forecast (AP)
AP - Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., which makes Internet security products, said Tuesday its second-quarter profit slipped nearly 5 percent on one-time charges.
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