Friday, September 18, 2009

IT News HeadLines (TechWeb) 17/09/2009



SIBOS NEWS: DTCC, SWIFT, XBRL US Form Stakeholder Group
The new U.S. Issuer to Investor Stakeholder Group will represent the needs of corporate actions reporting and processing supply chain.
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SIBOS NEWS: Fiserv Releases Upgraded Corporate Actions Solutions
Fiserv's new eVent is designed for more automation, visibility and control across the corporate actions lifecycle.
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Oracle Revenues Down, But Earnings Up 8%
New software license revenues were down 17%, but software maintenance and product support revenues were up 6%.
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Google Plans Private Government Cloud
As the government moves to adopt cloud computing and considers limited use of free consumer services, Google is trying to address lingering concerns about security and control in the cloud.
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Voice Recognition Tools Make Rounds At Hospitals
Voice technologies help doctors and nurses streamline manual work, saving time and money.
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Global CIO: SAP Jilted Again By Siemens: Isolated Case Or Deep Problem?
Column about SAP losing out on two big deals from its longtime customer/partner Siemens, which went elsewhere for maintenance support and HR software.
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Lenovo Unveils Latest Inexpensive Desktop PC
The C100 has a 10-inch display, camera, speakers, and microphone, priced at $399.
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MIT Building Faster Processor
The new technique, involving combining two semiconductor materials, would allow manufacturers to speed up chips without shrinking the size of circuitry.
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Seagate Unveils Filesharing Hardware For The Home
DockStar is a hardware device designed to allow sharing documents and files over a home network and the Internet.
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Consumers Accept Device Fingerprinting, Study Finds
To fight online fraud, consumers are warming to the idea of technology that identifies the device they're using.
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Alcatel-Lucent Launches IP Optical Backbone
The company's Converged Backbone Transformation is designed to trim transport costs, reduce operational capacity, and keep up with mounting demands on network transmission.
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Comcast Pushing TV To Phones
The cable company will likely use WiMax to bring television shows to cell phones and smartphones.
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Children's Hospital Boston Expands Patient Record Portal
Hospital will combine its own patient data with that from physicians' offices to provide comprehensive, patient-controlled e-medical records.
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AMD Unveils $99 Quad Core Chip
The Athlon II X4 is a 45-nm processor capable of playing Blu-ray discs on Windows 7 consumer desktops.
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Google Plans Private Government Cloud
As the government moves to adopt cloud computing and considers limited use of free consumer services, Google is trying to address lingering concerns about security and control in the cloud.
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Mobile Broadband Card Sales Brisk
The market is being driven by wholesale shifts to HSPA and EV-DO, report says.
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AT&T, Vlingo Team For Voice Apps
Under the deal, Vlingo will use AT&T's speech-recognition technology in its suite of apps for the iPhone, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, and Symbian.
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FactSet Launches New Data/Analytics Platform
Updated software for analyzing global securities, portfolios, markets, deals.
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Opera Releases Mini 5 Browser
The latest version of the mobile browser has tabbed browsing, a password manager, and improved touch-screen controls.
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Facebook Membership Equals U.S. Population
Dominant social networking site's user base reaches 300 million mark.
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Alleged Ponzi Artist Faces Contempt Charge
A judge says the Michigan man who ran the Billionaire Boys Club, an alleged $53 million Ponzi scheme, must appear in court on contempt allegations.
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Google Releases Android 'Donut' Build
Android 1.6 offers developers new APIs, a reworked Android Market, and improved search and camera functionality.
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Adoption of IFRS Provides Benefits to Insurers
The International Financial Reporting Standards offer insurers the potential to simplify financial reporting and reduce accounting complexity.
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International Financial Reporting Standards Offer Insurers Opportunities for Operational Synergies
The implementation of IFRS could result in cost-saving synergies in data, metrics and modeling. But up-front investments in data, systems and human resources will be required to realize those synergies.
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IFRS May Not Be the Most Immediate Accounting Change
While the International Financial Reporting Standards for insurers still are being worked out, other accounting standards changes could have a more immediate impact on the industry.
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