Saturday, September 19, 2009

IT News HeadLines (TechWeb) 18/09/2009



Capco Expands Its North American FS Practice
To meet the needs of a more diverse client base, Capco has broadened its financial services consulting offerings, also adding new talent to the fold.
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Palm Axes Windows Mobile Phones
CEO says company will instead focus on promoting its own webOS platform.
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Microsoft Rolls Out New Financial Messaging Solution
Microsoft launched the Financial Messaging Service Bus, a messaging service designed for ease of implementation and cost reduction.
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Doyenz Offers Disaster Recovery In Cloud
Low-cost disaster recovery, live failover, and a production testing environment in the 'ShadowCloud' are the lead services being offered.
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Global CIO: Where Do Oracle's Profits Come From?
Column about Oracle's business model being totally dependent on revenue and profits from its annual 22% maintenance fees.
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Firefox Security Warnings About Flash Get Results
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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Toshiba Launches Family Of PC Hard Drives
The drives, for laptops and all-in-one desktops, operate at 7,200 RPM and offer up to a half-terabyte of capacity.
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Flash Order Ban Proposed
If this SEC order is passed, it will put the flash order debate to rest.
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Samsung SSDs Offered On All HP ProLiant G6 Servers
Solid-state drives are more expensive than hard-disk drives, but costs are lower over time, and they're faster, more reliable, smaller, and use less power, HP says.
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HP Unveils Web Device With No Browser
The DreamScreen is a freestanding display that plays music, shows pictures, and connects to Facebook and other sites over a home network, without being attached to a PC.
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Microsoft Files Five Lawsuits To Halt Malicious Advertising
In an effort to protect Windows users, Microsoft is suing unidentified scammers for distributing malware through online ads.
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The Limits of Google's Data Liberation
Google says it supports data portability. But how far should it go to help advertisers bring their campaigns to the competition?
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UBS Support Adds Weight to DTCC’s Managed Accounts Service
Now two large broker/dealers — Smith Barney and UBS — and four investment managers are using the service, which automates interactions between managers and brokers of managed accounts.
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CornerStone State Bank Selects Core System
CornerStone State Bank will implement Jack Henry Banking's Core Director core processing system.
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Avaya Approved To Acquire Nortel Unit
The $900 million purchase of Nortel's Enterprise Solutions unit paves the way for Avaya to be North America's largest enterprise phone equipment maker.
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Windows 7 Priced At $30 For Students
Microsoft is hoping to establish its new operating system with the academic crowd.
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Ericsson Nails Nortel LTE Acquisition
The Canadian government has declined RIM's call to review Ericsson's $1.13 billion purchase of Nortel's prized CDMA/LTE unit.
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Samsung Rolls Out Omnia Pro B7330
The Omnia line of smartphones will be upgradable to Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.5 when the platform is released.
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Alltel, T-Mobile Top Retail Service Study
Price and promotions are becoming increasingly important factors in the wireless retail experience, according to J.D. Power and Associates.
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Snow Leopard Leaps To Record Sales
Aggressive pricing caused the latest Mac OS to outsell its predecessors by wide margins, analyst says.
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Clearwire: Switch To LTE No Problem
Clearwire and WiMax are facing stiff competition from companies rolling out 4G networks based on Long-Term Evolution technology.
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Firefox Security Warnings About Flash Get Results
By warning users that they're using out-of-date plug-ins, Mozilla's Firefox is helping to immunize the online community from malware contagion.
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iPod Touch Outsells Zune HD
Internet sales indicate Microsoft's latest gadget trails Apple's iconic music player.
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U.S. Employees Pushed to ’Cloud Computing’
The Obama administration says it is trying to nudge federal bureaucrats into cloud computing -- using applications online instead of personal computers.
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Facebook Says It Made Money for First Time
U.S. social networking site Facebook ended the last quarter in the black, beating its goal of profitability by 2010, its chief executive officer says.
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