Thursday, October 29, 2009

IT News HeadLines (ComputerWorld) 29/10/2009



Is a neutral net within the power of the FCC?
Questioning whether new FCC network neutrality rulemaking process produces a legally supportable set of rules
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SAP earnings rise as revenue continues to slip
SAP's revenue fell in the third quarter, but earnings rose -- although neither figure was as high as analysts had hoped. The company said it expected the decline in software and software-related service revenue to continue.
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Slower pace, lower wages leave 'rural offshoring' a niche
Atlanta-based Xpanxion, LLC began as an offshore software development firm over a decade ago, but in 2006 it opened a facility in Kearney, Neb. Why there? The reasons include a cost of living and wages that are lower than in other parts of the U.S.
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UMC posts best Q3 in years on stronger chip sales
United Microelectronics (UMC), the world's second-largest contract chip maker, reported its best quarterly net profit in two years on Wednesday due to strong chip sales.
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ARM vs. Atom: The battle for the next digital frontier
Small, inexpensive, power-efficient new chips from Intel and ARM are enabling the new wave of mobile devices -- and setting the two companies on a collision course
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Smackdown: Windows 7 takes on Apple's Snow Leopard
Now that Microsoft has finally released Windows 7 to the public, it's time to take see how it stacks up against Apple's Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. They're both new and shiny, but which one is best positioned for the future?
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Review: OCZ's Agility EX is a high-end SSD for the masses
In August, OCZ released what it claimed to be the first "affordable" solid-state disk drive based on single-level cell NAND flash. It offers performance on par with the industry leader, Intel's X25-E SSD, but the price could be a hurdle for many buyers.
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Image gallery: Windows 7 vs. Apple's Snow Leopard
Microsoft's new OS is the best Windows yet. Is that enough?
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Google Apps scores in L.A., with assist from Microsoft
Los Angeles City Council approved a $7.25 million five-year deal Tuesday in which the city will adopt Gmail and other Google Apps.
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Welcome to Application Delivery 2.0
In many IT organizations, the WAN does not matter. What you do with the WAN, however, matters greatly. One of the primary roles of the WAN is to enable acceptable application delivery. We are entering a new era of application delivery –- one that we refer to as Application Delivery 2.0. The challenges of the Application Delivery 2.0 era will be notably more complex and challenging than are those of the current era.
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