IT-Code-News: IT News HeadLines (InfoWorld) 31/10/2009

ICANN approves internationalized Internet addresses

Starting in mid-November, countries and territories will be able to apply to show domain names in their native language, a major technical tweak to the Internet designed to increase language accessibility.

On Friday, the Internet's addressing authority approved a Fast-Track Process for applying for an IDN (Internationalized Domain Name) and will begin accepting applications on Nov. 16.

Acer posts record Q3 revenue, forecasts big netbook growth

Acer reported its best quarterly revenue ever on Friday, and forecast even better times ahead.

Mobile phone shipments show signs of improvement in Q3

The mobile phone market globally turned a corner in the third quarter, with shipments by manufacturers increasing by 5.6 percent over the previous quarter, market research firm IDC reported.

The results for the third quarter were still down by 6 percent from the same quarter in 2008, but the quarter-to-quarter growth was taken as the first sign of improvement since the onset of the economic downturn, the analyst firm said Thursday.

EMC teams with Intel for power-efficient cloud storage

EMC is working with Intel on a more energy-efficient version of EMC's Atmos cloud storage system that should be available in the second half of next year, the companies said Thursday.

Automation key to reaping benefits from SSDs

Though flash storage could be the most powerful tool yet for IT administrators who want to speed up access to frequently used data, reaping its benefits may require automation software that has just begun to emerge from the major storage vendors.

IT employment may be stabilizing after loss of 250,000 jobs

The apparent turn in the U.S. economy may have put the brakes on the IT job loss freefall, according to some new data.

Since last November, IT employment has declined by nearly 250,000 jobs, or 6 percent, after peaking that month at 4.058 million jobs. However, only 1,100 jobs were lost in August, or a .03 percent decline, according to the TechServe Alliance, an Alexandria, Va.-based industry group that conducts an ongoing analysis of IT occupation data compiled by U.S.

H1N1 flu could create network congestion

Could the H1N1 flu virus give networks a bad case of congestion? It could if workers and students are forced to stay home because of the pandemic.

China claims supercomputer among world's fastest

China announced its fastest supercomputer yet on Thursday in the country's latest show of its goal to become a world leader in technology.

Microsoft issues two security updates, work-around after biggest patch release

After releasing its largest-ever group of security patches two weeks ago, Microsoft has done a little cleaning up.

Over the past few days, the company has re-released two security updates and issued a work-around for a Windows CryptoAPI patch that caused Microsoft's own instant-messaging server to crash.

Canonical updates Linux-based netbook OS with new interface, apps

Canonical on Thursday updated its Linux distribution for netbooks, simplifying the interface and adding new programs that the company says will make it easier for users to access and use Web content.

The Ubuntu 9.10 Netbook Remix is designed to run basic Web and office applications typically used on netbooks. Netbooks are cheap, lightweight laptops characterized by limited computing resources and small screen sizes.

Cloud computing: Simply SaaS renamed?

Is cloud computing just a renaming of SaaS (software as a service) in today's buzzword-prone IT landscape? After all, both involve accessing applications over the Internet, with those applications generally residing on third-party servers.

Cloud computing: Simply SaaS renamed?

Saturday, October 31, 2009

IT News HeadLines (InfoWorld) 31/10/2009

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