Tuesday, December 22, 2009

IT News HeadLines (InfoWorld) 22/12/2009



Red Hat will drop Itanium support in Enterprise Linux 6

Red Hat is dropping support for Intel's Itanium processor in Enterprise Linux 6, the next major release of its operating system, the company said in a statement on Sunday.


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2009: The year social networks went mainstream

As 2009 draws to a close, it's clear that the year was a watershed for social networks and the firms that own them.


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Adobe explains PDF patch delay

Adobe chose to wait until mid-January to patch a critical PDF bug because issuing an emergency update would have disrupted its quarterly security update schedule, the company said.


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Microsoft brings tech help in disasters

Next time you're stuck in a long line at airport security, see if Microsoft's Claire Bonilla or a member of her team, loaded down with networking and other electronic equipment, is responsible for the hold up.


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Weelya goes APE for real-time Web apps

Looking to advance a real-time Web paradigm, Weelya unveiled earlier this month its APE (Ajax Push Engine) 1.0, an open source technology promoting the pushing of data onto Web pages as the information becomes available.

APE 1.0 is intended as an alternative to the "traditional" Web model in which a browser must ask for data by periodically sending requests to the server. This places constant demands on the server and the availability of data quickly becomes unreliable, according to Weelya, of Montpellier, France.


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Intel launches next-generation Atom netbook processor

Intel on Monday launched its next-generation Atom netbook processor, saying it will bring longer battery life and improved system performance to low-cost laptops.


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