Wednesday, December 23, 2009

IT News HeadLines (InfoWorld) 23/12/2009



Obama taps Schmidt as White House cybersecurity coordinator

Seven months after he announced the creation of a White House cybersecurity coordinator, President Obama has selected industry veteran Howard Schmidt for the job, an administration official confirmed Monday night.

The official told CSOonline.com that the White House will make the announcement tomorrow.


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Apple firmware update aims to fix iMac flickering

Apple issued a firmware update today for all 27-in. iMacs that is designed to fix display problems, including flickering screens, that have been reported by hundreds of recent buyers.


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Report: Russian gang linked to big Citibank hack

U.S. authorities are investigating the theft of an estimated tens of millions of dollars from Citibank by hackers partly using Russian software tailored for the attack, according to a news report.


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Startups keep on-demand BI faith, but big vendors wait and see

When a tech vendor fails, rivals usually rejoice. Not in the nascent BI (business intelligence)-on-demand space, after well-funded startup LucidEra folded in June.


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Google races to speed up the Web

Google is in a really big hurry to make the Web experience faster.

That became abundantly clear in 2009, when the company unveiled a steady stream of projects, products, and enhancements focused on increasing Internet speed.


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Firefox 3.5 edges ahead in browser race

In the unceasing race for market share, Mozilla's Firefox has edged ahead of Microsoft's Internet Explorer, at least according to one statistical snapshot of which browser versions Web surfers use.


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Verizon forcing Microsoft Bing search on BlackBerry users

BlackBerry smartphone users on Verizon Wireless's U.S. cellular network may have noticed a small but significant change within their mobile Web browsers in the past week or so: The only search engine option that's available to some Verizon customers via their BlackBerry Browsers' Start or Go To pages is now Microsoft Bing.


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