Tuesday, December 8, 2009

IT News HeadLines (TechWeb) 09/12/2009



Windows 7 Family Pack Discontinued
Microsoft pulls multi-license discount offer as holiday shopping kicks into gear.
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Global CIO: The 50 Top Tech Quotes For 2009, Part II
Column about Top 50 Tech Quotes Of 2009, Part II.
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Google Search Goes Real Time
Search is changing at Google, with new real-time, voice-driven translation, and image recognition capabilities.
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Barnes & Noble Delays Nook Sales In Stores
The company had hoped to have the e-book reader available in its highest-volume stores this week, but online demand is outstripping supply.
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HP Launches Small Footprint PC
The all-in-one computer has an 18.5-inch screen, DVD burner, and built-in webcam, and is designed for small businesses where space is at a premium.
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Google Reinvents Search For Mobile Era
Search is moving beyond keywords and desktop interaction into the wider world.
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Oracle To Plead Sun Acquisition Case Before EC
The company will make its case with support from the likes of Eben Moglen of the Software Freedom Law Center, the Justice Department, and an Oracle users group.
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CME Group Thrives on Technology Innovation
As the operator of the Chicago Mercantile and other exchanges, CME Group's competitive advantage increasingly is built on technology innovation.
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Demand For Health IT Talent Rising
Robert Half Technology and Manpower among staffing firms reporting that projected demand by clients for health IT skills will rise early next year.
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Memento's New Check Fraud Prevention Solution Aims to Reduce Analyst and Investigator Workloads
Memento Security"Check Fraud produces fewer fraud alerts with no reduction in detection rates, vendor says.
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How BNY Mellon Built A Firm-Wide BI Platform
Business intelligence is giving BNY Mellon's institutional salespeople views of projects and performance; in some cases they know more about a client's business than the client does.
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Craigslist, eBay Face Off In Court
The lawsuit, in which eBay accuses Craigslist of diluting its investments and diminishing its voting power, went on trial Monday.
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Renault Outsources To Capgemini
Capgemini will provide French automaker with a range of application management and optimization services.
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Google Search Goes Real Time
Search is changing at Google, with new real-time, voice-driven translation, and image recognition capabilities.
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Good Adds Android, iPhone Support
The mobile messaging service will help businesses handle the looming consumerization of the enterprise smartphone space, Good Technology said.
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Apple Buys Lala Music Service
The service enables customers to buy tunes for 10 cents each and stream them on their PCs or Mac.
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FCC Probes Verizon Early Termination Fees
The government agency wants to know why Verizon Wireless doubled its cell phone cancellation fees.
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SAP Launches Banking Suite
SAP has launched SAP banking service 7.0, a set of innovations to its industry-specific banking software suite.
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Sun Life Makes Senior Executive Appointments
New appointments for several senior executives will expand the influence of executive talent over the enterprise, says Sun Life CEO Donald Stewart.
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Microsoft To Kill Windows XP SP2 Support
Software maker eyes cutoff date for support for XP, as well as for Windows 2000.
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Gartner Lists IBM, Informatica As Leading Data Integration Vendors
The companies' ability to meet the market's core requirement of bulk/batch-oriented data integration while providing high-quality service and support makes them the strongest leaders in Gartner's latest Magic Quadrant for data integration tools.
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Temporary (Staffing) Improvement in Job Sector
Temporary staffing agencies are reporting a lift in business as the U.S. economic recovery has prompted cautious hiring, a Manpower executive said.
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Duck Creek Releases EXAMPLE Platform 4.1
The new release will provide enhanced performance capabilities, owing to new efficiencies designed into EXAMPLE Platform 4.1's core infrastructure, according to the vendor.
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Microsoft Names Joe Pagano Worldwide Managing Director for Banking and Capital Markets
Microsoft veteran most recently managed sales team for strategic Global Financial Services accounts.
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NYSE's Hosted Ticker Plant To Be Used by Algo Provider Deep Value
Deep Value will test and fine-tune algos via the hosted ticker plant, which NYSE says handles 1.2 million messages per second.
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