Friday, January 22, 2010

IT News HeadLines (TechWeb) 22/01/2010



Lessons of Haiti: The Tsunami Threat
Within the last 165 years, 3,503 deaths have been attributed to tsunamis across the Caribbean, from Haiti to Venezuela, according to the NOAA.
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Lessons of Haiti: January 12 Quake Presages Others
This time the insurance industry responded with charity, but the next Caribbean earthquake could require a massive claims response, given the region's seismic hazard.
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RMS Debuts Earthquake Risk Parametric Industry Loss Index
Paradex U.S. Earthquake combines ground shaking data from U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) ShakeMaps with industry exposure data to calculate insured loss estimates.
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The Search for Alpha: Analyzing Unstructured Data
Researchers and Wall Street firms are analyzing the avalanche of Internet content -- including news feeds, blogs and Twitter posts -- to help improve trading performance.
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Oracle-Sun Merger Wins EU Approval
Larry Ellison's company says it now expects to close the deal shortly on heels of nod from the Continent's competition watchdogs.
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Q&A: Health IT Czar Rethinks National Data Exchange
David Blumenthal talks about making national network accessible to small healthcare providers and also shares thoughts on the Massachusetts election, e-medical records use, and the health IT workforce.
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Global CIO: Salesforce.com CEO Benioff On Beating Microsoft & SAP In The Cloud
Column about Marc Benioff's views of primary competitors Microsoft, Oracle, and SAP. This is part 1 of a 2-part series.
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SAP User Group Claims Victory In Support Battle
SAP User Group Claims Victory In Support Battle
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China Curbs Bank Lending
Bank lending in China will be about $1.1 trillion in 2010, down from $1.39 trillion in 2009 because of concerns about asset bubbles, its bank regulator said.
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Report: Obama to Call for New Bank Limits
U.S. President Barack Obama is set to propose restoring restrictions on risk-taking by commercial banks, a senior White House official said.
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Network Solutions Customers Hit By Web Defacement
Cyber attacks on Web sites are on the rise, the company says.
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IBM Sees Growth In Software, Services
Big Blue's fourth quarter results indicate key parts of the tech sector are poised for a rebound in 2010.
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IBM Sees Growth In Software, Services
Big Blue's fourth quarter results indicate key parts of the tech sector are poised for a rebound in 2010.
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Digital Media Dominates Kids' Waking Hours
Teens and tweens spend an average of 7.5 hours per day playing games, watching videos, and listening to music on their mobile devices.
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Skype International Calls Booming
The VoIP provider logged a 63% growth rate in international call volume in 2009.
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Microsoft IE Emergency Patch Due Thursday
The company is releasing an out-of-band update to defang the malware used in the recent cyber attack on Google.
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Moody's Analytics Acquires Commercial Mortgage Modeling Software
Plans further integration of modeling tool with its other risk management products.
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SAP User Group Claims Victory In Support Battle
The SAP User Group Executive Network is credited with winning a two-tiered support plan through direct negotiations with SAP executives.
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SAP User Group Claims Victory In Support Battle
The SAP User Group Executive Network is credited with winning a two-tiered support plan through direct negotiations with SAP executives.
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Amazon Raises Kindle Pay Rate
The company says that its revised rate plan has nothing to do with Apple's announcement next week.
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Twitter Recovers From Latest Outage
Visitors to the social networking site early Wednesday were greeted with the familiar "fail whale" for about a 90 minute period.
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Oceanus Insurance Selects Policy and Underwriting Administration Solution
Oceanus Insurance Company has selected Delphi Technology's OASIS Professional Liability Suite for policy and underwriting administration.
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Fed Invites Congress to Review AIG Rescue
U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said he would welcome a congressional review of the central bank's bailout of American International Group Inc.
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Full Nelson: ViVu Ships Skype Plug-In
Despite the allure of this tweener videoconferencing product, our testing reveals several shortcomings.
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Microsoft Seeks New Legal Framework For Cloud
The company wants to see laws that strengthen privacy and security and encourage more consistent international data policies.
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