Friday, February 12, 2010

IT News HeadLines (ComputerWorld) 12/02/2010



European Parliament blocks bank data transfer deal with U.S.
The European Parliament Thursday voted to block an agreement reached by the 27 E.U. national governments and the U.S. last month to allow European citizens' personal financial data to be analyzed by American authorities investigating the financing of terrorism.
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Update: European Parliament blocks bank data transfer deal with U.S.
The European Parliament Thursday voted to block an agreement reached by the 27 E.U. national governments and the U.S. last month to allow European citizens' personal financial data to be analyzed by American authorities investigating the financing of terrorism.
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iPad costs give Apple room to cut prices, says researcher
Market researcher iSuppli estimates the materials and manufacturing costs of iPad models at between $229 and $346, which would provide Apple with profit margins of up to nearly 61%.
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Windows patch cripples XP with blue screen, users claim
Microsoft users are reporting on the company's support forum that Tuesday's security updates are crippling Windows XP-based PCs.
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Why Apple won't let the Mac and iPhone succeed in business
There's a reason Macs and iPhones don’t meet the needs of big business: Apple self-imposed corporate glass ceiling
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Review: 4 netbooks power up with the Atom N450 chip
Intel's latest processor for mobile devices is now part of the latest generation of netbooks. We test four new models from Acer, Fujitsu, HP and MSI.
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Alcatel-Lucent's Q4 profit fails to erase full-year loss
Alcatel-Lucent made a small profit in the fourth quarter, despite weaker-than-expected revenue, but remained in the red for the full year, it reported Thursday.
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China's .cn cleanup shows politics behind Web rules
China’s Web domain agency has hired 600 temporary workers to help it vet all domain names ending in .cn for pornographic content and inaccurate records, according to two people familiar with the matter.
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Intel ready to show off some netbook apps
Intel will show off several applications designed for netbooks and mobile devices at the upcoming Mobile World Congress, where the chip maker plans to push a software development program designed to populate its AppUp Center application store with applications.
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IBM announces massive NAS array for the cloud
IBM announced a clustered NAS file system today that is aimed at cloud-computing environments that can scale in size to 14 petabytes of capacity under a single global name space.
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