Saturday, February 27, 2010

IT News HeadLines (ComputerWorld) 27/02/2010



Cloud, Virtualization: Wasting IT Resources
Major virtual computing vendors underestimate the simplicity and efficiency end users need from cloud and virtual services. Some companies are adopting products from relatively obscure third-party companies in order to keep resources from being wasted and keep costs down.
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Strata Foto 3D CX 2
Every so often, when you need a really good 3D model, you might find yourself struggling with traditional 3D modeling tools that do not give you enough in the way of organic tools and lack the capability to create intricate details. Perhaps, you might turn to an online 3D model store, but even then, you might not find exactly what you want. But what if all you had was a photograph of real-world item such as a building, an animal, a shoe, a car or some other object? How could you turn that photograph into a 3D model? With Strata Foto 3D CX2.
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Palm's Woes Are All About Image
Palm reported on Thursday that its sales are not going as well as expected due to "slower-than-expected consumer adoption of the company's products." The blood is reportedly in the water, and many analysts, pundits and reporters are saying Palm may not be long for this world.
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FastestFox Add-on Speeds Up Firefox Browsing
Firefox comes loaded with shortcuts and conveniences, but many are tame and unobtrusive. As an extension, the free FastestFox add-on offers unorthodox productivity features that you won't see added to the main branch any time soon. The features are wide-ranging, and you will probably want to disable some of them, but in general they are inventive and helpful.
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Britain all atweet over Twitter phishing attack
The latest phishing attack on Twitter users swept the U.K. overnight claiming several prominent users.
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Microsoft wins Windows XP downgrade lawsuit
A federal judge this week ruled that Microsoft's Windows Vista-to-XP downgrade rules don't violate antitrust laws as alleged in a lawsuit.
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10 Mac tweeters not to miss
From tech celebs to hidden gems, our Mac expert names 10 sources whose Apple-related tweets he couldn't do without.
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They're here: Cheap Android smartphones
New low-cost smartphones running Google's Android software have been launched in Taiwan recently and the good news is they should start showing up just about everywhere soon.
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Google explains search rankings after complaints in Europe
Google has offered a general explanation of how it ranks its search results, one day after the European Commission said it was looking into antitrust complaints against the company.
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Parallels stakes out tricky spot in the cloud
Parallels, known widely for its Parallels Desktop software that lets Mac users run Windows in a virtual machine, faces a problem that currently plagues many cloud companies: an identity crisis.
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