IT-Code-News: IT News HeadLines (InfoWorld) 05/02/2010

Smartphone shipments hit new record

Vendors shipped a record 54.5 million smartphones in the fourth quarter, 39 percent more than the 39.2 million shipped in the same quarter in 2008, IDC reported today.

Google working with National Security Agency, report says

In a partnership that may inspire some to put their tinfoil hats on, Google has reportedly turned to the National Security Agency for help in improving the company's security infrastructure.

Lenovo developing more Android phones

Lenovo's work on mobile phones with Google's Android OS is focused on its high-end Lephone handset, but the company also wants to reach other price points, a company executive said Thursday.

Sybase buys assets from CEP vendor

Sybase announced Thursday that it has purchased the assets of CEP (complex event processing) vendor Aleri, in a move that highlights the increasing competitive stakes in the space and shores up Sybase's position in real-time analytics.

Terms were not disclosed, but Sybase said the deal would not have a material impact on its finances.

Cisco adding voice-over-Wi-Fi to iPhone app

Cisco Systems plans to add voice-over-Wi-Fi capabilities to its existing iPhone app by April, part of a continuing effort to expand its unified communications technology into the mobile space.

The current iPhone Cisco Mobile app requires users to have a Cisco Unified Mobility Advantage server installed at a business. The server is usually administered by a company's IT department.

India's outsourcing exports to hit $50 billion in 2010

India's revenue from exports of IT and BPO (business process outsourcing) services is likely to grow 5.5 percent to $49.7 billion in the Indian fiscal year to March 31, 2010, according to estimates released Thursday by the country's National Association of Software and Service Companies (Nasscom).

The revenue figure includes exports by Indian outsourcers as well as by Indian services and software development subsidiaries of multinational companies including Microsoft, Dell, and Oracle.

Sun CEO Schwartz tweets poetic lament on last day

Jonathan Schwartz announced his resignation as CEO of Sun Microsystems in a message sent via Twitter early Thursday.

Even within the 140-character constraints imposed by Twitter, he remained eloquent, closing his message with a haiku.

Is NAND flash chip about to hit a dead end?

When IM Flash Technologies (IMFT) announced this week that its manufacturing a 25-nanometer NAND flash chip, the company also admitted that shrinking the technology much further may not be possible because of problems with bit errors and cost.

IE flaw gives hackers access to user files, Microsoft says

Microsoft warned on Wednesday that a flaw in its Internet Explorer browser gives attackers access to files stored on a PC under certain conditions.

"Our investigation so far has shown that if a user is using a version of Internet Explorer that is not running in Protected Mode an attacker may be able to access files with an already known filename and location," Microsoft said in a security advisory.

Symbian OS now fully open source

The Symbian Foundation will move forward on Thursday with offering up the full Symbian smartphone platform to open source.

The Symbian 3 platform, including applications, middleware, and the kernel itself, will be offered under terms of the Eclipse Public License and other open source licenses. "You can download it, you can modify it," said Larry Berkin, head of global alliances for the foundation. Previously, the kernel was made available via open source.

Symbian OS now fully open source

The Symbian Foundation will move forward on Thursday with offering up the full Symbian smartphone platform to open source.

Intel preparing six-core chips for desktops, servers

Intel is preparing six-core chips for high-end desktops and servers for release in the first half of this year, the company said Wednesday.

The six-core chips will be based on the company's latest Westmere architecture and deliver faster performance and more power savings compared to earlier quad-core chips, Intel said on a conference call. The chips will contain 1.17 billion transistors and include 12MB of cache, a company spokesman said.

Oracle shutting off Sun project-hosting site

In the wake of its merger with Sun Microsystems, Oracle is discontinuing access to Project Kenai, which was developed by Sun as an open source project-hosting site.

Friday, February 5, 2010

IT News HeadLines (InfoWorld) 05/02/2010

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