Sunday, February 28, 2010

IT News HeadLines (InfoWorld) 28/02/2010



Microsoft to Google: Don't be so quick to point fingers

Microsoft and Google are stepping up their war of words. This time it's Microsoft's turn: It says Google is pointing fingers rather than addressing the European Commission's investigation into the search giant.


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Microsoft SharePoint social tools give enterprises a boost

If anyone still thinks "Enterprise 2.0" is just a catchphrase, think again.

Wikis, microblogging, discussion forums, social bookmarking, online groups and communities, and other tools that have come to comprise "social networking software" are marching into enterprises at a rapid clip.


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Google Go picks up developer endorsements

Less than four months after its unveiling at an early, experimental stage, Google Go looks promising to developers who say it offers significant improvements over other programming languages.


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Apple focuses on green at shareholder meeting

Apple shareholders gathered on Thursday at the company's Cupertino headquarters, questions in hand. But unlike last year, when the primary concern of many attendees seemed to be Steve Jobs's medical leave and its effect on the health of the company, this year's discussion focused largely on environmental and financial issues.


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Recession increases interest in IT service management

While the recession has prompted many companies to put IT projects on hold, MasterCard Inc. moved ahead with plans to create an IT service management program aimed at improving service delivery and cutting costs.

The large IT operation at MasterCard, which processes 22 billion transactions a year, includes individual groups managing data in multiple business units. Those departmental IT operations had developed their own processes for handling such things as IT incidents and software changes.


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Small businesses want Windows 7 now

After Microsoft officially released Windows 7, interest in rapidly adopting the operating system increased for one in five IT pros from small and midsize companies, according to a survey by an IT management company.


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More IT projects green-lighted amid signs of recovery, survey shows

Many IT leaders intend to make high-tech purchases and technology projects a priority in the coming months as plans that had been put on hold during the downturn are prepped for takeoff in 2010.


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