Friday, February 12, 2010

IT News HeadLines (TechWeb) 12/02/2010



NASA Looks Into The Eyes Of The Sun
Space agency launches orbiting observatory that will capture IMAX-quality images of Earth's star.
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Google to Test a Speedy Broadband Service
U.S. Internet giant Google said it was aiming to test a fiber optics broadband service that would provide users with 1 gigabit of data per second.
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Snowed In, Feds Phone, Tweet, And Shovel
Federal agencies in Washington, D.C., are closed for the fourth consecutive day, forcing many government officials and staff to turn to the Web and other tools to communicate.
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Connecture Partners with MedicareCRM
The partnership will enable Connecture and MedicareCRM to offer customers an integrated solution via a series of real-time integration points between their online software platform.
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Mobile Broadband Spending Continues To Rise
HSPA and HSPA+ have become the dominant global mobile broadband technologies, the GSM Association reports.
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The Hartford Names Brian Laubacker VP, Life Insurance Sales, Western U.S.
The former Saybrus Partners executive will co-lead the sales organization with Ron Herrmann, The Hartford's regional vice president of the eastern region of the country, and will report to executive vice president Brian D. Murphy.
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Thomson Reuters to Offer Securities Class Action Claims Filing Solution through PORTIA
More than $42 billion has been available to investors in securities class action settlements in the past five years and there is more than $11 billion in settlements currently available to investors, according to Thomson Reuters.
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Bill Gates Disses The iPad
Microsoft chairman says Apple's new gizmo lacks features needed for everyday computing.
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CNA to Build Western Service Center
Denver facility will feature claim handling, policy processing, a call center as well as billing and collections.
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Salesforce Puts Process Development In Cloud
Visual Process Manager is a tool for building business processes and custom applications in the Force.com platform.
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Global CIO: General Motors Ex-CIO Predicts Return To Growth
Can IT teams kick it out of cost-cutting mode?
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BofA Gives "Clarity Commitment" to 1 Million Borrowers
Former Countrywide unit has given a one-page loan summary to a million borrowers, in the interest of transparency.
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Adobe Offers LiveCycle Managed Services
The hosted version of LiveCycle provides a framework for developers to build simplified user interfaces to back office business apps.
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Community Banks Take Their Message to the Web
The Huffington Post's Move Your Money campaign provides community banks with another example of the Web's value as a communications channel with customers, potential customers and the public at large.
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IBM Puts Enterprise Social Software On iPhone
The company sees growing corporate interest in Apple products.
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Healthcare CIOs Get New Certification
To earn Certified Healthcare CIO designation, candidates must pass exam and have at least three years experience in a CIO position.
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Doctors Use Of EHRs Growing
The government's healthcare IT stimulus package seems to be having a positive impact on electronic health record adoption.
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Global CIO: Why Apple's iPad Will Be A Great Business Device
Column about an Apple investor's belief that the iPad will be a big hit in the enterprise because it can be held with one hand and its large screen will be ideal for business applications from the AppStore.
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Intelligent Enterprise Editors' Choice Awards 2010
Intelligent Enterprise names 'The Dozen' most influential vendors for the intelligent enterprise and 36 'Companies to Watch' in 2010.
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Google Plans Ultrafast Internet Broadband
Google Plans Ultrafast Internet Broadband
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Google Confirms Gmail Problems In Iran
News reports claim that Iran has decided to block Gmail permanently.
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Apple Leaves Room For iPad Discounts
The iPad's manufacturing cost is less than half the retail price, giving Apple flexibility to lower the price to boost sales.
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AT&T Announces LTE Suppliers, Timetable
Alcatel-Lucent and Ericsson will provide infrastructure for AT&T's Long Term Evolution wireless network, scheduled for deployment in 2011.
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YouTube Offers Filter For Offensive Content
Those worried about offensive videos and comments on YouTube now have a way to limit what others see on their computers.
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Windows 7 Battery Doubts Remain
Despite denials from Microsoft, users continue to insist the OS is wreaking havoc on laptop power cells.
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