Wednesday, March 24, 2010

IT News HeadLines (ComputerWorld) 24/03/2010



Automate Web Searches with Google Alerts
Tired of trawling the Web for the latest news on, say, the Apple iPad? Or Tiger Woods' return to golf? How about a favorite band?
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Six cool cloud companies at DEMO
At DEMO Spring 2010 this week, cloud computing startup companies got to strut their stuff. Here's a look at who stood out in the cloud crowd.
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IBM, Microsoft court SMBs with cloud, appliances
Microsoft entices SMBs with cloud offerings, while IBM serves up an appliance
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First Look: Alex eReader
The Spring Design Alex eReader Model DS10 provides a fresh take on the e-book reader experience. At $399 (available in either a black or a white case, price as of March 15, 2010), the Alex eReader is more expensive than competing devices, but the $120 to $150 premium is worthwhile: The dual-screen Alex offers the best combination of an electronic paper display (EPD) and a separate LCD screen I've seen yet, and the reader impresses on almost every level.
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IBM hit with third mainframe antitrust complaint in Europe
The third antitrust complaint against IBM's mainframe business was filed with the European Commission Tuesday, compounding the firm's regulatory problems in Europe.
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Customize Windows Media Center
As I've mentioned countless times before, I'm a big fan of using Windows Media Center as my DVR for watching and recording TV.
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Nuance debuts continuous text input technology
Nuance Communications announced T9 Trace software that lets users input text on a touchscreen phone by gliding their finger from one letter to another on a virtual keyboard.
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National broadband: Where does the spectrum come from?
For the wireless telecom industry, the main benefit of the Federal Communications Commission's national broadband plan is what it will do for available spectrum.
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Professors cite challenges in teaching BI in college
Although business intelligence (BI) is one of the hottest areas of enterprise IT, college professors around the world say they face a variety of challenges in training the next generation of BI workers, according to a new study.
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Sprint names new WiMax markets, soldiers on in 4G battle
Sprint Nextel said it will have 120 million Americans on fast wireless WiMax by year's end, including residents in seven newly announced markets, Los Angeles and Miami among them.
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