Wednesday, March 10, 2010

IT News HeadLines (TechWeb) 10/03/2010



80% Say Internet Access A Right
Nearly half of those surveyed in an international poll said they did not think they could cope without the Internet.
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EMC Offers Email Compliance App
SourceOne Email Supervisor is designed to help companies meet legal compliance requirements for electronic documents.
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Calif. Man Accused of New York Life Extortion Attempt
A California man angry about a denied insurance claim was arrested and charged with extortion after he sent an email to New York Life threatening to damage its business, federal prosecutors and a company spokesman said Monday.
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New York Fed Says to Expand Firms for Reverse Repos
The U.S. Federal Reserve is taking an additional measure to lay the groundwork for draining excess reserves from the banking system, as it seeks to remove some of the $1 trillion in cash it injected during the global credit crisis. credit crisis.
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HP Offers iPad Alternative
Apple won't have the tablet computer market to itself for long as Hewlett-Packard and others plan Windows 7-based slates.
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Cloud Connect: A Convergence Of Expertise
The Cloud Connect conference March 15-18 will feature leaders of the NoSQL movement speaking on how to handle large data sets in the cloud.
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France Launches New Financial Regulatory Body
France formally launched on Tuesday a new regulatory body to supervise its financial sector, as governments around the world look to strengthen their regulatory systems to prevent a repeat of the credit crisis.
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Global CIO: Ballmer's Cloud Commitment Makes Microsoft Relevant Again
Column about Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's speech at the University of Washington in which he declared his company's full and unconditional commitment to cloud computing.
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IDC: 2010 PC Shipments Mostly Mobile
Portables such as ultrathin mobiles and WiMAX-enabled machines will account for more than 60% of all PC shipments, researcher predicts.
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Guerra On Healthcare: Vendors Vie For Platform Space
Vendors duke it out at HIMSS conference in bid to provide the healthcare platform that everyone wants.
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Q&A: MicroStrategy COO On BI Performance, Mobility
Chief Operating Officer Sanju Bansal talks about smartphone capabilities, analytics, dashboards, and the dirty secret in business intelligence: slow query response times.
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IBM Reloads Enterprise Branding
IBM Reloads Enterprise Branding
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Google Debuts Public Data Explorer
The company's latest visualization experiment lets users create their own charts and graphs using public data.
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Google Debuts Public Data Explorer
The company's latest visualization experiment lets users create their own charts and graphs using public data.
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Verizon Delivers 100G In Optical Fiber Trials
The company also said its Long-Term Evolution network could see peak download speeds of 40 to 50 Mbps.
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Critics Attack Senate Support of Fed Status Quo
U.S. senators leaning toward preserving the Federal Reserve's role as a bank supervisor and consumer protection regulator came under criticism Monday from academics and consumer activists.
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Navy Awards $1.75 Billion IT Contracts
Lockheed Martin and Northrup Grumman will build a shipboard and onshore IP network to replace legacy and outdated software and hardware.
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Energizer Removes Infected Battery Monitoring Software
The company says that it is working with U.S.-CERT to determine how the software on its servers became infected.
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Q&A: MicroStrategy On BI Performance and Mobility
COO Sanju Bansal talks about smart phone capabilities, analytics, dashboards and the dirty secret in business intelligence: slow query response times.
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Intel Probing Bogus Processors
The chip maker is investigating reports of potentially counterfeit i7 920 packages in the marketplace.
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Government Auditors Knock Federal Cybersecurity Plan
The Government Accountability Office says the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative is poorly coordinated and unmeasured and recommends changes.
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IBM Opens Beijing Energy Lab
Big Blue's newest facility in the People's Republic will focus on solutions for utility companies and related industries.
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Cisco Quits WiMax Radio Business
The decision to cease making WiMax base stations gives a boost to Cisco's Long-Term Evolution portfolio.
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Google Buzz Stung By Lawsuit
The company broke privacy and data protection laws, the complaint alleges.
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Avaya Updates UC Suite
With the release IP Office 6.0, Avaya seeks to bring unified communications within reach for cost-conscious small businesses.
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