Saturday, March 20, 2010

IT News HeadLines (TechWeb) 20/03/2010



Samsung, LG Forecast Smartphone Gains
Both firms have raised their goals for 2010 and are betting heavily on Google's Android platform.
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White House Shutters Financial Systems Standards Effort
The closure of the Financial Systems Integration Office leaves unanswered questions for the future of inter-agency efforts on financial systems standards and compliance.
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NIST Intros Health IT Systems Test Framework
The suite of software tools released by the National Institute of Standards and Technology tests health information systems for compliance with existing standards.
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FDIC Chief Sees 'Backdoor Bailouts' in Senate Bill
U.S. bank regulator Sheila Bair said she has "serious concerns" that the Senate's regulatory reform bill allows for backdoor bailouts of the largest financial firms.
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Hoyer: House Will Pass U.S. Healthcare Reform Bill
U.S. House of Representatives Democratic leader Steny Hoyer said Friday that Democrats would have the support necessary to pass the healthcare reform bill in a vote expected Sunday.
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ECB's Trichet Says CDS Should Be Better Regulated
Credit default swap (CDS) markets need to be better regulated, and introducing a central clearing system for them is a top priority, European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet said on Friday.
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MB Vietnam Bank Accelerates Its Core
Capacity management software is helping the bank keep up with fast growth and eliminate bottlenecks, the Vietnamese bank says.
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FCC Details Broadband Plan For Public Safety
The National Broadband Plan could enhance emergency response efforts by public safety agencies, FCC says.
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Accident Fund Names Joanne Topa Director, Enterprise Applications
Topa will be involved with initiatives within content management, Web services and business relations throughout the organization.
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NYSE Euronext Joins Forces with Bloomberg on Market Data Open Symbology
NYSE Euronext will distribute Bloomberg Open Symbology (BSYM) along with NYSE Euronext's security identifiers for NYSE-listed companies.
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List of Indicted Madoff Aides Grows
Two former computer programmers at Bernie Madoff's firm have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Manhattan, bringing to five the number of Madoff aides who have been arrested since the scandal began to unfold 15 months ago.
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PC Specs Eased For Win7 XP Mode
Microsoft users no longer need hardware-assisted virtualization to run XP apps in Windows 7.
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Desktop Sales Soar On Windows 7 Demand
Apple's all-in-one iMacs also helped make desktop revenue grow faster than laptops in February.
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Don Desiderato Joins Novarica
Former Prudential and ING divisional CIO has focused on transformational initiatives within the life/annuity industry throughout his 25-year career.
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FDIC Chief Sees 'Backdoor Bailouts' in Senate Bill
U.S. bank regulator Sheila Bair said she has "serious concerns" that the Senate's regulatory reform bill allows for backdoor bailouts of the largest financial firms.
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Q&A: BNY Mellon's New CIO John Fiore
In an exclusive interview just before his promotion to CIO, Fiore shared his thoughts on technology innovation with Bank Systems & Technology.
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Palm Sales Plunge 29%
The smartphone pioneer has lost market share to handsets built on Google's Android operating system.
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Theflyonthewall.com's Instant Posts of Wall Street Research Banned
A Manhattan federal judge barred the financial news service Theflyonthewall.com from issuing immediate news about analyst research from several Wall Street banks, often before recommendations are shared with clients.
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Global CIO: Hewlett-Packard CEO Hurd Shifts Strategy Toward Services
Column about how Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd is gradually shifting HP's primary focus from hardware and infrastructure to services and ecosystems, especially for smartphones and PDAs.
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Judge Waters Down 2003 Research Analyst Deal
More than six years after Wall Street banks split their research and investment banking operations in a landmark settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission, that firewall is being scaled down.
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Viacom Secretly Uploaded Videos, YouTube Claims
Employees of Viacom allegedly went to Kinko's to upload copyrighted clips to YouTube surreptitiously.
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Windows Phone 7 Lacks Flash Support
Microsoft confirms the first version of its new mobile device OS won't support Flash or cut-and-paste operations.
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Ericsson In Talks To Buy LG Nortel Stake
Should the deal go through, Nortel's major remaining asset would be its CDMA/LTE patent portfolio, worth about $1 billion.
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BNY Mellon Promotes John Fiore to CIO
Former State Street CIO will report to Kurt Woetzel, head of global operations and technology.
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Tiff Over 'Punk Staffers' As U.S. Bank Reform Vote Nears
The tension level in the debate on U.S. financial reform rose Thursday as Democrats slapped back at a Republican leader's comment about "punk staffers" and a pivotal vote neared in the Senate.
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