Wednesday, March 31, 2010

IT News HeadLines (TechWeb) 31/03/2010



Obama Nominates Defense IT Chief
Teri Takai has been CIO of Michigan and California, winning numerous plaudits along the way.
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Microsoft Releases Emergency Internet Explorer Patch
Users of Internet Explorer 6 and 7 are most at risk.
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USDA Awards $500 Million IT Contract
SRA International has been tapped to implement a SAP-based system to modernize the Department of Agriculture's business process systems.
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Apple Updates Snow Leopard
The update will improve stability, application compatibility, and security within the Mac and server versions of the operating system.
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NHIN Direct Focus Is Health Data Exchange Specs
Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN) Direct aims to develop interoperability specs, but not to replace statewide and regional health information exchanges.
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FAA Teams With IBM On Cybersecurity
The Federal Aviation Administration is using InfoSphere Streams software from IBM to perform "predictive security analytics" on massive volumes of data.
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NASA Archiving Social Networking Activity
The U.S. space agency has teamed with The Internet Archive to archive its image, video, and audio collections in a single, searchable resource.
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Treasury to Sell Citi Stake
Government could potentially earn $7 billion on its crisis-driven investment in the bank.
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ANALYSIS-Cloudy Dividend Tax Outlook Yields Confusion
Investors and their advisers can only scratch their heads as they face an uncertain future for U.S. income tax policy, including one scenario that could send levies on dividends soaring.
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What If Women Ran Wall Street? Geithner Likes the Idea
If women ran Wall Street, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's job cleaning up the bloodied financial markets might not be so tough.
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Colonial First State Global Asset Management Appoints ASSET4 As Its ESG Research Provider
ASSET4, which was acquired by Thomson Reuters in November 2009, has developed the world's largest database of transparent, objective and auditable ESG information covering over 3,000 publicly listed companies worldwide, as well as a variety of other entities including countries, local authorities, state-owned companies and supranational entities.
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Bank Of America Taps Cisco For TelePresence
Under a managed service agreement, Cisco will install 200 TelePresence units and provide monitoring, support, and maintenance.
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Fiserv Offers Online Bill Pay Widget
Bank customers of Fiserv's Checkfree online bill payment software can now incorporate it into their online banking homepage, according to Fiserv.
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IBM, Johnson Controls Eye Smart Buildings
Vendors combine facilities management and IT systems to help customers reduce energy costs by as much as 35%.
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NCR Introduces Free-Standing, Weatherized ATM
Can be trucked around to sporting events, concerts and other outdoor venues.
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Semiconductor Market Rebounding
Despite two years of decline, the industry saw a much better second half of 2009 than expected, report says.
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Verizon iPhone Could Come This Year
An Apple iPhone that would run on Verizon Wireless's CDMA network could go into production by September.
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New York Life Names Michael Gordon Senior Vice President, Agency-Life Operations
Gordon is responsible for overseeing the eight sub-units of the newly formed Agency-Life Operations organization. He reports to Paul Pasteris, COO of New York Life's U.S. Life Insurance.
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LHC Atom Smasher Sets Energy Record
The Large Hadron Collider in Geneva surpasses the previous mark three times over.
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Global CIO: Oracle's Dazzling Profit Machine Threatened By Rimini Suit
Column about Oracle being countersued by Rimini Street in response to charges it engaged in "massive theft" from Oracle, with Rimini claiming Oracle is engaging in unfair competition.
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Apple Offers Free iPad Setup
Users who purchase Cupertino's tablet-style device at an Apple store will enjoy configuration services at no charge.
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Boston Options Exchange Taps SaaS for Billing
The Boston Options Exchange's decision to move to a software-as-a-service billing solution was chiefly driven by its need to free up resources to tackle industry initiatives.
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AMD Intros 12-Core Opteron Processors
AMD Intros 12-Core Opteron Processors
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Victorinox Offers 'Unhackable' USB Stick
Any attempt to forcibly open the flash drive triggers a self-destruct mechanism that burns the device's CPU and memory chip, company says.
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Harbinger Plans LTE Network
The company plans to use a combination of terrestrial base stations and SkyTerra satellites to deliver Long Term Evolution services to wireless providers.
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