Thursday, April 1, 2010

IT News HeadLines (InfoWorld) 01/04/2010



Free Cloud Alliance to push open source clouds

IELO, Mandriva, and Nexedi this week joined forces and formed the Free Cloud Alliance, which will work to push open source products for cloud computing.


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Elan asks trade agency to ban Apple iPad imports

A touchpad manufacturer that last year sued Apple for patent infringement filed a complaint Monday with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), asking it to ban imports of Apple products, including the iPad and iPhone.


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Why privacy laws should make you think twice about the cloud

The Digital Due Process coalition is pushing Congress to modernize privacy laws in the United States.


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Verizon, IBM team on cloud-based storage

Verizon Business and IBM are now offering a joint service aimed at helping large businesses safely store large chunks of data within the Verizon cloud.

Verizon says that the service will be its first incorporate IBM's backup infrastructure and management capabilities to help monitor and protect stored data.


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What AMD 12-Core Opterons mean for businesses

AMD is closing out the month of March with the introduction of a new line of 12-core Opteron 6000 series processors, previously code-named Magny-Cours.


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Developer enthusiasm for iPad slackens as Android surges

Developer enthusiasm for Apple's iPad has cooled somewhat because the tablet lacks multitasking and a camera, a company that makes cross-platform development tools said today.


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Jury sides with Novell in long-running SCO battle

On Tuesday, a jury in Utah sided with Novell in its long-running legal dispute with SCO.

"This decision is good news for Novell, for Linux, and for the open source community," Novell wrote on its Web site.


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Microsoft patches 10 critical IE bugs

Microsoft on Tuesday shipped 2010's second rush update for Internet Explorer (IE), patching 10 vulnerabilities -- including one hackers have been exploiting for weeks.


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Server vendors focus on memory in Nehalem-EX servers

Orthodox server designs are receiving a face-lift with Intel's Nehalem-EX processor, with vendors implementing new memory features to boost application performance.


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Server vendors focus on memory in Nehalem-EX servers

Orthodox server designs are receiving a face-lift with Intel's Nehalem-EX processor, with vendors implementing new memory features to boost application performance.


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Red Hat focuses new RHEL 5.5 on multicore

Open-source enterprise software company Red Hat has updated its flagship operating system, RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux), to take full advantage of the latest spoils from the heated microprocessor battle between Advanced Micro Devices and Intel.

RHEL version 5.5, released Wednesday, has been reconfigured for Intel's just-released eight-core Nehalem-EX and AMD's almost-as-recently released 12-core "Magny-Cours" Opteron 6100 Series processors, said Tim Burke, Red Hat vice president for platform engineering.


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Red Hat focuses new RHEL 5.5 on multicore

Open-source enterprise software company Red Hat has updated its flagship operating system, RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux), to take full advantage of the latest spoils from the heated microprocessor battle between Advanced Micro Devices and Intel.

RHEL version 5.5, released Wednesday, has been reconfigured for Intel's just-released eight-core Nehalem-EX and AMD's almost-as-recently released 12-core "Magny-Cours" Opteron 6100 Series processors, said Tim Burke, Red Hat vice president for platform engineering.


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SAP's Streamwork collaboration tool officially released

A Google Wave-like enterprise collaboration tool developed by SAP became generally available Tuesday and also gained an official name: StreamWork.

StreamWork has been described as a "virtual war room" for solving business problems in real time. Users employ widgets called "methods," such as a SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) matrix, to arrive at answers.


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