IT-Code-News: IT News HeadLines (InfoWorld) 29/04/2010

Google finds fake anti-virus programs on the rise

Fake anti-virus software is becoming more prevalent on the Internet, with its creators using clever methods to fool users into installing the programs, according to a new report from Google.

Data breaches cost more in the U.S.

The average cost to an organization of a data breach in the United States is higher than in four other countries where data-breach costs were compared, specifically Australia, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom, according to a Ponemon Institute report published Wednesday.

Google: Adobe Flash support coming to Android 2.2

Adobe's Flash platform will get official support on Android phones later this year, when Google releases version 2.2 of its mobile operating system, according to the company's VP of engineering quoted in a New York Times interview.

Final tally: IT lost 250,000 jobs last year

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. tech industry lost about 250,000 jobs last year, about 4 percent of its total workforce, but is seeing signs of a hiring turnaround, particularly in software services, according to TechAmerica, an industry group.

But tech, even in a downturn, remained one of the better occupations. Although the overall unemployment rate was about 9.3 percent last year, for computer programmers it was 5.2 percent and for computer scientists, 6.1 percent.

Vendors team on content-sharing spec

A cadre of enterprise content management (ECM) software vendors is close to finalizing a standard for sharing data across their systems.

McAfee offers free security review to companies hit by bad update

McAfee announced it would offer business customers affected by last week's flawed update a free one-year subscription to its automated security assessment service.

Apple buys up another chip maker

Apple has bought the firm widely believed to be responsible for the design of the engine behind the A4 CPU that powers the iPad.

Microsoft re-releases botched Windows 2000 update

Microsoft has re-released a buggy update that didn't properly protect some of its Windows 2000 users from a security flaw.

Microsoft .Net gets thumbs-up, Ruby on Rails thumbs-down in frameworks survey

In a ranking of application development frameworks, Microsoft's .Net platform was rated top by developers, while Ruby on Rails ranked near the bottom, based on results of a survey released Tuesday.

Google Apps sync for Outlook gets poor reviews

Nine months after Google daringly launched a sync tool to link its hosted Apps collaboration and communication suite with arch-rival Microsoft's Outlook PC software, results have been poor.

Google states that most organizations using the Outlook sync tool are very satisfied. However, IDG News Service, over the course of several weeks and even after enlisting the help of Google's public relations department, couldn't find one Google Apps administrator whose employer isn't a Google Apps reseller or integrator willing to speak favorably about the Outlook sync tool.

Google Apps sync for Outlook gets poor reviews

Nine months after Google daringly launched a sync tool to link its hosted Apps collaboration and communication suite with arch-rival Microsoft's Outlook PC software, results have been poor.

Update: Terry Childs found guilty

Terry Childs, the San Francisco network administrator who refused to hand over passwords to his boss, was found guilty of one felony count of denying computer services, a jury found Tuesday.

As jury members reiterated the verdict, one by one, to judge Judge Teri Jackson, Childs sat motionless before the judge, his head slumping slightly at times.

Ex-SAP CEO talks about 'the next big thing' in IT

Ex-SAP CEO LÃ©o Apotheker isn't interested in talking too much about his former employer, from which he departed abruptly in February after the vendor's board decided not to renew his contract.

Thursday, April 29, 2010

IT News HeadLines (InfoWorld) 29/04/2010

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