Friday, April 2, 2010

IT News HeadLines (TechWeb) 02/04/2010



Power7 Servers Get 'Energy Star' Nod
IBM's new RISC systems meet government standards for power consumption and thermal output.
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Global CIO: Oracle's Larry Ellison Mixes Fiction With Facts On SAP
Column about how Larry Ellison weaved fact with fiction about SAP in describing how his company will overtake SAP in enterprise applications.
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Intel Launches New Low Latency Server Processors to Financial Community
Intel Xeon 5600 and Intel Xeon 7500 processors to enable lower latency, increase data and order throughput, and improve risk management.
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Mutual Fund Workers Get Whistle-Blower Cover
A U.S. law protecting whistle-blowers at publicly traded companies also covers mutual fund firms, a federal judge ruled in a case involving two former Fidelity Investments employees.
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U.S. Bank Rolls Out Customizable Small Business Card
Customers can design the look of their card and apply for discounts.
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NY Fed Reveals Its Bear Stearns Portfolio
Two years after the near collapse of Bear Stearns, the New York Federal Reserve is finally revealing the $30 billion worth of ailing assets it took on as part of a hastily arranged rescue of the investment bank.
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BofA Honors Two Associates for Technology Achievements
Suresh Nair honored for work on an integration framework; Frank Venditti recognized for helping to build international payments system.
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E-Health Records: Should FDA Help Certify?
Health IT policy group debates merits of bringing FDA, others into EHR certification process.
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Full Nelson: iPad Speaks on Verizon, Ship Date, Sandra Bullock
Apple's iPad, due April 3 spoke with Full Nelson a couple weeks ago, and granted one last interview before it got set to ship.
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Microsoft Plans 64GB Zune HD
The software maker also announced price cuts to existing models of the portable music player.
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Senator Calls For Privacy Hearings
Judiciary chairman Leahy says currently laws governing electronic communications are outdated and inadequate.
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Aiming to Stop Cargo Theft, CargoNet Expands Its Insurance Membership
Launched in January, the ISO-managed national information-sharing network unites insurance company, transportation, manufacturing, retail and law enforcement participants in the fight against cargo theft.
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Geithner Says Unemployment Will Stay Unacceptably High
The U.S. unemployment rate, currently at 9.7 percent, will remain "unacceptably high" for some time to come, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Thursday.
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7 Fantastic Internet Hoaxes
Despite our increasing technological sophistication, we can't help falling for e-mail about Bigfoot, giant mutant cats, doomed tourists, and deadly butt spiders.
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AMD Steals Market Share From Intel
Intel maintains stranglehold on microprocessor market, but rival is gaining.
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NY Fed Reveals Its Bear Stearns Portfolio
Two years after the near collapse of Bear Stearns, the New York Federal Reserve is finally revealing the $30 billion worth of ailing assets it took on as part of a hastily arranged rescue of the investment bank.
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Google Fortifies Enterprise Message Security
Enterprise Gmail users and Postini customers get security reports to identify risky settings.
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Senators Object To Meaningful Use Rules For E-Health Records
Strict requirements for EHR use could kill funding incentives for doctors, hospitals, senators say.
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Feds Developing Cloud Security Program
Proposed FedRAMP effort would make it easier for federal agencies to overcome compliance hurdles and participate in Obama administration's drive toward the cloud.
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Cisco Simplifies Wireless Networking
Networking vendor's Valet line could challenge Apple Airport in home market.
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Google: Hackers Targeted Chinese And Vietnamese
A botnet focused on Vietnamese users was erroneously associated with the cyber attacks from China.
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Orange, OpenX To Challenge DoubleClick
Telecom operator will use OpenX's platform to reach the 343 million users of its Ad Network service.
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Microsoft, Google Want Internet Privacy Changes
The Digital Due Process coalition says the same legal requirements for offline criminal investigations should apply to online information.
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Microsoft Exec: 'We'll Beat Google In Cloud'
Senior VP Kurt DelBene says cross-platform browsing and editing advantages, plus management and security features, will lure enterprises to Office Web Applications.
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