Friday, May 7, 2010

IT News HeadLines (TechWeb) 07/05/2010



Sysco Taps SAP For BI, CRM
The company aims to transform its business intelligence, customer relationship management, Web presence, and back office efforts using SAP technology.
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Cisco-EMC Cloud Venture Names CEO
Michael Capellas, former CEO of First Data, MCI, and HP, has been appointed chief executive of virtual computing environment firm Acadia.
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Express Airport Security Set To Resume
Alclear purchases assets of popular -- but defunct -- airport express security provider, Clear, and prepares to restart the service this autumn.
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Google, SBA Reach Out to Small Businesses
Online videos produced by Google for the U.S. Small Business Administration feature small business owners learning to use AdWords, AdSense, and other Google services.
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TD AMERITRADE Launches "DVR-like" Paper Trading Technology
thinkOnDemand provides users with tick-by-tick intra-day prices that can be replayed at any time – hours, days and weeks after they have occurred – without leaving the live trading platform.
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AT&T Drops More Calls Than Competitors
In a survey, AT&T subscribers reported that about 4.5% of their calls were dropped over the previous three months, far more than Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon Wireless.
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KIN Reviews: Microsoft Phones A Flop?
Pricey Verizon data plans and features that are just so-so could mean limited demand for the new devices.
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Microsoft Unveils Spindex Social Networking Tool
The online service bundles popular items from a user's Twitter and Facebook feeds and integrates them with Bing, RSS feeds, and Evernote.
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Freddie Mac Seeks More Govt Funds; Posts Q1 Loss
Freddie Mac, the second-largest provider of U.S. residential mortgage funds, on Wednesday asked for an additional $10.6 billion in federal aid after it lost $8 billion in the first quarter.
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U.S. Regulators to Reassert Powers Over Broadband
U.S. regulators, whose authority over broadband was put in doubt by a recent court ruling, will announce Thursday that it will reassert its powers but will refrain from imposing strict burdens on broadband providers like Verizon, AT&T and Comcast. .
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Blankfein: Goldman Must Recognize Doubters
Goldman Sachs Group Inc Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein took responsibility for the bank's conduct during the financial crisis on a call with wealthy clients Wednesday.
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Cigna Profit Tops Wall Street Estimates
Insurer Cigna Corp posted better-than-expected first-quarter profit on Thursday, helped by growth in its international segment and higher profit across its lines of business.
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Geithner Says Can't Take All Risks out of Banking
U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Thursday that banks must be able to engage in some risk-taking to help their customers and it would be a mistake to remove their ability to do so.
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Web 2.0: Adobe CTO Slams Apple's Walled Garden
Web 2.0: Adobe CTO Slams Apple's Walled Garden
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Motorola Stockholders Protest Exec Pay
In a "say-on-pay" stockholder vote, Motorola stockholders demonstrated this week that they want the firm's top executives to earn their salaries.
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Global CIO: SAP's Hasso Plattner On Databases And Oracle's Larry Ellison
Column about SAP video featuring chairman Hasso Plattner interviewing himself on new in-memory database technology and criticism of it from Oracle CEO Larry Ellison.
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HP Refreshes Business, Consumer Laptops
Hewlett-Packard has introduced more than 20 notebooks with new designs and faster processors from AMD or Intel to refresh it's business and consumer laptop lines.
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Medication Errors Go Under Microscope
Study of computerized order entry systems will only show part of the picture because not all data gets reported to system being studied.
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Biden: Health IT Savings Will Be Bigger Than Projected
Vice President says e-health records will save more money than Congressional Budget Office has projected.
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Don't Take All Risks Out of Banking, Geithner Says
U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Thursday that banks must be able to engage in some risk-taking to help their customers and it would be a mistake to remove their ability to do so.
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Blankfein: Goldman Must Recognize Doubters
Goldman Sachs Group Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein took responsibility for the bank's conduct during the financial crisis on a call with wealthy clients Wednesday.
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Facebook Privacy Snafu Exposed User Chats
Private chats between some Facebook users were briefly viewable by other users Wednesday, an embarassing technical glitch for a company facing growing criticism over "sloppy" privacy protection.
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Web 2.0: Internet Explorer 6 Deathwatch
Before the future Web can thrive, Internet Explorer 6 must pass away.
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SAS Intros Government Fraud Detection Software
The SAS Fraud Framework identifies links between participants of government programs and suspicious behavior.
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SAS Intros Government Fraud Detection Software
The SAS Fraud Framework identifies links between participants of government programs and suspicious behavior.
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