Saturday, May 15, 2010

IT News HeadLines (TechWeb) 15/05/2010



Shuttle Atlantis Heads To Final Frontier
Twenty-five year old vehicle lifts off one more time before shuttle program is officially mothballed by NASA.
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Telehealth System Offers Universal Connectivity
Ideal Life claims its wireless health monitoring system is the first to transmit and process data to cell phones, tablets, PDAs, and PCs.
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Office 2010 Pro Upgrade Is 50% Off
Microsoft business customers with certain licenses can qualify for the discount until the end of June.
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Chrome OS Mobile Devices Expected In June
Google's browser-based Chrome operating system is designed for netbooks to boot up in seven seconds or less.
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Google Voice Admits Students
The company's online voicemail and calling service is opening its doors to those with .edu e-mail addresses.
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The Industry Must Educate the Public and Lawmakers About the Markets
Without a true understanding of how the markets work, each time something out of the ordinary happens on Wall Street, the industry will be called down to Washington to testify in front of senators who know nothing of what they speak.
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Bank of the West Offers Mobile Payments Through Bling Nation
Bank of the West ($63.6 billion in assets) will offer mobile payments to its more than 330 client banks through a referral agreement with Bling Nation.
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Goldman Joins Effort to Rescue Chicago Bank
Goldman Sachs Group Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein and a consortium of other top banks are part of an effort to save ShoreBank Corp, a Chicago bank with Washington ties, a Democratic activist close to the institution said Friday.
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Confluence Announces New Software to Help Fund Administrators Manage Money Market Fund Reporting
The solution leverages the source content method of XML tagging. Unlike traditional document tagging methods that tag data in the post-production process, the source content method tags data at the source where it is created.
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Facebook Adds Two Privacy Tools
Both tools have to do with stopping unknown devices from logging in to a user's Facebook account.
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FinTuition Hires Tom McKeown for Sales and Marketing
U.K.-based training company in securities finance, hedge funds and collateral management, hires McKeown to expand into North American market.
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Criminal Probe Targets 6 Wall Street Firms
U.S. prosecutors are conducting a broad criminal investigation of six major Wall Street banks, including JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup, to determine if they misled investors, a person familiar with the matter said Thursday.
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U.S. Senate Wall St Reform Bill Hits Credit Raters
The U.S. Senate approved two amendments to a landmark Wall Street reform bill Thursday that would shake-up the credit rating agency business, widely maligned for its role in the 2007-2009 financial crisis.
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Shuttle Atlantis Set For Final Mission
Twenty-five year old vehicle readied for one more liftoff before shuttle program is officially mothballed by NASA.
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Apple MobileMe Mail Beta By Invitation Only
The next version of Apple's MobileMe Mail includes multiple viewing options, mail rules, and single-click archiving., but subscribers to the online file-sharing service must request an invitation to use the beta.
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Citrix Offers Free Encryption For Virtualized Application Data
Citrix's “safe zone” folder encrypts data on end users' desktops and laptops from virtualized applications running on XenApp Server and is free to customers now during technical preview.
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PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS Sales Declines Drag Down Gaming
Decreased demand for portable hardware and software and an early Easter holiday this year combined to make April the fourth largest year-over-year decline for the video game industry.
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Global CIO: Can Tibco Deliver The 2-Second Advantage?
Column about Tibco CEO Vivek Ranadive's concept of the "2-second advantage" that will mark a huge shift in companies' ability to anticipate customer demand and move at the speed of their markets.
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Citrix Boosts Virtual Desktop With Wyse 'Zero Client'
With large organizations unsure what makes the best virtual desktop, Wyse and Citrix team up to offer a low profile, low cost alternative.
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Farmers Expands eZsign Claims E-Signature Capability to 16 States
Launched in Dec. 2009, the eZsign capability enables Farmers to provide customers the option to receive document links via email, sign online, and submit them instantly to expedite payment.
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Microsoft Office 2010 In Pictures
Office 2010 is Microsoft's latest major software release, and it is packed full of features including Web application versions of Office apps, PowerPoint Broadcast, enhancements to Outlook's message management and overall user interface improvements.
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Mozilla Proposes Search-Based Extension Distribution
With new HTML tags for browser extensions, Mozilla believes Web site owners can promote wider use of add-on software.
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Recovery.gov Moved To Amazon Cloud
The federal government hopes moving the stimulus-tracking Web site to Amazon EC2 will allow the recovery board to save money and refocus on its core mission.
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Sprint, Wal-Mart Launch Prepaid Wireless
Common Cents Mobile, Sprint Nextel's latest attempt to shore up its business, will be sold exclusively through Wal-Mart stores.
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Office Mobile 2010 Upgrade Is Free
Microsoft is looking ramp up adoption of latest version of productivity software aimed at road warriors.
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