Saturday, May 29, 2010

IT News HeadLines (TechWeb) 29/05/2010



Constant Contact To Add SMB Tools
NutshellMail acquisition will enable small business email marketers to interact with customers through social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn
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Supercomputer Builds 3D Model Of Gulf Oil Spill
Simulations run at the University of Texas are helping researchers adapt the Advanced Circulation Model to map a trajectory of the Deepwater Horizon spill.
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EHRs Lack Standards, Best Practices
Vendors support an independent body to develop best practices and usability standards for electronic health record products.
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Canada Prohibits Insurance Sales on Bank Web Sites
Canada said Thursday it was cracking down on banks that market "unauthorized insurance" on their Web sites, spelling out new rules designed to keep the realms of banking and insurance separate.
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U.K.'s Pru wants to pay less to save AIA deal
Prudential has entered talks to cut its $35.5 billion offer for for AIG's Asian life insurance arm, in a last-ditch bid to salvage a deal criticized by shareholders as too expensive.
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Frustrated EU Carbon Traders Play Waiting Game
Major changes proposed to the European Union's emissions market could dramatically alter the landscape for traders, who are increasingly frustrated by regulatory uncertainty and political stalemate.
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Markets Fret, But Chance of Big Bank Crash Slim
This week's market jitters that banks were heading back to the darkest days of 2008 look overdone because lenders have vastly improved their assets and central banks stand ready with abundant funding.
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Gov 2.0: NASA, Microsoft Ready Mars 3D Views
Users of Microsoft's virtual WorldWide Telescope will soon be able to zoom in on the surface of the red planet and take tours of areas of interest.
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Apple's iPad Hits UK
Apple's slick new tablet is now available across the pond—but Brits better be prepared to dig deep.
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OTC Firms Concerned With Operational Efficiency, Risk Management and Automation
The survey of 100 firms carried out by OpenLink looked at the relative importance of risk management concerns faced by senior operations professionals in the growing electronic environment.
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Cheap Botnets A Boon To Hackers
Easy access to cheap botnet rentals and sophisticated attack tools are lowering the barriers to entry for criminals who can’t code.
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Barnes & Noble Launches iPad eReader App
Apple iPad users will be able to buy, download and read digital books from B&N's catalog of more than 1 million e-books, newspapers and magazines.
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Global CIO: Hewlett-Packard, Oracle, & Cisco Face Looming Identity Crises
Column about the looming identity crises facing Hewlett-Packard, Cisco, and Oracle as they are known more for their legacies than for their present potential.
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IBM Picks Hadoop To Analyze Large Data Volumes
Big Blue unveiled a package of services and analytics called BigInsights based on Apache's open source Hadoop.
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Yahoo, Facebook Join Google Against Viacom
In a court brief filed Wednesday, eBay, IAC, Facebook and Yahoo urged a New York federal court to dismiss Viacom's copyright infringement suit against Google-owned YouTube.
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Senators Propose Mandatory IDs For Prepaid Cell Phones
Citing the Times Square bombing suspect, who used a prepaid cell phone, two Senators have proposed legislation that would end anonymous use of prepaid mobile phone service.
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Senator Blasts Visa, MasterCard on Antitrust Fears
The author of a U.S. Senate proposal to limit debit card network fees said "serious antitrust concerns" could be raised if Visa Inc and MasterCard Inc punish small banks that use their payment networks.
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Google Completes AdMob Acquisition
The $750 million deal will lead to better mobile ads and more free mobile content, Google says.
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Audi Offers In Car Internet Access
The optional hotspot, available in the 2011 edition of the A8 sedan, comes with WPA2 encryption and connectivity for up to eight mobile devices.
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Sony Unveils Rollable Digital Display
The organic light-emitting diode color display is flexible enough to wrap around a pencil without distorting a moving image.
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Gov 2.0: Washington D.C. To Launch Private Cloud
The city knows as a government tech innovator is also launching a startup incubator and pushing community involvement in app development.
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Zigbee Alliance Certifies 13 Mobile Products
Most of the first wave of products receiving telecom interoperability certification are location services.
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Microsoft Piles On Dynamics Apps Upgrades
Free new features include a financial reporting module, CRM integrations and an SAP connector.
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Microsoft Piles On Dynamics Apps Upgrades
Free new features include a financial reporting module, CRM integrations and an SAP connector.
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