Wednesday, June 30, 2010

IT News HeadLines (TechWeb) 30/06/2010



HTC EVO 4G Update Halted After Complaints
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SEC Accuses Money Manager of $106 Million Ponzi Fraud
The SEC has filed civil fraud charges against and won a court order freezing the assets of a Virgin Islands money manager who allegedly ran a $105.9 million Ponzi scheme.
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Supreme Court Leaves SOX Audit Watchdog Largely Intact
The Supreme Court Monday struck down part of a law to prevent fraud committed by companies like Enron and WorldCom, saying a board to police public companies' auditors violated the Constitution.
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Baidu Challenged For China Search Dominance
Google's retreat has given new offerings like Goso and Soso the opportunity to build search engine market share in China.
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Symetra Inks Licensing Agreement with CSC
The life insurer will use CSC products to manage distribution and streamline annuities processing.
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BCBM Massachusetts Signs Five-Year Agreement with IBM
The insurer has contracted IBM to redefine its IT department, according to the companies.
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FCStone Partners With Integral to Launch Comprehensive FX Platform
A feature of FCStone's FX platform is the ability for customers to see a complete list of market makers with their associated price streams.
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Christine Pratt to Head Aite Group’s Lending and Credit Risk Research
Industry veteran’s coverage will span analyst firm’s retail and wholesale banking coverage.
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PayPal Opens Payment Platform to Accept Non-PayPal Customers
Developers of web and mobile applications can now use PayPal to accept credit card payments from those who don't have PayPal accounts.
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White House Pledges Outreach to Advance Wall Street Bill
President Barack Obama and his team will do "whatever is helpful" to get a financial reform bill passed and signed into law, a White House official said Monday.
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Feingold Says Won't Vote to Advance Wall Street Bill
Senator Russell Feingold said Monday that he will not vote to advance the financial reform bill, denying his fellow Democrats the 60th vote they need to clear a final hurdle in Congress.
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Hurricane Alex to Hamper BP's Oil Spill Containment
Tropical Storm Alex is expected to reach hurricane strength on Tuesday, with high winds and vast waves set to hamper BP Plc's latest efforts to contain the largest oil spill in U.S. history.
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Google Distributing Android 2.2 Froyo To Nexus One
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Windows 8 Details Leaked On Internet
Italian bloggers claim to have gotten hold of documents that reveal plans for Microsoft's next OS.
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Supreme Court Patent Ruling Avoids Tough Issues
Supreme Court Patent Ruling Avoids Tough Issues
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Google Android Market Under Fire
A prominent programmer's call for Google to improve its Android Market is echoed by Android users and developers.
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Apple iPhone 4 Teardown Reveals $188 In Materials
The 3.5-inch LCD Retina display screen is the most expensive component at $28.50.
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Guerra On Healthcare: Siemens Summer CEO Coup
John Glaser taking the helm of Siemens Health Services Business Unit is a game changer proves there's more than just one kind of M&A.
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Amazon Release Kindle App For Android
The app doesn't allow text search or e-book purchases from within the app, but Amazon says it will add those features in the near future.
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Google Admitted To Colorado, Iowa Schools
Savings and availability from anywhere figure into educators' interest, Google says.
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Obama Plans To Double Available Wireless Spectrum
The administration's proposal calls for making 500 megahertz of spectrum available over the next 10 years.
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Amazon Releases Kindle App For Apple iOS
The e-book application can play audio and video on Apple's iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch and enables publishers to add instruction videos to how-to books, readings from authors and other add-ons.
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HTC Patches EVO 4G Holes For Sprint
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OMB Ends Cookie Ban
An updated privacy policy for federal websites allows limited use of cookies, but limits tracking on non-government sites.
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Connecticut Launches Emergency Alert System
The first statewide comprehensive system of its kind in the U.S. allows residents to with emergency officials via a variety of electronic devices.
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