Thursday, July 15, 2010

IT News HeadLines (ComputerWorld) 15/07/2010



Alleged spy worked as a software tester at Microsoft
The 12th person detained for allegedly spying for Russia worked as an entry-level software tester at Microsoft for nine months, the company confirmed Wednesday.
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Wireless helps dairy with milk, ice cream deliveries
A California dairy has begun a rollout of more than 200 of Motorola's MC 9500 rugged handhelds to delivery drivers.
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R.I.P. Windows XP SP2
Microsoft on Tuesday officially retired Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), the company's most significant service pack, several security experts said.
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Top five scripting languages on the JVM
Groovy and JRuby lead a strong field, with Scala, Fantom, and Jython following behind
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Business intelligence goes mobile
At long last, business intelligence is busting out of enterprise databases and desktop PCs and moving into the field, thanks to the ubiquity of smart mobile devices.
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Robots as the next big industry?
The hardest thing about artificial intelligence (AI) is keeping your imagination in check. A visit to some robotic displays at an AI conference here opens the mind to incredible possibilities.
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What final 'meaningful use' rules on EMRs mean for doctors, hospitals
The meaningful use final rules established by the federal government on Tuesday give more leeway to organizations that want to roll out e-health records over the next five years and take into account that not everyone will take the same path, experts say.
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White House cybersecurity chief calls meeting to discuss President's agenda
White House cybersecurity coordinator Howard Schmidt will host a meeting Wednesday to discuss progress and ways to move forward on the cybersecurity agenda outlined by President Barack Obama in May 2009.
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With fix now out, Microsoft sees jump in XP attacks
Microsoft urged Windows users to update their software Tuesday, saying it's now seen more than 25,000 attacks leveraging one of the critical bugs fixed in July's monthly security patches.
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Manage, Share, and Discover Books with Shelfari
I'm an avid reader. And the older I get, the harder it becomes for me to remember every book I've read. At the same time, I want to get recommendations from sources other than Amazon: friends, people who share my tastes, etc.
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