Friday, July 16, 2010

IT News HeadLines (TechWeb) 16/07/2010



Navy Imposes Cybersecurity Training Rules
Directive from the secretary of the Navy mandates compliance for information assurance staff.
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White House Issues Cybersecurity Report
The report notes progress on developing national and international cybersecurity strategies and national cyber incident response plan.
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Google Defines Chrome Web App Experience
In preparation for the company's forthcoming Chrome Web Store, Google has proposed some design principals for Web apps.
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Devicescape, iPass Simplify Wi-Fi Hotspot Access
Mobile users can easily discover and connect to the iPass OpenAccess Wi-Fi service with the integration of Devicescape's auto-connect product.
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Android Market: 100,000 Apps, 1 Billion Downloads
The Android Market has reached some notable milestones recently. It now offers more than 100,000 applications, and has also surpassed more than one billion app downloads.
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Federal IT Dashboard Goes Mobile
White House CIO Vivek Kundra credited the government transparency site for getting wayward IT projects back on track.
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Parents, Teens Often Text While Driving
LG-sponsored survey also reveals parents unaware of kids' texting habits.
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iPhone 4 Bumper Nearly Sold Out
Wait time for rubber and plastic shield that insulates Apple's device from "grip of death" antenna problem is now up to three weeks.
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Louisiana Gets Its Own Google Earth
Residents of Louisiana now have access to a customized version of Google Earth designed to help them cope with emergencies, unless they use Mac OS X or Linux.
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McAfee Launches Identity Theft Protection Service
The subscription service includes daily monitoring of the three major credit-reporting agencies, public records, Internet scanning and suspicious activity alerts.
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ProSight Acquires NYMagic
The $230 million, equity-funded transaction takes the marine P&C insurer private.
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Casper Speeds Backup Cloning Of PGP Encrypted Drives
Version 2.0 works with Windows 7, PGP Whole Disk Encryption version 10 and can create browsable, bootable encrypted backups.
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Mozilla Disables Firefox Add-On, Recommends Upgrade
The disabled Mozilla Sniffer was intercepting login data and transmitting it to a third-party website; upgrading to the latest version of the CoolPreviews add-on is recommended due to security vulnerability.
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IBM Announces $100 Million Health IT Program
The initiative will drive IBM's cloud computing, data analytics plans across the healthcare industry to enhance evidence generation, service quality, privacy and new incentive models.
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Ford, Nuance Improve SYNC Voice Recognition
The system can now recognize more than 10,000 commands, up from only 100 in SYNC's first generation system.
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Tech Industry's Pain Is Federal IT's Gain
In his Government Technologist column, John Foley argues in favor of the federal freeze on financial system projects, despite an industry backlash.
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Europe Struggles to Match U.S. Bank Test Resolve
Europe's struggle to thrash out a thin outline of its bank stress test and agree consistency bodes ill for hopes the exercise will provide the transparency and resolve needed to revive investor confidence.
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SEC Eyes Changes to Shareholder Voting System
Securities regulators weighed whether to change voting in corporate elections, amid calls from companies and some investors to fix a system they consider antiquated.
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Apple Pushes iOS 4.1 To Developers, Antenna Fixed?
Apple on Wednesday made iOS 4.1 beta available to iPhone developers. Apple also provided the accompanying iOS 4.1 SDK. Here's what's new in iOS 4.1.
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Banks Missing Debit Card Opportunities, Study Finds
Fraud and increased regulation seen as threats to growth; innovation greatest in emerging markets.
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Magellan Launches Rugged Handheld GPS
Outdoor enthusiasts can navigate, geotag photos, and record and share trip info with the waterproof global positioning system device.
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Federal Register Gets User-Friendly Updates
The government's newspaper of record, long maligned for its poor transition to the web, is getting some well-deserved improvements to make it more useful online.
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Facebook Increases Mobile Users 50% Since April
The social network is ramping its mobile presence to boost adoption in countries where smartphones are the main way to access the web.
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Most Americans Want More Insight on Fraud Prevention
About two-thirds of Americans want more insight to how their bank detects and fights fraud, according to a survey released today by Detica NetReveal and Ipsos MORI.
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Survey: Value of the Cloud to Insurers Remains Nebulous
While cloud computing's definition remains nebulous and concerns about security in the clouds persist, insurers ultimately will find the technology's ability to cost-efficiently scale up or down too hard to resist.
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