Saturday, August 7, 2010

IT News HeadLines (ComputerWorld) 07/08/2010



Should I Update My Recovery Partition to Windows 7?
CliffSees is about to upgrade his PC to Windows 7. He asked the Answer Line forum if he can upgrade his PC's recover partition, as well.
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Lebanon latest to launch probe into BlackBerry services
Lebanon's telecom regulator said Friday that it will start negotiations with Research In Motion (RIM) to provide the country's security agencies access to communications on the BlackBerry network.
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The Changing Threat Landscape
In covering the security threat landscape over the years, two fundamental issues have stayed constant. First, the threat landscape continues to evolve and gain sophistication. Second, attackers will always be a step ahead of the defenders in exploiting vulnerabilities across the spectrum of people, process and technologies. But what's different today is the motivation, methods and tools of these attacks: we're no longer fighting an individual hacker, but a highly organized, well-funded crime syndicate, and in some cases, even a state sponsored agent.
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Android's Dumbest Apps
Sales of Android phones are soaring and are paced by the growth in the number of apps--more than 60,000--that are available in Android Market.
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RIM: Despite Android's Growth, BlackBerry Still Better
There's no denying that Google's Android operating system is a striking success, but RIM executives argue that the BlackBerry is still the enterprise choice.
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Survey: Lack of smartphones makes WiMax mobile a challenge
A majority of WiMax operators plan to offer mobile services by 2012, but a lack of smartphones that support the wireless technology will make it a challenge, according to a survey by Infonetics Research.
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Zeus malware used pilfered digital certificate
Researchers at Trend Micro have found that a widespread piece of malware used a digital certificate from a competing security company's product in an attempt to look legitimate.
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Apple in talks to buy Chinese game developer Handseeing
Apple is in talks to buy Handseeing Information Technology Co. Ltd., according to an executive with the Chinese game developer.
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Senate raises H-1B fees to fund border security
The U.S. Senate has approved an H-1B fee increase to help offset a $600 million "emergency package" to improve security along the Mexican border.
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