Friday, September 3, 2010

IT News HeadLines (ComputerWorld) 03/09/2010



Google's App Inventor: First impressions
Gibbs just got an invite to Google's App Inventor and he's impressed with what is an early beta
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Dell loses 3PAR bidding war to HP
Dell on Thursday said it would not increase its most recent proposal to acquire virtualized storage vendor 3PAR, paving the path for rival Hewlett-Packard to acquire the company.
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How to modernize your backup infrastructure
The technologies to vastly improve backup and recovery performance and reliability have arrived. Here's how to put them to good use
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Intel upgrades parallel development tool suite
Parallel Studio 2011 backs Visual Studio 2010 and adds a component to walk developers through the process of introducing parallelism
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Remove the 'Test Mode' Watermark from Windows 7
Isn't it cute the way Windows always finds new ways to surprise and annoy you? Like today, for instance, I booted my system and noticed something new in the lower right corner:
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HP raises 3PAR bid to $33 per share
Hewlett-Packard has raised its offer for virtualized storage vendor 3PAR to $33 per share, or roughly $2.4 billion, from its previous bid of $30 per share, 3PAR said Thursday. The move tops Dell's latest offer of $32 per share, according to 3PAR.
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Apple's iOS beats Android 6:1 on the Web
Apple's iOS mobile operating system is now the third-most popular platform on the Internet, with a share nearly six times larger than Android's, a Web measurement company said Wednesday.
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Botnet takedown may yield valuable data
Researchers are hoping to get a better insight on botnets after taking down part of Pushdo, one of the top five networks of hacked computers responsible for most of the world's spam.
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Apple TV, 'Ping' and iTunes -- what it means
While the new iPods and Apple's soon-to-come updates for iOS 4 were big announcements on Wednesday, the revamped Apple TV and iTunes 10 featuring Apple's new 'Ping' social network for music show where Apple hopes to go in the years ahead.
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As Earl looms, tips to batten down IT
With forecasters predicting a very active hurricane season, experts say IT managers must review business continuity and disaster recovery plans to ensure they are prepared for potential power outages and data center damage.
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