Sunday, September 26, 2010

IT News HeadLines (ComputerWorld) 25/09/2010



Seabird concept phone designer talks about need for better interfaces
Designer Billy May's concept smartphone, the Seabird, might never be produced. But the underlying concepts in the phone -- and inside Mays head -- are a wonder, nonetheless.
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Visual tour: Mozilla's Seabird concept phone
Working directly off of community feedback, designer Billy Mays produced his concept smartphone, Seabird. Here's a visual tour.
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Chinese Apple fans line up for iPhone 4 launch
iPhone 4 starts selling in mainland China today Sept. 25
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Comcast hackers get 18 months in prison
Two hackers convicted of defacing Comcast's website two years ago were sentenced Friday to 18 months in prison.
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Orange looks set to use Cisco, EMC, VMware in cloud
Orange Business Services appears poised to become a cloud service provider using pre-integrated "VBlocks" from Cisco Systems, EMC and VMware.
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Google, others settle with DOJ over no-poaching deals
Google, Apple and several other companies have reached a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice over charges that they agreed not to hire away high-profile workers from each other.
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The top 10 stories in IT this week
The Stuxnet worm, and its possible target, captured headlines this week and left us feeling queasy about the future of cyberwar. Fortunately, Oracle OpenWorld was also this week, providing the anticipated stream of stories to our IT news diet.
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Man gets 10 years for VoIP hacking
A Venezuelan man was sentenced to 10 years in prison Friday for stealing and then reselling more than 10 million minutes of Internet phone service.
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Facebook outage spotlights social media addiction
After Facebook went down on Thursday, one thing was certain: People don't like to go without their favorite social networking site.
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Cringely: Should Facebook de-friend Mark Zuckerberg?
It's going to be all Zuckerberg, all the time for the next week or so, thanks to a confluence of events both planned and accidental that are putting Facebook and its barely-old-enough-to-shave founder in the spotlight.
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