Wednesday, January 26, 2011

IT News HeadLines (ComputerWorld) 25/01/2011




App developers double down on Android tablets, says survey
A poll of some 2,200 developers found rapidly growing interest in developing applications for Android-based tablets.
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Verizon Wireless customers top 94M in Q4
Verizon Wireless increased subscribers to 94.1 million in the fourth quarter, up from 93.2 million in the third quarter, a small increase that shows how saturated the U.S. wireless market has become even for the top wireless player.
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Trend Micro Titanium Antivirus 2011
Trend Micro Titanium Antivirus Plus 2011 ($60 for 1 year, 3 PCs as of 12/15/2010) finished fifth in our roundup of 2011 antivirus products. It's simple--some may say too simple--and easy to use, and it did a reasonably good job at blocking malware.
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Eset NOD32 Antivirus 4
Eset NOD32 Antivirus ($72 for 1 year, 3 PCs as of 12/22/2010) finishes ninth in our roundup of 2011 antivirus software. It does a reasonable job at blocking brand new attacks and it's fast, but it has trouble detecting known malware and cleaning up infections, which makes it tough to recommend.
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Panda Antivirus Pro 2011
Panda Antivirus Pro 2011 ($50 for one year, 3 PCs as of 12/18/2010) does a lot right: It proved to be effective at detecting and , blocking malware, and disinfecting your PC malware, but it's slow performance brought it down to seventh some speed issues bring its rank down to seventh in a tightly packed race.
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MicroStrategy ramps up its BI strategy for iPad, iPhone
MicroStrategy will announce a series of new BI products for Apple mobile devices, transactional data systems and on-demand deployments at its annual user conference on Tuesday in Las Vegas.
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Preston Gralla: Is Google suffering from Microsoft syndrome?
Replacing CEO Eric Schmidt with co-founder Larry Page may be an attempt to return to its fleet-footed youth.
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Verizon profit doubles on declining revenue
Verizon's revenue is down slightly in the fourth quarter of 2010, with the drop due to a sell-off of telephone lines in rural states.
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Facebook settles with Germany over Friend Finder issue
Germany is stopping short of legal action against Facebook after reaching a 14-point agreement on Monday over how the site handles data from non-Facebook users.
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Banks may soon require new online authentication steps
The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) could soon release new guidelines for banks to use when authenticating users to online banking transactions.
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