Friday, January 28, 2011

IT News HeadLines (IT World Canada) 27/01/2011




Smart cards no match for online spies
Hackers are using a 'smart card proxy' attack to get around smart cards, according to security consultancy Mandiant
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U.S. senator calls for protections on device location
Oregon senator Ron Wyden says he will introduce a bill to set rules for police access to mobile location information
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Facebook unveils security tools after Zuckerberg hack
The two don’t appear to be connected, but they’re being connected online. The first new security measure involves expanding the use of HTTPS -- Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure -- beyond password exchange
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Cisco to buy change management maker Pari
Company says Pari's appliances will complement its "smart service" capabilities to manage the health and stability of networks
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How iPhones came to a Toronto hospital
Unsatisfied with the applications on the market for linking disparate information systems, a CIO chose to build a new front end so medical staff can access data with mobile devices
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Canada’s IT sector needs common regulations: CBoC
The Conference Board of Canada issues a new report highlighting the need for common regulations across jurisdictions and international trading partners. Report author Kathleen Macmillan explains we cannot afford to have “completely-made-in-Canada” regulations
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Linux skills are hot in an improving IT hiring front
Challenger, Gray & Christmas reports that employers announced plans to cut only 46,825 IT jobs during 2010--a full 73 per cent fewer than the 174,629 technology job cuts in 2009
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What CFOs want from IT
Now is an excellent time for you, as an IT manager, to hear what Finance has to say. Computerworld asked several CFOs what message they'd most like to get through to their top technologists
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Tablet Wars: what piques developers’ interests
According to a new survey, developers want to build their apps for the iPhone and iPad, but Android devices are still a close second. The dismal outlook for Research in Motion’s PlayBook and Microsoft’s Xoom
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Why you need to evolve for a hot IT job
While some IT jobs are being automated, outsourced, or lost in the cloud, IT pros who evolve and transform with the industry can become indispensible to their companies. How do you become one of them?
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Obama talks innovation, IT investments in speech
The U.S. president also calls for more efforts to improve the country's education system
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Internet providers the new secret police, says report
A study claims that EU states are pushing ISPs to police customer activity
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Twitter blocked in Egypt after political unrest
Protesters in the country are demanding the removal of President Hosni Mubarak
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CWC THIS WEEK: WikiBrands and gunning for storage
VIDEO Sean Moffitt on social networking as an engagement tool, a two-minute demo of an ultra-portable scanner, and an external hard drive faces heavy duty firepower
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Public wants medical info, mobile conference told
Increasingly, the medical community is allowing patients to get access to personal information on mobile devices. Read why one Ontario doctor is getting into business herself
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Is your network future-proof?
An IDC Canada analyst and an Allstream exec discuss how the network is transforming and what companies must do to keep up. The technologies that are impacting the network
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Spam not going anywhere anytime soon
Although pharmaceutical spam saw a decline, spam in general continues to threaten enterprises by targeting employees and challenging network performance
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Big enterprises lag on public cloud, In-Stat says
A U.S.-based cloud forecast report finds that small businesses are driving the growth in public cloud offerings south of the border. Find out why
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Iran's Orwellian cyber-police target dissent
Facebook and Twitter users face up to Big Brother
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Oracle goes after SharePoint with its own offering
Oracle's WebCenter Suite 11g is a superset of its many portal technologies and traces back to the company’s “continue and converge” plan to provide portal access to the converged stack
Read More ...

Smart cards no match for online spies
Hackers are using a 'smart card proxy' attack to get around smart cards, according to security consultancy Mandiant
Read More ...

U.S. senator calls for protections on device location
Oregon senator Ron Wyden says he will introduce a bill to set rules for police access to mobile location information
Read More ...

Facebook unveils security tools after Zuckerberg hack
The two don’t appear to be connected, but they’re being connected online. The first new security measure involves expanding the use of HTTPS -- Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure -- beyond password exchange
Read More ...

Cisco to buy change management maker Pari
Company says Pari's appliances will complement its "smart service" capabilities to manage the health and stability of networks
Read More ...

How iPhones came to a Toronto hospital
Unsatisfied with the applications on the market for linking disparate information systems, a CIO chose to build a new front end so medical staff can access data with mobile devices
Read More ...

Canada’s IT sector needs common regulations: CBoC
The Conference Board of Canada issues a new report highlighting the need for common regulations across jurisdictions and international trading partners. Report author Kathleen Macmillan explains we cannot afford to have “completely-made-in-Canada” regulations
Read More ...

Linux skills are hot in an improving IT hiring front
Challenger, Gray & Christmas reports that employers announced plans to cut only 46,825 IT jobs during 2010--a full 73 per cent fewer than the 174,629 technology job cuts in 2009
Read More ...

What CFOs want from IT
Now is an excellent time for you, as an IT manager, to hear what Finance has to say. Computerworld asked several CFOs what message they'd most like to get through to their top technologists
Read More ...

Tablet Wars: what piques developers’ interests
According to a new survey, developers want to build their apps for the iPhone and iPad, but Android devices are still a close second. The dismal outlook for Research in Motion’s PlayBook and Microsoft’s Xoom
Read More ...

Why you need to evolve for a hot IT job
While some IT jobs are being automated, outsourced, or lost in the cloud, IT pros who evolve and transform with the industry can become indispensible to their companies. How do you become one of them?
Read More ...

Obama talks innovation, IT investments in speech
The U.S. president also calls for more efforts to improve the country's education system
Read More ...

Internet providers the new secret police, says report
A study claims that EU states are pushing ISPs to police customer activity
Read More ...

Twitter blocked in Egypt after political unrest
Protesters in the country are demanding the removal of President Hosni Mubarak
Read More ...

CWC THIS WEEK: WikiBrands and gunning for storage
VIDEO Sean Moffitt on social networking as an engagement tool, a two-minute demo of an ultra-portable scanner, and an external hard drive faces heavy duty firepower
Read More ...

Public wants medical info, mobile conference told
Increasingly, the medical community is allowing patients to get access to personal information on mobile devices. Read why one Ontario doctor is getting into business herself
Read More ...

Is your network future-proof?
An IDC Canada analyst and an Allstream exec discuss how the network is transforming and what companies must do to keep up. The technologies that are impacting the network
Read More ...

Spam not going anywhere anytime soon
Although pharmaceutical spam saw a decline, spam in general continues to threaten enterprises by targeting employees and challenging network performance
Read More ...

Big enterprises lag on public cloud, In-Stat says
A U.S.-based cloud forecast report finds that small businesses are driving the growth in public cloud offerings south of the border. Find out why
Read More ...

Iran's Orwellian cyber-police target dissent
Facebook and Twitter users face up to Big Brother
Read More ...

Oracle goes after SharePoint with its own offering
Oracle's WebCenter Suite 11g is a superset of its many portal technologies and traces back to the company’s “continue and converge” plan to provide portal access to the converged stack
Read More ...

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