Tuesday, January 25, 2011

IT News HeadLines (TechWeb) 24/01/2011




Inova Selects Oracle For Healthcare Informatics Platform
The health delivery organization hopes to advance clinical research by mining data from its electronic medical record systems.
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Global CIO: FedEx CIO Explains The Real Power Of Cloud
Tempted to dismiss the ‘private cloud’ as the latest IT blather? Rob Carter has a new data center in Colorado that begs to differ.
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Apple Shares Head Lower On Jobs Health Worries
The iPad manufacturer's refusal to disclose any details about its CEO's condition has some investors worried.
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Global CIO: Steve Jobs' Legacy: 10 Ways He's Rocked Our World
The profound influence of Apple's brilliant founder and CEO has changed how corporations of all kinds approach strategy, design, and customer engagement.
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Mozilla Blocks Buggy Skype Toolbar
Responsible for over 40,000 Firefox crashes last week, the Skype Toolbar has been temporarily blocked.
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HTML5 Is Dead, Long Live HTML
A name that served to assist Web standards advocacy is retired for the sake of clarity.
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Browser Guide: Choosing The Best Standard For Business
Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera, and more have new releases out or on the way soon -- the browser wars are raging once again. Here's a guide to the features and capabilities of each to help you identify the right one for your business.
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12 Money Saving Tech Tips For SMBs
Smaller companies are under constant pressure to maximize their performance with minimal resources. However, you can't do business without technology -- and tech means spending money, something there never seems to be quite enough of for growing businesses. You keep a vigilant eye on costs as a matter of course. So you need to be creative to get what you and your employees need -- from phone service to software to desks and chairs -- without busting the budget. No matter what your business needs, with a bit of effort and due diligence you'll find that you can have your tech and save on it, too. Here are 12 ideas for reducing the budget burden of the business tools you need to succeed.
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Google Co-Founder Larry Page To Replace Schmidt As CEO

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With Cloud, What You Don't Know Can Hurt You
Inevitably, cloud announcements, like Amazon's introduction of Elastic Beanstalk, sound good, but there are limits.
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Dear Larry. A Personal Note From Byte.com To Google's New CEO
Gina Smith sends a note to Larry Page -- urging him to not be evil and please, start building stuff again!
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Google Acknowledges Web Spam Complaints
Low-quality content has some Internet users worried about the relevance of Google search results.
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Botnets, Hacked Credit Cards Selling At Bargain Prices
Cybercrime black market emphasizes entrepreneurialism and customer service, with money buying just about anything, finds Panda Security report.
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Obama Nominates Army IT Leader To CIO Post
Lt. Gen. Susan Lawrence selected to assume the post that innovative IT leader Gen. Jeffery Sorenson vacated in November.
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Camino Upgrades Open Source Mac Browser
Version 2.1 Alpha is based on Mozilla's Gecko rendering engine, adds six major features.
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The Future of Google Docs
Docs has become a worthy competitor to Microsoft Office, but its future will rely less on feature parity and more on the value being added to Google's platform in the cloud.
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IBM Workers Get $1,000 Stock Bonuses
Record sales and profits provide an unexpected windfall for Big Blue's rank and file employees.
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Qwiki Snags $8 Million In Venture Funding
Founders of Facebook, YouTube invest in startup that delivers search results in multimedia, rather than links.
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Cisco Bakes Intrusion Prevention Into WiFi Access Points
Retailers and financial services organizations will be able to secure, monitor wireless networks in real time to comply with credit card industry standards.
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AMD Beats Wall Street Estimates
The microprocessor maker delivers solid earnings, offers few details on the recent resignation of CEO Dirk Meyer.
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HTC Says 4G Phones To Lift Sales
HTC told investors that its first quarter sales will be buoyed by a new line of 4G smartphones hitting the market.
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Firms Integrating Social Media With CRM
With half of businesses saying social media investments are paying off, linking data from LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter to customer management is the next step, finds SugarCRM survey.
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Microsoft Says Outside App Hogging Windows Phone 7 Data
A third-party application is responsible for the mysterious 3G data use that plagued some Windows Phone 7 users, said the software maker.
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HP Board Reshuffles In Wake Of Hurd Dismissal
Four directors said to be close to the ouster of HP's former CEO will step down in March, as five new members come on board.
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Microsoft Prepping Kinect For Windows 7 PCs?
Reports indicate that the hands-free motion control platform for Xbox 360 may be coming to PCs sooner rather than later.
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