Saturday, February 12, 2011

IT News HeadLines (ComputerWorld) 11/02/2011




'Sloppy' Chinese hackers scored data-theft coup with 'Night Dragon'
Chinese hackers who were "incredibly sloppy" still managed to steal gigabytes of data from Western energy companies, a McAfee executive said today.
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Capture Screenshots in a Flash with Snipping Tool
Want to save an image of what's on your computer screen? That's called a screenshot, and savvy users know that one tap of the Prt Scr key will copy the entire screen to the clipboard, where you can then paste it into the image editor of choice. (Even savvier users press Alt-Prt Scr to capture just the active window.)
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Nokia's pact with Microsoft puts Symbian developers in play
Developers who had built a business coding apps for Symbian smartphones were put on notice Friday that they should pick another platform, as Nokia announced its switch to Microsoft's Windows Phone 7. Other platforms will be maneuvering to win them over.
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Nokia-Microsoft: Will they succeed or continue to limp along in smartphones?
The broad strategic partnership announced Friday between Nokia and Microsoft in which the Windows Phone OS would run on Nokia smartphones sounds like good news for both companies because of their struggles in the smartphone market.
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Analysts: Companies need to prep for Nokia's Windows move
Technically, Nokia's E7 smartphone is a better option for enterprises than Windows Phone 7 phones, according to market researcher Gartner. But Nokia's announcement Friday that it will adopt Microsoft's Windows Phone as its primary smartphone OS means users have to prepare to switch OSes.
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Social media gurus who aren't
Gibbs doesn't believe self-styled social media experts are.
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You don't know tech: InfoWorld news quiz
Feb. 11, 2011: AOL buys HuffPo, HP gives tablets a go
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WikiLeaks' Assange awaits extradition decision
Attorneys for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange put forth their final arguments before a British judge on Friday, seeking to block an extradition request from Sweden to question him on sexual assault allegations.
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France Télécom and Deutsche Telekom eye tech partnerships
France Télécom and Deutsche Telekom plan to collaborate on the technology they use to build and operate their telecommunications services.
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Update: Nokia adopts Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 OS
Nokia will adopt Microsoft's Windows Phone as its primary smartphone strategy, the company said on Friday, after days of speculation on what it would do to compete with Apple's iPhone and Google's Android.
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