Sunday, March 6, 2011

IT News HeadLines (ComputerWorld) 05/03/2011




Top student charged with fixing grades for cash
A Nevada student who gave the opening address at his high school graduation last year has been charged with breaking into his school district's computer system and bumping up his classmates' grades for a fee.
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Intel courts the cloud builders
In an office building near Portland, Oregon, in a room next to a massive bank of cubicles, hums one of a group of small Intel data centers known collectively as the Cloud Builders Factory.
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Does Facebook change the messaging landscape?
Facebook recently announced a messaging product that promises seamless messaging, conversation history and a social in-box, nothing short of a new way to communicate, regardless of the channel —SMS, e-mail, IM or chat. The Social Inbox will only contain messages from Friends and Friends of Friends, with other messages being routed to the 'Other' Folder.
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SonicWall CEO: App awareness crucial for security
SonicWall once focused on small and midsize businesses, but its introduction earlier this year of a next-generation firewall line dubbed SuperMassive leaves no doubt that the company is now taking aim at larger enterprises. In fact, the privately-held San Jose company's CEO, Matt Medeiros, says the enterprise market accounted for nearly half of SonicWall's sales over the past six months.
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Thin provisioning optimizes storage utilization and reduces costs
While provisioning all the capacity of an external disk to a given application, known as full provisioning, ensures the app has plenty of growth potential, it results in poor utilization rates, a costly problem that can be addressed with thin provisioning technology.
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Intel hopes to boost cloud gaming with ray tracing
A new technology from Intel called ray tracing could bring lifelike images and improved 3D effects to games on tablets and other mobile devices.
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Developers like Tweet Button, want better analytics
Developers and publishers who have adopted Twitter's Tweet Button say the tool is beneficial in letting their site readers and application users conveniently share links on Twitter, but that some features can be improved, including its analytics data and mobile functionality.
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IBM fires back at Oracle in middleware fray
IBM is returning fire to Oracle in an increasingly heated battle over who has the faster stack of middleware.
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Malware has 'exploded,' says security manager
A report released earlier this year by Panda Security reveals just how sophisticated the business of cyber crime has become. Among its findings: botnets are now available as a service for criminals to rent and launch spam attacks --- with prices that start as low as $15 for the rental of a SMTP server.
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