Friday, March 18, 2011

IT News HeadLines (ComputerWorld) 17/03/2011




Lawsuit against Infosys turns light on B-1 visa
A lawsuit filed against Infosys by an employee sheds light on the questionable use of B-1 visas for foreign workers.
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Google updates online Japan relief tools
Google has enhanced its online tools to support information discovery and relief efforts in Japan.
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Notorious spamming botnet Rustock shuttered
A large network of hacked computers called Rustock, which was responsible for a great volume of spam, has shut down, perhaps as a result of another coordinated take down by security researchers.
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Dell ships $499 Sandy Bridge-based laptops
Dell on Thursday started shipping new Inspiron and Vostro laptops powered by Intel's latest Sandy Bridge processors with prices starting at $499.
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Android 50% faster than iPhone 4 in loading Web pages, study says
The latest Android smartphone loaded Web pages 52% faster than iPhone 4 running iOS 4.3, according to thousands of independent field tests released today by Blaze Software.
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ITU sends satellite phones to Japan
The International Telecommunication Union is sending satellite phones to Japan to help rescue work and to reconnect communities cut off by last Friday's earthquake.
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Mozilla sets Firefox 4 release for Tuesday
Originally scheduled to ship last November, Firefox 4 will wrap up a development cycle that started in February 2010 with several developer previews, but began in earnest last July when Mozilla released the first of what would eventually be a dozen betas.
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Taiwan expects multiple impacts on tech from Japan quake
Taiwan's economic ministry expects semiconductor and display panel industries on the island to take a hit from the earthquake in Japan last week as supplies are suspended due to factory damage or transportation snarls, translating in some cases to higher manufacturing costs.
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U.S. tech industry braces for aftershocks from Japan disaster
With Japan devastated by last week's 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami, the business aftershocks may rock various parts of the tech industry for months to come.
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Image gallery: Android vs. iOS vs. Windows Phone
Which smartphone OS will suit you best? We compare three top mobile environments, and let you know what they're each best at.
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