Thursday, March 31, 2011

IT News HeadLines (TechWeb) 30/03/2011




RIM PlayBook To Get Native Email Eventually
Research In Motion has confirmed that a software update will add email, contacts, and calendaring applications to its tablet, but until then a BlackBerry is required for PIM.
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Kerio Launches Cloud Collaboration For SMBs
Workspace offers Web-based collaboration, file sharing, and document management tools based in part on social media principles.
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Intel Unveils Bigger, Faster SSDs
The third-generation solid-state drives are 25-nanometer devices that pack up to 600 GB of memory.
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IBM To Support Australia's National Broadband Plan
$205 million deal calls for Big Blue to provide government-backed NBN with key software and consulting services.
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HootSuite Secure Profiles Curbs Inappropriate Comments
A version of an "Are you sure?" button called Secure Profiles is designed to prevent employee mistakes and misfires from ruining a company's reputation.
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Internet Pioneer Paul Baran Dies At 84
Baran helped develop key technology for the modern Internet and went on to launch seven companies, five of which went public.
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Global CIO: Will CIOs Sit Out The Opportunity of A Lifetime?
Mobile and social look bigger than the initial Web surge when it comes to changing companies' relationships with customers. Innovators like Vail CIO Robert Urwiler are testing the edges.
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Windows Phone 7 Predicted To Beat Apple iPhone
Google's Android will be in first place, but Microsoft's WP 7 platform will come in second with 20% of the worldwide smartphone market by 2015, according to IDC.
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Rustock Takedown Cut Spam By 33%
Bagel and other botnets seem to be picking up the slack, according to Symantec.
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Aetna Taps Healthline For Patient Portal
Insurers and healthcare providers are increasingly using Web portals to comply with meaningful use, give patients ready access to medical data and other relevant information.
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Data Breach Notification Laws Influence Storage Location Decisions
McAfee and SAIC study finds that about 70% of organizations that store sensitive data abroad choose to do so in countries with lenient breach notification requirements.
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Consona Adds Social Media To Knowledge Management
KM v8.0 captures information from a variety of sources such as social media, blogs, office suites, and other repositories to empower customer service to support clients.
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IE9, Multitasking Coming To Windows Phone 7
"Mango" update for Microsoft's mobile OS is next in line after "NoDo" copy & paste patch is fully released.
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Medicare Previews EHR Incentives Attestation System
Healthcare providers and hospitals are being prepped to apply for Medicare meaningful use funds starting April 18, said the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
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Workday Extends Cloud Integration Options
Platform as a Service provides an ecosystem for linking ERP to payroll, recruiting, benefits, time-tracking, and other systems and third-party providers.
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Java Inventor Joins Google
James Gosling comes aboard as his former employer, Oracle, battles Google over the use of Java in Android.
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Unified Communications Goes Social
Facebook-style interaction adds the missing link to enterprise voice and video integration.
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Tabula Raises $108 Million For Programmable Chips
The programmable logic semiconductor designer notched one of the largest venture capital rounds ever for a private chip company.
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Microsoft Wins A Botnet Battle
The Rustok botnet was estimated to be one million PCs strong, underlining the dangers that malware can cause to businesses and consumers.
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Do Not Track Momentum Mounts
Legislation to be proposed by Senator John Kerry and analysis of business comments to the FTC may point toward stronger privacy protections.
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Lenovo Boosts Workstation, Desktop Performance
The ThinkStation E30 and ThinkCentre M81 are targeted at creative, engineering, and financial professionals.
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Looxcie Brings Convenience In Wearable Camcorder
This Bluetooth videocamera headset might not bring the innovation of the Flip camera, but it's great for instant video sharing, and convenient wearing.
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Tibco FTL Speeds Capital Market Messaging
'Faster Than Light' middleware breaks the microsecond barrier. But will the latency advantage last?
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Iranian Claims Credit For Comodo Hack
Mozilla apologizes for not publicizing the attack more quickly and criticizes Comodo's security.
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Will LG Make Google's Nexus Honeycomb Tablet?
Google reportedly has asked LG to build the tablet equivalent of the Nexus S, an official developer platform for Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablets.
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