Saturday, April 2, 2011

IT News HeadLines (ComputerWorld) 01/04/2011




Bank of America moves to further ramp up security with new CISO
Bank of America has hired a new CISO as it continues its effort to bolster security in the wake of WikiLeaks' claim that it has obtained sensitive internal documents from an unnamed major U.S. bank.
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Google uses Gmail for April Fools' Day prank
On April Fools' Day, Google pranksters introduce Gmail accounts that can be controlled with body movements.
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Google likely to strike deal with EU antitrust regulators, says expert
Microsoft's complaint about Google's business practices in the European Union will eventually push Google to strike a deal with regulators, an antitrust expert said today.
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The Macalope Special Edition: Fools of the Year
Editors’ Note: Each week the Macalope skewers the worst of the week’s coverage of Apple and other technology companies. In addition to being a mythical beast, the Macalope is not an employee of Macworld. As a result, the Macalope is always free to criticize any media organization. Even ours.
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EC enters talks with Microsoft for new licenses
The European Commission has confirmed that it has entered talks with Microsoft with the aim of keeping its licensing agreement for Windows.
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5 more Android apps for IT
Gibbs has a few more Android apps that he thinks you need.
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Attacks on the foundation of our industry
In the two weeks since my last column, the security industry has been rocked by several extremely serious attacks against some of our fundamental pillars of trust: two-factor authentication (RSA SecurID) and SSL certificates (Comodo).
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Millions of sites hit with mass-injection cyberattack
Hundreds of thousands -- and possibly millions -- of websites have been hit with a cyberattack that some are calling "one of the biggest mass-injection attacks we've ever seen."
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China's Baidu to compensate songwriters for music downloads
China's largest search engine Baidu said it will start paying an agency representing songwriters for every music download on the site, after years of being criticized for providing links to pirated music downloads.
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Image gallery: Computerworld's favorite smartphone apps
We polled the staff and writers at Computerworld and came up with 31 of their favorite apps for the iPhone, Android phones and other smartphones.
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