Friday, March 30, 2012

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWeekly) 3/30/2012





Apple offers to refund iPad owners in Australia over 4G disappointment
Apple has offered to refund Australian customers who felt misled about the 4G capabilities of the new iPad, which can access the ultra-fast wireless network only in North America

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Collaborative strike takes down second Hlux/Kelihos botnet
A security industry collaborative strike has taken down the second Hlux or Kelihos botnet

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Millions of internet users trust weak passwords, research reveals
Online passwords are so insecure that 1% can be cracked within 10 guesses, according to a researcher at Cambridge University.

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750,000 more jobs will be offshored by 2016
Businesses in Europe and the US will transfer about 750,000 jobs, including IT, to lower-cost locations over the next four years

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Forrester: Balancing custom and packaged apps
George Lawrie, vice-president and principal analyst of Forrester Research, advises on when to deploy custom applications

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Twitter and Google reject UK calls for censorship
Google and Twitter have rejected calls by a UK parliamentary committee to introduce measures to stop users breaking privacy injunctions, saying it would be impossible to censor content effectively

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School children learn about IT with IBM at Hursley House
To tie in with National Science and Engineering week, IBM invited school children to spend a few days learning about IT

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