Tuesday, March 20, 2012

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWorld) 3/20/2012





Wrong paperwork used to seize Megaupload property, judge says
An order granted to law enforcement allowing them to seize luxury cars and other personal effects from the estate of Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom is invalid, a judge in New Zealand ruled on Friday.

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Microsoft blames security info-sharing program for attack code leak
Microsoft confirmed that sample attack code created by the company had likely leaked to hackers from a program it runs with antivirus vendors.

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10 apps every iPad user should own
There are many thousands of apps available. (As Apple's advertising campaign says, "There's an app for that.") But some apps are simply must-haves -- whether for their functionality, interface brilliance, or sheer entertainment factor.

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Finally: A truly magical iPad
One of the least appreciated new wireless features brings entirely new capabilities to the iPad, says columnist Mike Elgan. And he's not talking about LTE.

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Microsoft restores access to phones that couldn't access Skype
Microsoft has fixed a bug that made it impossible for about a dozen models of Skype-certified phones to log into the popular IM, VoIP and video-conferencing service.

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Verizon's new iPad can run over AT&T's 3G data network
The new iPad on Verizon Wireless' 4G LTE network can also run on AT&T's data network when an AT&T SIM card is inserted in the Verizon device, early buyers have found.

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Don't be just a PaaS-erby
The PaaS-abilities are endless. Industry analysts are saying that now is the right time for developers to look to Platform-as-a-service as a viable option.

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Amazon uses nearly half a million servers to power EC2, researcher estimates
Although most end users never get a clear view of the infrastructure underlying the services they consume via Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud, Accenture Research Manager Huan Liu recently estimated that a whopping 454,400 individual blade servers are currently being used to power that product.

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Content sanitized for whose protection?
PayPal doesn't want to handle payments for porn.

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