Monday, March 26, 2012

IT News Head Lines (TechWeb) 3/26/2012





NASA Demonstrates Angry Birds In Space
A very nerdy NASA astronaut shows how gravity, or the lack thereof, would affect angry birds slingshotting at pigs in space..

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Angry Birds Shouldn't Seal Your Smartphone Choice
The Internet went into a tizzy when people thought Angry Birds Space wouldn't be available for Windows Phone. This game is big fun, but is it really a must-have app?.

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New iPad Vs. Windows 8 Tablets: 8 Considerations
Buy a new iPad now, or wait for a Windows 8 tablet later this year? Here are some factors to consider..

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Google Awarded Patent For Advertising Based On Environmental Factors
Google's newly awarded patent describes a process for listening to background noise, conversations, video, weather, and other environmental factors in order to serve targeted advertising..

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Big Data Meets Disease-Resistant Plant Research
University of Missouri's Appistry-powered big-data analysis could help create disease-resistant plants to feed the world's hungry. Check out our video interview with the scientist leading the charge..

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Facebook's Privacy Two-Step On Passwords, Employers
Facebook says sharing your password with a potential employer violates its rules. But will Facebook enforce this rule, when it still doesn't confirm user ages? .

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Compliance In An Age Of Mobility
Regulated companies put compliance efforts in jeopardy unless they address mobility..

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Social Gaming Helps The Medicine Go Down
Several imaginative mobile apps turn preventive health into competitive fun..

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Megaupload Data Faces Deletion | Amazon's Big Private Cloud Play
Megaupload Data Faces Deletion | Amazon's Big Private Cloud Play
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The Upside-Down SAN
Vendors are pushing local flash storage for your most active data, which may turn your storage area network to a digital dumping ground..

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Healthcare Industry Not Ready For ICD-10: Survey
Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) report confirms that many health organizations wouldn't have met Oct. 1, 2013 deadline. .

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Angry Birds Space Mirrors Real Rocket Science
Did you know Rovio's Angry Birds Space was developed in collaboration with NASA through a Space Act Agreement? The game illustrates microgravity, a concept fundamental to current NASA experiments..

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Megaupload Host Wants To Delete Data
Movie industry association wants data retained indefinitely, but hosting company says it's too expensive. Meanwhile, questions rise over why Anonymous launched retaliatory attack--and who paid for it..

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SAS Introduces Big Data Visual Analytics Platform
Hadoop-based storage combined with visual data-exploration and predictive analytics capabilities make new SAS platform stand apart in in-memory computing..

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Amazon Makes Clever Private Cloud Play
Partnership with Eucalyptus, the open-source purveyor of Amazon APIs, guarantees ongoing compatibility between public EC2 and private cloud operations.
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Most Smartphones Lost At Night
LookOut Mobile says two-thirds of lost devices vanish from pubs and bars at night..

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HP Displaces Cisco, EMC In Sabre Data Centers
$800 million deal with travel industry leader replaces
rivals' aging equipment with HP's latest virtualized, converged
systems..

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Windows 8 To Match iPad Retina Display?
Microsoft is building Windows 8 to handle a wide range of screen resolutions. But it's unclear whether hardware makers will take advantage..

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SMBs Use Gamification To Convert Fans Into Cash
Here's how two SMBs are using simple games to produce profits from online prospects..

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Top 7 Photoshop CS6 Features
After more than 20 years, Adobe is still updating its flagship image-editing application, this time with a new dark look, raw-image editing, and nondestructive cropping. .

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Microsoft's Answer To The End Of Software
Microsoft's Convergence user conference convinced me that Dynamics will be a major player in the cloud, as Redmond bets big on customer choice..

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11 Telemedicine Tools Transforming Healthcare
We haven't figured out how to teleport patients into medical offices. But telemedicine technologies link patients and clinicians in ways Ray Bradbury would admire..

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Adobe Study: Social Media Undervalued Nearly 100%
Web analytics tend to undervalue social media by emphasizing the last click that leads to a purchase, instead of the first click that builds awareness..

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Bill Shock Coming To New iPad Owners
In a few weeks, when the first bills arrive, third-generation iPad owners might be in for a bit of a shock..

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Google In Decline? Critics Protest Too Much
Google remains well positioned despite its missteps and setbacks. .

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