Thursday, April 12, 2012

IT News Head Lines (TechWeb) 4/12/2012





FCC, Carriers To Fight Mobile Phone Theft
AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless, and Sprint will launch database to prevent reuse of stolen phones..

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Toshiba Overreaches With 13-Inch Tablet
Toshiba announced a trio of Android 4.0 tablets today, including one with a whopping 13.3-inch display. That's a lot of girth for a tablet..

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DARPA Challenge Seeks Robots To Drive Into Disasters
DARPA's Robotics Challenge offers a $2 million prize if you can build a robot capable of driving and using tools; $32 million in other robotics projects up for grabs..

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Help Desks Reclaim IT Clout
As more IT departments reshape themselves into private-cloud purveyors and face new service expectations, the help desk is becoming a central focus instead of a necessary evil..

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Gnip Now Shares Social Sentiments From China
Aggregator of social sentiments strikes deal with Sina Weibo, China's equivalent of Twitter, for customers who want to know more about Chinese consumers..

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iPhone 5 Goes Big Screen? | HP's Converged Cloud Plan
iPhone 5 Goes Big Screen? | HP's Converged Cloud Plan
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Many Doctors Don't Take Social Media Beyond Marketing
U.S. healthcare providers should learn from their overseas colleagues who use social networking to improve care management, engage patients, and communicate with other doctors, CSC report finds..

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Atlassian Streamlines Its Confluence Enterprise Wiki
Enterprise wiki software adds faster commenting and content discovery, playing a bit of catch-up with rivals..

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How Malware Gets Backed Up Along With Data
Malware is widely bypassing AV and other controls, getting backed up like any legitimate data, and re-infecting enterprise systems during restore..

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NYC Tests Replacing Pay Phones With Tablets
In soon-to-launch pilot program, city will install interactive smart screens around town; pedestrians can access maps, local information free of charge..

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7 Ways IBM Will Make $7 Billion In Cloud
Can IBM make people believe that it's committed to the cloud in the same manner as an Amazon or Rackspace? IBM's plans include much more than a place for Unix hardware..

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Straight To Windows 8? 7 Tips For SMBs
Should small and midsize businesses (SMBs) still running XP skip Windows 7 and move right to Windows 8? Here's an expert's advice on what to consider.
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How To Unlock Your AT&T iPhone - With AT&T's Blessing
AT&T will now allow you to unlock your iPhone if it's off-contract or you have paid an early termination fee. Here's what to do..

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How I Eventually Unlocked My AT&T iPhone
It wasn't as easy as it should have been, but my genuine AT&T iPhone is now genuinely on T-Mobile..

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iPhone 5 Reports Suggest 4-Inch Screen
Next iPhone will see a significant hardware revision, analyst predicts. Meanwhile, T-Mobile seeks to lure in owners of old, unlocked iPhones..

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Microsoft Starts Windows XP Deathwatch
Microsoft says enterprises still running the decade-old OS should move to Windows 7 and not wait for Windows 8..

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HP Converged Cloud Plan Uses Hardened OpenStack
HP's new cloud services help enterprises implement an architecture internally now that will match up with an external cloud service provider later, paving a smoother road to future hybrid cloud operations..

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Subscriptions Are First Step In Sage ERP And CRM Plan
With competitors like Epicor, Infor, and Microsoft on the move, Sage is making over its enterprise applications portfolio..

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HP, Dell Create Clouds For The Rest Of Us
Dell's recent moves are about courting IT shops that need help moving legacy applications to a more modern model, while HP says it can build a better public IaaS cloud option.
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Feds Propose One-Year ICD-10 Delay
Department of Human and Health Services proposes extending ICD-10 compliance deadline to Oct. 1, 2014. It also proposes unique ID numbers for health plans to save provider frustration and money..

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