Thursday, May 31, 2012

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWorld) 31/05/2012





WikiLeaks leader Julian Assange loses extradition appeal
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange may be extradited to Sweden for questioning about allegations of sexual offenses, the U.K. Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday, upholding a lower court ruling and dismissing Assange's appeal.

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NoSQL vendor 10Gen secures $42M in fresh funding
10Gen, one of the leading vendors of NoSQL database technologies, has secured $42 million in fresh funding from New Enterprise Associates and existing investors such as Sequoia Partners and Flybridge Capital.

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Mobile device management: Getting started
Get started by focusing on the device(s) and the data plan, security issues and general policies.

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TED head: Online video, education platform are the future
The head of TED, the organizer of conferences around brainy presentations on a wide variety of subjects, says online video will continue to play a central role for the group and he has high hopes for its new education platform.

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Megaupload's Kim Dotcom gets access to documentary evidence against him
A court in New Zealand has granted Kim Dotcom, founder of the Megaupload file-sharing site, access to documents which contain evidence against him, and are held by prosecuting authorities both in New Zealand and the U.S.

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HTC smartphones pass U.S. Customs inspection
HTC said on Wednesday its newest smartphones models had all passed a required U.S. Customs review, clearing device shipments to the country after they were previously delayed because of the inspection.

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Facebook buying Face.com would spotlight facial recognition tech
Whether or not Facebook acquires facial recognition services provider Face.com, as rumors say it will, the persistence of the speculation calls attention to the expanding use of the technology in social applications.

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RIM warns of Q1 loss, hires bankers to evaluate changes
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