Friday, May 25, 2012

IT News Head Lines (TechWeb) 25/05/2012





Olympics Malware Spreads | Facebook's IPO: What We Know
Olympics Malware Spreads | Facebook's IPO: What We Know
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Box Improves Admin, Security Tools For Enterprises
Box cloud file sharing service adds more reasons for enterprises to take company seriously, even while shrugging off an apparently minor outage..

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Proposed New York Law Would Ban Anonymous Posts
A new bill would require anonymous posts to either be removed on demand or attributed. How is this remotely workable?.

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London 2012 Olympics Scammers Seek Malicious Gold
Expect escalating levels of malware, fake mobile apps, and online scams in the lead-up to this summer's Olympics, warns the Department of Homeland Security..

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Dictation And EHRs Don't Play Well Together
Doctors who dictate their clinical notes before they're entered into an EHR have lower quality of care scores than those who type or enter structured data directly into the EHR, according to Partners Healthcare researchers..

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North Carolina Fights Medicaid Fraud With Analytics
In two years, IBM data mining software has identified $191 million in potentially false Medicaid claims..

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3 Goals Of White House 'Digital Government' Plan
Federal agencies required to make services available to mobile users within 12 months and to release more government data through Web APIs..

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Google's 7-Inch Tablet: $199, Coming In July?
Google's first branded Android tablet may become available as soon as July, sporting a 7-inch display and a pricetag designed to woo buyers away from Kindle Fire and iPad..

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SAP Energizes Its Cloud Strategy
As the Lars Dalgaard era begins, SAP faces a major challenge in sorting out its cloud strategy..

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Evernote Best Practices: Try These Advanced Features, Apps
Evernote is changing the way people keep track of their work. Here are a few best practices we gleaned from Evernote For Dummies..

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Why IBM Turned Off Siri (and Dropbox and Lots Of Other Things)
IBM's growing pains with BYOD read like a checklist for any company's issues with consumerization of IT. IBM, BYOD, COIT, Siri.

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HP Cuts 27,000 Jobs, Doesn't Fix Identity Problem
A little more guidance on HP's long-term vision would go a long way right now, with customers and investors..

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Jury: Android Doesn't Violate Oracle Patents
In a devastating blow to Oracle's claims against Google for creating a Java variant, the jury has found for Google in the meat of the case. patent, google, oracle, sun, java.

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Facebook's Tech-Snarled IPO: What We Know
Four lawsuits have arisen following Facebook's troubled initial public offering. NASDAQ's trading systems are not the first to suffer IPO day technical woes..

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Microsoft Drops Aero From Windows 8
Why is Microsoft dropping the "glassy" Aero look from Windows 8, as announced last week? Battery life could be one reason..

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Google Beats Oracle Patent Claim
Second major phase of trial ends with a win for Google, but judge must still decide whether APIs qualify for copyright protection..

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Kaiser Permanente CEO: Health IT Must Focus On Quality
KP CEO George Halvorson says too many organizations approach IT projects from the wrong angle. Start with the health care issues and savings will follow, he says..

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5 Mobile Metrics That Matter For SMBs
Seeing low usage of your mobile apps? Tons of uninstalls? Focus on these numbers to improve your SMB mobile strategy..

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Ciena's Virtual WANs Offer Bandwidth For Cloud Apps
Ciena at EMC World 2012 demonstrates simulated hybrid cloud designed to provide bandwidth-on-demand services for data-intensive cloud applications..

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EMC Partners Ride Upgrade Cycle
VCE, Infineta, and Vello Systems use EMC World 2012 to highlight their efforts to augment and enhance EMC's product lines..

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IBM Bans Siri | U.S. Tech Worker Shortage Looms?
IBM Bans Siri | U.S. Tech Worker Shortage Looms?
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Android 4.0: HTC, Motorola, Sony Chart Different Paths
Some phone makers are choosing not to bestow Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich on their aging gear. Here are some that will offer the update..

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All-Flash Systems Vs. SSD Appliances
EMC World draws attention to the many solid-state disk
deployment options available..

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Google Spreads Word On DNSChanger Malware
After taking down the botnet, the FBI is still trying to alert 500,000 people that their PCs are infected with the malware. Some Google search users are now getting direct warnings..

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Oracle Buys Vitrue For Social Marketing
Vitrue could provide the social marketing hook to drive sales into RightNow and Oracle's CRM systems..

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