Wednesday, July 11, 2012

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWorld) 11/07/2012





Verizon to sell BlackBerry Curve 9310 for $50 after rebate, starting Thursday
Verizon Wireless announced the BlackBerry Curve 9310 smartphone will go on sale for $49.99 after rebate, with a two-year service plan, starting with online sales Thursday and in stores in the "coming weeks."

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Smartphone owners back Obama by wide margin over Romney
Smartphone owners plan to vote for President Barack Obama by a wide margin over those favoring GOP rival Mitt Romney for president, according to a recent Harris Interactive survey of 776 smartphone owners.

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Hands on: Next Issue all-you-can-read magazine iPad app


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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: The perils of BYOD
I'm not talking about the hassle for IT departments when people bring in their own devices. I mean the perils to the people doing the bringing.

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China tightens regulations on videos produced by Internet sites
Chinese regulators are cracking down on inappropriate video and films made by the nation's Internet firms with new measures meant to encourage the production of more positive programs.

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White House order on emergency communications riles privacy group
An Executive Order issued by the White House last Friday seeks to bolster the government's ability to keep its emergency communications capabilities intact during national emergencies. But one privacy advocacy group is expressing concern.

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Xerox's outsourcing one year later: layoffs
About a year ago, Xerox told some 600 employees, many of them engineers, that their jobs were being transferred to an India-based IT services firm. How has that worked out?

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BYOD: Big security, small devices
Enterprises may be ready for BYOD, but most consumer devices aren't, so vendors are adding high-level security features to their new and upcoming products.

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Nearly 10 years later, EMC's NetWorker hits Version 8.0
EMC is updating its NetWorker backup and recovery software on Tuesday with an eye to greater efficiency, tighter integration with other EMC products, and cloud computing.

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