Wednesday, December 5, 2012

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWorld) 06/12/2012

EMC's Project X may have wide impact on data centers EMC plans to sell flash storage for use across data centers and is developing software to tie all those components together. Read More ...
U.S. government needs cybersecurity doctrine, experts say The U.S. government needs a comprehensive doctrine addressing cybersecurity instead of the current patchwork of policies and agencies dealing with cyberthreats, according to a group of experts. Read More ...
Judge warns Apple, Samsung to follow court rules in patent case Two days ahead of the first post-trial hearing in the patent infringement fight between Apple and Samsung, a California judge has signaled to lawyers for both companies that she expects them to follow her instructions and work by her rules. Read More ...
Facebook users overwhelmingly oppose privacy policy change With voting open on Facebook's proposed privacy policy changes, more than 110,000 users have weighed in -- and so far, the vote is heavily in favor of the status quo. Read More ...
Twitter fixes SMS-based account hijacking vulnerability Twitter has restricted the ability of attackers to post tweets and perform other actions on behalf of many users who have phone numbers associated with their accounts, but some users need to enable a PIN option in order to be protected. Read More ...
Mobile pushes Qualcomm to third place in shaky chip market Qualcomm saw a double-digit increase in sales this year and is now the world's third-largest chip maker, according to research firm IHS iSuppli. Read More ...
Experts question Microsoft's decision to retire XP Microsoft will 'draw a line in the sand' in 2014 when Windows XP exits support, security researchers said today, even if millions of people are still running the aged OS and a zero-day bug threatens the Windows ecosystem. Read More ...
AT&T launches personalized video billing service AT&T Tuesday unveiled a personalized video service to help explain each new customer's wireless bill in some detail. Read More ...
Smartphone sales growing by 45% in 2012, IDC says Smartphone shipments to retailers worldwide this year are expected to total 717 million, 45% more than shipped in 2011, IDC said Tuesday. Read More ...
Facebook hopes you'll trade texting for Messenger Facebook wants to get mobile phone users to forget text messaging and switch to its updated Messenger service. Read More ...
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