Wednesday, February 13, 2013

IT News Head Lines (TechWeb) 14/02/2013


Twitter Turns #Hashtags To $Cashtags Partnership allows American Express cardholders to tweet specific hashtags to purchase products, many at discount. Read More ...
Federal CIO Details Concerns On Looming Budget Cuts With huge automatic budget cuts looking increasingly likely, federal CIO Steven VanRoekel and other officials are discussing the effects of sequestration on government IT plans. Read More ...
Microsoft Fixes 57 Bugs In Windows, Office, IE Microsoft package of security fixes is one of the biggest updates ever; security professionals advise installing it immediately. Read More ...
Flickr Bug Revealed Private Photos To Public Yahoo-owned Flickr's fix -- resetting permissions on all potentially affected images -- also broke some connections with third-party websites. Read More ...
Why Apple iWatch Won't Fly | Microsoft Surface Pro: Right For You? Why Apple iWatch Won't Fly | Microsoft Surface Pro: Right For You? Read More ...
U.K. Company Swears Off Mainframe, Carefully As Redcats Group trades its out-of-date mainframe for Sopra Group's software platform, it tries to ensure a seamless transition for its customers. Read More ...
Wireless Device Chargers: Right Idea, Wrong Price Google's new $60 wireless charger for the Nexus 4 smartphone exemplifies a problem facing the entire industry. Read More ...
VMware Enhances vSphere for SMBs Small and midsize companies have a new path to VMware virtualization management tools, as vSphere gets a dose of vCenter Operations Management Suite and new data protection options. Read More ...
Microsoft Surface Pro: Right For You? Microsoft's business-friendly Windows 8 tablet-laptop hybrid isn't perfect. From battery life to weight considerations, we break down whether Surface Pro will suit your needs. Read More ...
Oracle Legacy Apps Holding Fusion Back, Says Forrester Oracle customers are standing pat with E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft, Siebel and other legacy apps, shortchanging the chances of success for Oracle Fusion Applications. Read More ...
Nexus Devices Getting Android 4.2.2, Google Now Widget Android 4.2.2 update hits some Nexus devices, as details leak about a new widget that could make Google Now more powerful. Read More ...
Apple iWatch: 7 Reasons It Won't Fly Squeezing a processor into an iPod Nano form factor mostly means a less-capable computing device, and adding a wristband doesn't change that. Read More ...
Zombie Alert Hoax: Emergency Broadcast System Hacked Bodies of the dead are rising from their graves, warns CBS affiliate. News at 10. Read More ...
The Education Lab Inside My House As the father of virtual school students, I see both the promise and the challenges of online education. Read More ...
Microsoft Surface Pro: Too Much Tablet? You might not want to buy this almost-a-PC, overstuffed-tablet hybrid. But your boss might buy one for you. Read More ...
8 Ways To Judge Collaboration Technology Vendors Collaboration vendors starting to all sound alike? Here are key considerations as you compare tool providers and their products. Read More ...
At London Startup, Internet Of Things Meets Whiskey Bottles Evrythng offers open standard and engine that will help manufacturers label objects so that they can communicate with people and other objects. Read More ...
Logitech Keyboard for Apple Handy, Pricey Connect up to three iDevices simultaneously and quickly switch between them with just a keystroke with Logitech's latest, Mac-worthy, wireless keyboard. Read More ...
Feds Want Single Mobile Management Platform To help accelerate federal adoption of smartphones, General Services Administration plans to offer a government-wide mobile management tools platform. Read More ...
Social Tools Meet Obama's State Of Union Address White House unveils a host of social media initiatives to engage citizens in the State of the Union speech. Read More ...
IBM's Watson Could Be Healthcare Game Changer IBM's cognitive computing technology moves past Jeopardy and into serious healthcare challenges, including cancer treatment. IBM's rivals seem stuck on more prosaic problems. Read More ...
When Security Experts Forget Passwords What happens when you forget a crucial password? Here's what WhiteHat Security's CTO learned from his experience. Read More ...
Online Consults Increasing, Despite Physicians' Concerns New primary care model gains momentum as payers see cost-cutting potential and consumers demand better service. Read More ...
Google, Amazon May Face New Hurdle In U.K. Will Google, Amazon and other U.S. IT companies be shut out of U.K. government contracts after bragging about tax avoidance? Read More ...
Physicians Prefer 'Best Of Breed' Emergency Department EHRs KLAS survey shows that doctors like specialty EHRs' documentation and other features -- but many providers still choose "one size fits all" enterprise systems. Read More ...
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