Thursday, October 17, 2013

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWorld) 10/18/2013





IBM's results hampered by slowing hardware sales
Managing its way nimbly through times of economic sluggishness, IBM reported a 6 percent increase in profit for the third quarter even as its revenue declined.

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Whirlpool CIO says Google's consumer-driven innovation led him to Apps
In another example of the blurred lines between business and personal computing, Whirlpool chose Google Apps because it's convinced that Google's focus on consumers gives it a special innovation edge as a provider of enterprise software.

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HP's offers big data digital marketing service
Hewlett-Packard has assembled a number of its data-mining software programs into a service, called the HP Digital Marketing Hub, that can synthesize multiple sources of marketing data to help organizations better identify potential customers.

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Lawmakers seek answers on Obamacare Data Hub security
Two Republican lawmakers Wednesday demanded that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HSS) provide information on security measures used to secure the Federal Data Services Hub that was built to support Obamacare healthcare exchanges.

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Apple fixes iCloud bug that 'Barbie-ized' OS X, iOS calendars
Apple today fixed an iCloud bug that had turned OS X and iOS users' calendars into a gaudy range of colors that one frustrated customer labeled the "Barbie Dreamhouse" palette.

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Google pokes the Microsoft bear, pledges to support Chrome on XP into 2015
Google today stuck a finger in Microsoft's eye, telling users of Windows XP that its Chrome browser will support their aged operating system a year longer than will Microsoft's Internet Explorer.

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LinkedIn adds mobile app for recruiters on the go
Hiring managers are busy bees who sometimes have to close a deal from their mobile phones, which is apparently what led LinkedIn to offer a mobile app for recruiters on the go.

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U.S. still lacks Obamacare website enrollment numbers
More than two weeks after U.S. President Barack Obama's administration launched a website allowing uninsured U.S. residents to sign up for health coverage, officials still aren't releasing the numbers of people who have successfully navigated the error-prone process.

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OMG! Texting becomes the next big enterprise tool
You can add secure texting to the list of enterprise-grade social collaboration tools companies are adopting for their workers.

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