Saturday, March 15, 2014

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWorld) 16/03/2014





Ready for your electronic tattoo?
Electronic tattoos are the ultimate wearable computer. There's no telling what a patch of electronics stuck to your body somewhere and connected wirelessly to a smartphone can do once app developers get involved.

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U.S. government to end formal relationship with ICANN in '15
The U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration will end its formal relationship with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers in late 2015, with ICANN developing a new global governance model, the agency said Friday.

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Dual-boot Android and Windows tablets and PCs face skepticism
Dual-boot PCs and tablets could potentially give users the best of both worlds with Android and Windows OSes. But they won't catch on as there is little use for such systems, analysts said.

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Feds slam Oracle, Oregon officials for health care exchange woes
Both Oracle and Oregon officials bear some blame for the widespread problems with the state's troubled heath insurance exchange website, according to a scathing investigative report on the project that surfaced this week.

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Gates sees software replacing people; Greenspan calls for more H-1Bs
Bill Gates and Alan Greenspan, in separate forums here, offered outlooks and prescriptions for fixing jobs and income.

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Wall Street Beat: Tech IPOs heat up, but there's no bubble -- yet
The tech IPO market is coming back, just don't call it a bubble.

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Embarcadero buys CA's Erwin data modeling tools
Embarcadero Technologies is acquiring the ERwin data modeling software and associated personnel from CA Technologies, giving the vendor of software development tools an instant and formable presence in the growing field of data architecture.

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Major browsers fall during second day at Pwn2Own hacking contest
Security researchers demonstrated zero-day exploits against Google Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Apple Safari, Mozilla Firefox and Adobe Flash Player during the second day of the Pwn2Own hacking competition Thursday, racking up total prizes of $450,000.

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Former U.S. Secretary of State Powell joins Salesforce.com board
Former U.S. Secretary of State and retired Army general Colin Powell has joined the board of Salesforce.com, in a move that gives the cloud software vendor a seasoned Washington insider on its team as it looks to generate more business from government agencies.

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Nokia updates Lumia with Refocus tool
Nokia's Refocus app -- which lets users play with the focus after a picture has been taken -- is now available for all Lumia smartphones with Windows Phone 8.

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