Thursday, February 19, 2009

IT News HeadLines (ComputerWeekly) 19/02/2009



Recession bites Apple revenues
As well as US unit sales falling ,...
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HP pays for EDS with losses in Q1 2009
Hewlett-Packard’s net earning for the first quarter of 2009 dropped 13% to $1.9bn from $2.1bn in the first quarter of 2008.
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Scottish firm sues Apple over iPhone rendering technology
A Scottish firm is suing Apple over claims the computer giant illegally used patented technology on the iPhone and iPod Touch devices.
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Multiple monitors boost productivity by 35.5%
Workspaces equipped with three displays increase productivity by 35.5%, according to research commissioned by Fujitsu Siemens Computers. Employees...
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Mac sales predicted to drop for first time in six years
Mac unit sales were down an estimated 6% year-on-year last month, well below Wall Street estimates of a 4% fall. If there is a year-on-year quarterly...
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Obama pours billions into IT with recovery package
Obama's economic stimulus package, which was signed into law yesterday, will see billions of dollars poured into technology in the US.
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IT integration can help energy suppliers through recession
The recession has hit the oil and petrochemicals industry hard. Demand for chemicals , plastics and fuel has fallen sharply, a n d...
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BCS seeks leader for Learned Society
The British Computer Society (BCS) is looking...
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Galaxy Zoo 2 calls for armchair astronomers
The international Galaxy Zoo 2 project is again turning to amateur astronomers and their PCs to study the many thousands of images of galaxies it has captured.
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US couple lose Google Maps privacy case
An American couple have failed to win damages against Google for its "privacy invading" Street View technology.
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US air bases face web ban over poor security
The US Air Force is shutting down internet connections at bases which show they can't...
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Security researchers crack laptop facial biometrics
Researchers from Vietnam have cracked facial recognition scanners on laptops to bypass security. They will...
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Small businesses failing to report e-crime, says FSB
Online crime and fraud cost small businesses آ£800 a year, according to the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), which...
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Atos Origin reports drop in profits
Atos Origin has announced a net annual income of €23m for 2008, compared with €48m for 2007. The IT services provider also reported a slight drop in...
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Web orders boost Domino's Pizza profits
Domino's Pizza reported...
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Google trial on privacy violation to go ahead in Italy
An Italian judge has given the go-ahead to a...
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Businesses use green technology to cut datacentre costs in recession
Businesses are deploying energy saving technologies to help them lower the electricity costs of running datacentres during the recession.
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Obama seeks IT staff for US healthcare IT plan
The US government is on a drive to recruit more IT professionals as it plans a huge healthcare IT programme.
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Girl Geeks - turning IT stereotypes on their head
A few years ago, Sarah Blow attended a networking event...
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Brazil schools get 357,000 virtualised Linux desktops
The Brazilian government has financed a virtualisation project in schools that will virtualise 357,000 desktops nationwide. Userful and ThinNetworks...
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EU gives US SWIFT searches the thumbs-up
The US Treasury Department acted in accordance with EU-mandated rules to safeguard customers' privacy when it accessed international banking records, the...
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Internet makes the decline of cheques terminal
Cheques have been in terminal decline since the birth of the internet , and c ash could be next. The financial services industry...
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Economic downturn sharpens focus for IT chiefs, says user forum
Corporate IT departments are more focused on solving immediate business problems in the economic downturn than ever before
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Yahoo increases US search engine share for fifth month in row
Yahoo has increased its share of the US search engine market...
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Woman sues Microsoft over Vista to XP downgrade charge
A Californian woman has filed a class-action lawsuit against Microsoft after she was charged $59.25 for downgrading her Windows Vista PC to XP. In...
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GSMA Mobile World Congress: Africa embraces mobility
Africa is showing Europe the way to mobilise banking and shopping transactions across national borders.
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