Sunday, February 15, 2009

IT News HeadLines (iTNews Australia) 15/02/2009



Unshackled EMI man says fight against file sharing is useless
As an employee of global music giant EMI Per Erik Johansen felt the need to toe the company line when it came to the prickly subject of file sharing and illegal downloads.
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Opinion: IT is still the key to business prosperity
Even in the middle of recession, a well-managed IT project can deliver significant business benefits.
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iPhone changes on the way?
Apple has hinted that iPhone price changes could be on the way, despite confidence in the camp that this quarter will be another healthy one for the firm, according to reports.
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Top ten unlucky IT incidents
No matter how much we tell ourselves that we are rational, scientific human beings a Friday 13th still sends a tremor up some spines. But unluckiness happens no matter what the date.
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Genband backs large-scale femtocell rollouts
The large-scale roll out of femtocells will form a vital part of the development of the fourth-generation Long Term Evolution (LTE) mobile broadband standard, according to Genband, an IP infrastructure developer of media gateway devices for the network core.
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Twitter plans new revenue model
Twitter said it will start producing products that will bring it more revenue, after reportedly raising US$35m in funding from US venture capital firms Benchmark and Institutional Venture Partners.
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Apple speaks out against jailbreaking
Apple is speaking out in the debate over allowing users to 'jail break' mobile phones.
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Microsoft to open branded retail stores
Microsoft has announced plans to open a series of branded retail stores, as part of a new operation to remake the company's retail strategy.
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Gartner predicts virtualisation to snowball
Software virtualisation is likely to continue apace this year, as firms look to reduce costs and improve resource utilisation in their IT environments, according to new figures from Gartner.
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UNIX clock reaches historic milestone
UNIX users around the world witnessed a historical moment in computing history Saturday when the epoch time clock rolled over onto 1234567890.
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Opinion: The case for a broadband bailout
With world economies fast running out of steam, it may seem an unlikely time for cash-strapped governments to discover universal broadband access as an urgent national funding priority.
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