IT-Code-News: IT News HeadLines (Yahoo News) 11/02/2009

India's Nasscom Focuses on Corporate Governance (PC World)
PC World - Following the financial scandal at outsourcer Satyam Computer Services, India's National Association of Software and Service Companies (Nasscom) will focus on good corporate governance and ethics among its member companies.
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NetSuite Unveils New Suite for Retailers (PC World)
PC World - On-demand ERP (enterprise resource planning) vendor NetSuite is gunning for business among North American retailers with a new software suite for multi-channel businesses, the company announced Wednesday.
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RIM Releases Patch for Buggy ActiveX Control (PC World)
PC World - Research iIn Motion has patched a piece of software for Windows PCs that could leave them vulnerable to attack when loading new applications onto BlackBerry devices.
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Certicom agrees to RIM's sweetened takeover offer (Reuters)
Reuters - Security software company Certicom Corp agreed to be bought by BlackBerry maker Research In Motion for around C$131 million ($106.5 million), spurning a lower bid from VeriSign Inc.
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Google tool helps consumers reduce energy usage (Reuters)

Reuters - Google Inc on Tuesday said it would use its software skills to help consumers track their home energy usage and thereby lower demand and the global warming emissions that come from producing electricity.

Microsoft Update Takes on Spam-spewing Botnet (PC World)
PC World - Microsoft has beefed up the Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) that ships with its Windows operating system so that it will detect and root out the notorious Srizbi botnet code.
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IBM climbs further into the computing cloud (AFP)

AFP - IBM on Tuesday went deeper into cloud computing, expanding offerings aimed at businesses interested in taking advantage of software managed online as services.

IBM's Blue Cloud Brings Cloud Services To Enterprises (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - The Blue Cloud Initiative. That's IBM's name for its portfolio of cloud-computing offerings for businesses, such as server capacity on demand, online data protection, and Lotus e-mail and collaboration software.
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Google testing home electricity use software (AFP)

AFP - Google said Tuesday it is refining PowerMeter software that tells residents which devices in their homes are electricity hogs and which are being frugal with energy.

Alleged Software Counterfeiters Indicted (PC World)
PC World - Two U.S men have been indicted on several software counterfeiting related charges for allegedly selling pirated software on eBay and through Web sites.
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Must-Have Security Fixes for IE7, Microsoft Servers (PC World)
PC World - Today's montly patch batch from Microsoft fixes a critical flaw in Internet Explorer 7 that could allow a malicious Web site to install malware on a vulnerable PC, along with a patch for the Visio diagramming software. And businesses that run a Microsoft Exchange or SQL server will want to apply essential fixes right away.
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Microsoft Releases Monthly Security Updates (PC World)
PC World - Microsoft released software security patches Tuesday, fixing some nasty browser and mail server flaws as well as a bug in SQL Server that was publicly disclosed in December.
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CA Settles Copyright Suit Against Rocket Software (PC World)
PC World - CA said Tuesday that it has settled its US$200 million intellectual-property suit against Rocket Software for an undisclosed sum.
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India's TCS and Cisco form strategic alliance (AFP)

AFP - India's largest software exporter Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and US networking giant Cisco Systems announced an alliance Tuesday to help their customers build next-generation data centres.

Google's PowerMeter Lets You Know If the Lights Are on (PC World)
PC World - Google is testing software that will let consumers get detailed information on how much electricity they're using, which could help households reduce consumption by as much as 15 percent, the company said Monday.
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Google Releases Android 1.1 SDK (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Google's Android Alliance on Monday released the latest version of its software development kit. The Android 1.1 SDK release one is available now for download by developers.
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Google syncs online contacts and calendar with smart phones (AFP)

AFP - Google has begun synchronizing its free online calendars and Gmail contact lists with smart phones using software licensed from arch-rival Microsoft.

Ballmer: Upgrade To Windows 7 or Face Backlash (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - The rollout of a new operating system is a challenging time for a software company. That's particularly true when the company's most recent release was something of a commercial dud, and the last well-received version is nearly five years old.
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Archos Tablet-Phone to Use Android OS (PC World)
PC World - Media-player manufacturer Archos is developing a portable tablet-phone that uses the Google Android operating system. The touch-screen device, soon to be known as the Internet Media Tablet, will be released in the 3rd quarter of 2009, the company announced. No word yet on pricing, but so far the spec sheet looks promising:
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Archos To Fuse Smartphone, Tablet (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - In a joint statement, Archos and Texas Instruments said Monday that Archos will launch a so-called Internet Media Tablet that will use the Google Android software stack to add phone functionality.
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Wednesday, February 11, 2009

IT News HeadLines (Yahoo News) 11/02/2009

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