Thursday, September 10, 2009

IT News HeadLines (TechWeb) 09/09/2009



How Blade Plans to Best Cisco on the Street
Blade's ox beats Cisco's 1,000 chickens, CEO Vikram Mehta says, claiming Blade offers lower latency, lower power draw and lower prices.
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Global CIO: Microsoft Opens $500M Data Center Mothballed In January
Column about Microsoft's new 700,000-square-foot data center in suburban Chicago and all the trials and tribulations it took to finally get the giant facility up and running.
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Asus Preparing Cheap E-Book Reader
An Asus prototype includes wireless connectivity and two screens separated by a hinged spine. Starting price would be about $165.
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Apple Readying Wednesday Announcement: New iPods, Apple TV?
As Apple gears up for a Wednesday announcement, Apple watchers gear up their speculation.
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Microsoft Fixes Eight Flaws, But Three Remain Open
The September patch set from Microsoft has fallen a bit short, leaving three zero-day vulnerabilities open to be exploited
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Pyxis Mobile, Redtail Offer Mobile CRM to Financial Advisors
Redtail's financial advisor and broker/dealer clients can now look up customer information from a Blackberry, iPhone or Windows Mobile device.
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NTT DoCoMo May Enter U.S. Market
The Japanese wireless carrier reportedly wants to capitalize on U.S. growth in high-end smartphones and advanced mobile services.
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Verizon Intros Samsung 'Rogue'
The feature phone is made for messaging and packs many high-end features such as 3G, a full HTML browser, and corporate and personal e-mail support.
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IT Energy Efficiency Slips In Priority
Recessionary pressures are causing many to trim up-front costs at the expense of longer-term energy savings.
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Snow Leopard Clones Hit Street
Psystar ships Mac OS X 10.6 on knock-off hardware despite Apple lawsuit.
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Intel Revs Nehalem, Intros Lynnfield Chips
In addition, the chipmaker launched six 3400 series Xeon server processors for 1U entry-level servers.
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Google Books Fight Escalates Despite Concessions
The Google Books settlement has become the company's most contentious undertaking since its failed deal to partner with Yahoo.
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Microsoft Offers Windows 7 Freebies
Twitter followers eligible for pizza, candy, and other giveaways in weeks leading up to launch.
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CCHIT Rolls Out Preliminary E-Health Certification
New certification from the Certification Commission for Health IT comes as the industry waits for government's final "meaningful use" definition.
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Nokia Intros LTE Modem
The modem could be used in handsets and other devices as 4G networks get deployed, and has 3G support for backup coverage.
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Social Security Administration Names New CIO
The agency's new IT leader, Frank Baitman, inherits a variety of tech initiatives, including a claims processing system upgrade, healthcare IT, and building a new data center.
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ING Global Investment Strategies Selects Paladyne’s ASP Platform
Paladyne's technology, along with Advent's Geneva, fully integrates front-to-back office.
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Healthland To Deliver Business Intelligence For Smaller Hospitals
BI system, built in partnership with Performance Management Institute, is designed to improve decision-making and provide evidence for "meaningful use" of IT.
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HTC's 'Tattoo' Phone Packs Android
The touch-screen smartphone is expected to be a low-cost device that runs Android, has Wi-Fi, 3G, GPS, and swappable phone covers.
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Broadcom Chip Integrates Wireless Voice, Video, Data
The triple-play chip integrates ADSL2+ and 802.11n wireless LAN with Gigabit Ethernet switching, DECT, and VoIP for use in residential gateway applications.
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Microsoft Cleared Of Russian Antitrust Charge
Software maker did not illegally withhold supplies of Windows XP, regulator finds.
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Norkom Releases Enhanced Watch List Risk Product
Watch List Smart Update is designed to reduce false positives for financial institutions in their financial crime-fighting efforts.
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Rockingham Group Uses Blue Cod for Web Quoting Solution
The current release uses features of Blue Cod's Web-based quoting solution.
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Buffett, in Crisis, Still the Oracle
The financial crisis of 2008-2009 has given billionaire investor Warren Buffett a chance to define his legacy, a Warren Buffet buff declared.
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ITRS Adds Visualization to IT Monitoring Software
Shows all the IT that lurks behind the scenes of a trading environment.
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