Friday, September 11, 2009

IT News HeadLines (TechWeb) 11/09/2009



Global CIO's Friday Update: Hair On A Wooden Leg
Column called Hair On A Wooden Leg about quirky CIO-related news and information.
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Barclays Fined $4 Million for Poor Reporting
British banking regulators say they fined Barclays, the country's second largest bank, $4 million for failing to report millions of transactions.
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Gov 2.0: Roadblocks Remain For Transparency
Speaking at the Gov 2.0 Summit, federal CIO Vivek Kundra said infrastructure upgrades will likely be required.
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iPhone To Boost Chinese Smartphone Market
The iPhone arrival in China in the fourth quarter will "sound the starting gun" for smartphones in China, says market researcher iSuppli.
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Oracle Integrates Risk, Performance Reporting Tools for Financial Firms
Analytic tools for enterprise performance and for assessing risk, from the former PeopleSoft and Hyperion as well as Oracle's own Reveleus, now linked together.
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Apple Releases Snow Leopard Update
The update, less than two weeks after Snow Leopard shipped, fixes hardware incompatibilities, problems with the Mail app, and other issues.
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iPhone Developers See Sales Slump After App Store Changes
iTunes 9 has reorganized the App Store and developers are welcoming some changes while complaining about others.
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MIT Nanotube Process Could Shrink Chips
Researchers have developed a technique for building carbon nanotubes that could lead to smaller, more powerful microprocessors.
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HP Exstream 7.0 Targets Streamlined Customer Communications Across the Enterprise
HP extends support for complex interactive and on-demand customer communications with more than 250 enhancements.
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John Mack to Step Down as Morgan Stanley CEO
James Gorman to become CEO in 2010; co-president Walid Chammah will become chairman of Morgan Stanley International.
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Motorola Unveils Android 'Cliq'
The company's first Android smartphone will include the MotoBlur service, which aggregates photos, contacts, and other information from Facebook, Twitter, Gmail and other online sources.
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Gov 2.0: Army Announces Apps For Army Competition
At the Gov 2.0 Summit, the Army unveiled a competition encouraging soldiers to build open source software that can be shared across the military.
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HP Sued For Server Failure
Shipping and logistics vendor BDP International lost business due to system meltdown, suit contends.
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Bank CIOs Remain Cautious With Spending, Says Exclusive Survey
Research conducted by Aite Group shows that some banks will be pulling back on their IT spending in the near future, but don't expect a surge in offshoring.
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Google Defends Book Settlement, Amazon Cries Cartel
The battle over the Google Books settlement continued on Thursday with a Congressional hearing.
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AMD Looks To Simplify PC Buying
The computer maker is downplaying the hardware specs inside a PC in favor of a consumer-friendly focus on what the computer can do.
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Sprint Offers Unlimited Mobile-To-Mobile Calls
The carrier is trying to retain subscribers by giving those with Everything Data plans unlimited calls to mobile phones on any U.S. carrier.
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Gov 2.0: Roadblocks Remain For Transparency
Speaking at the Gov 2.0 Summit, federal CIO Vivek Kundra said infrastructure upgrades will likely be required.
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FairPoint Exec Grilled By Regulators
Telecom regulators pressed FairPoint Communications CEO David Hauser over unresolved customer service problems.
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SuccessFactors Spins Business Execution Suite
New strategies by SuccessFactors and Taleo show how SaaS vendors plan to maintain strong growth.
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iTunes 9 Breaks Palm Pre Sync Again
Apple's latest iTunes update kills the Pre's ability to use the multimedia software.
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Obama: Plan Offers Choice, Accessibility
Americans with health insurance through work, Medicare, Medicaid or the Veterans Administration won't have to change coverage, President Obama said Wednesday.
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Apple Releases 3.1 iPhone Software
U.S. technology giant Apple released the newest iPhone operating system update Wednesday, promising new features and fixes to eliminate glitches.
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Gov 2.0: Obama Team Details 'Open Government' Progress
At the Gov 2.0 Summit, federal deputy CTO Beth Noveck detailed what is being done to make government data more widely available.
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Investors Optimistic About Economy and Their Finances
Fifty-five percent of American investors think the economy will improve in the next 12 months, according to a study commissioned by Scottrade.
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