Saturday, October 3, 2009

IT News HeadLines (ComputerWorld) 03/10/2009



Toll fraud is alive and well
Almost as long as there have been toll calls there has been toll fraud. From phone phreakers to corrupt insiders to external hackers, fraudsters have found a way to make crime pay. But three trends related to this old crime are bringing it to the forefront once again, creating headaches for enterprise managers.
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Toll fraud is alive and well
Almost as long as there have been toll calls there has been toll fraud. From phone phreakers to corrupt insiders to external hackers, fraudsters have found a way to make crime pay. But three trends related to this old crime are bringing it to the forefront once again, creating headaches for enterprise managers.
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U.K. High Court serves injunction using Twitter
For the first time, a U.K. court delivered an injunction over Twitter on Thursday, a groundbreaking embrace of technology by a traditionally slow-moving legal system.
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Vista peaks, starts decline in share as Windows 7 surges
Microsoft's Windows Vista lost market share last month for the first time in almost two years, a sign that users are already abandoning the oft-ridiculed operating system in favor of the new Windows 7.
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Report: Lack of eHealth standards, privacy concerns costing lives
A new survey of medical executives by PriceWaterhouseCoopers finds the mining of electronic health record information will be the greatest asset to medical facilities over the next five years, but that privacy concerns and a lack of technology is hampering efforts and costing lives.
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Cheap and easy ways to use your gadgets on the road
Travel can be stressful and expensive. Here are tips for keeping your gadgets charged and for saving money on smartphone bills while you're away from home -- whether elsewhere in the United States or halfway around the world.
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10 must-have free Android apps
Looking for apps for your Android phone? It can be daunting to sort through the 10,000-plus apps available from Google's Android Market. Here are 10 of the best -- and they're all free.
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New gadgets, prototypes to debut at Ceatec in Japan
Japan's biggest electronics and gadgets show, Ceatec, runs all of next week and many new technologies and prototype gadgets are expected to be on show.
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IBM aims at Google, Microsoft with new Webmail
IBM has launched LotusLive iNotes, an on-demand e-mail, calendaring and contact management system meant to compete with the likes of Gmail and Microsoft Exchange.
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Haleron netbook gets speed boost from dual Atom chips
A Colombian computer maker has designed a netbook that aims to provide the performance of a standard laptop at a lower price.
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