Wednesday, February 17, 2010

IT News HeadLines (ComputerWorld) 17/02/2010



Making Things Worse With IT Security Technology
Companies are widening their security holes by haphazardly installing all the technological defenses they've purchased.
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HTC working on app store tech and studying tablets
High Tech Computer (HTC), the world's biggest maker of Windows Mobile and Google Android OS smartphones, is working on technologies for applications used in handsets and application stores and plans to put this software to use but not until a later time.
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Hackers at Pwn2Own to compete for $100K in prizes
The hacking contest next month will award cash prizes of $15,000 to anyone who can break into an iPhone, BlackBerry Bold, Droid or Nokia smartphone.
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First glimpse: Cisco OTV
Long distance VMotion via Cisco Overlay Transport Virtualization, or how to succeed at data center extension without really trying
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Staples seeks bigger role in IT services
Staples Inc. is expanding its IT services capabilities in a move that will take it right inside the data center.
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The supercomputer on your desktop
Some medical research and auto-design simulations, once the purview of only the largest computers, are now routinely done on the desktop.
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HTC unveils update to Nexus One and HTC Legend
One of the two new smartphones with Google's Android mobile operating system that High Tech Computer (HTC) plans to start selling in March isn't officially billed as an update to Nexus One, but its design is similar and it offers improvements over the Google phone.
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Overland Storage releases its first iSCSI SAN
Overland, which is trying to remake its identity from a tape library company into a full storage systems company, has released its first iSCSI SAN, which it says is easy to deploy and offers robust management capabilities.
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Windows Phone 7 Series: First Impressions
I had some big expectations for the next generation of Windows phones: I wanted a smooth, super touch-friendly user interface that is easy to navigate and full integration with the Zune software. To my delight, Microsoft mostly delivered with Windows Phone 7 Series.
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Update: Biggest mobile operators join forces on app store project
Twenty-four mobile network operators have formed the Wholesale Applications Community to avoid fragmenting the apps market and to give developers one point of entry to all the members, the GSM Association announced on Monday.
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