Tuesday, July 6, 2010

IT News HeadLines (ComputerWeekly) 06/07/2010



US federal agencies still not convinced about cloud security
Most US federal agencies are concerned about potential information security risks associated with cloud computing, according to a government report.
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Apple says tests confirm iPhone 4 has best wireless performance ever
Apple has denied a design fault in the antennae of the iPhone 4 and has blamed instead the formula used to calculate signal strength.
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Buyer's Guide to the Connected Enterprise
Collaboration is changing.Time to rethink unified comms.
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Bentley unveils first fully 3D car
The first Bentley to be designed and built completely in silicon will reach dealer showrooms within the next few months. The £200,000 Mulsanne is also the first car the Bentley factory has designed and built purely of its own volition for 80 years. It marks a return to the traditional Bentley values of elegance, comfort and stomach-hollowing power in a big package.
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Interview: Virtualised transactions are the future, says Fujitsu CTO
Imagine this: you pay your gas bill using a credit card and the application automatically fills in the form by pulling in data from the Post Office, a credit reference agency, the credit card company, the energy company, and the Home Office…
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Microsoft cracks down on UK software pirates
Microsoft's investigators have caught 25 UK computer shops selling illegal software in the past six months. The software company has reached settlements with 21 sellers, who admitted loading pirated software onto the hard discs of computers sold.
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Insurance companies plan IT enhancements
More than a fifth of insurance firms are planning to enhance their IT as mergers, expansion and regulation top industry concerns
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US federal agencies still not convinced about cloud security
Most US federal agencies are concerned about potential information security risks associated with cloud computing, according to a government report.
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MySQL appeals EC approval of Oracle’s Sun takeover
MySQL open source database author Michael Widenius has filed an appeal against the decision by European competition authorities to approve Oracle’s $7.4bn acquisition of Sun Microsystems.
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Hackers disrupt YouTube, iTunes and Wikipedia on US Independence Day
Several hacker groups hit top websites on US Independence Day, but it remains unclear if the malicious efforts were co-ordinated or not
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Apple says tests confirm iPhone 4 has best wireless performance ever
Apple has denied a design fault in the antennae of the iPhone 4 and has blamed instead the formula used to calculate signal strength.
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New York Stock Exchange puts a datacentre in Essex
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE...
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