Friday, January 21, 2011

IT News HeadLines (ComputerWorld) 20/01/2011




FCC urged to approve body area network plan
Representatives of the Aerospace & Flight Test Radio Coordinating Council, Philips Healthcare and GE Healthcare met with the FCC to strongly urge timely adoption of a frequency band for medical body area networks.
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Why is OEM Software Cheaper?
Rommel asked the Windows forum why the OEM version of Windows 7 is cheaper than the upgrade version. Both were from the same retailer.
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Oracle promising 'game-changing' storage announcement
Oracle is planning to announce what it calls "a dramatic leap in storage technology" during a Jan. 31 webcast.
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Micro Focus extends Cobol to Java and the cloud
Cobol applications now can be deployed to the Java Virtual Machine as well as to Windows Azure for the first time
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Is the WWW poised to be a WMD?
Just as nuclear energy can be a tremendous source of empowerment for good while having a "dark side," the Internet has empowered people, but there's also a potential for harm.
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Soundminer Trojan horse steals Android phone data
Researchers have developed a low-profile Trojan horse program for Google's Android mobile OS that steals data in a way that is unlikely to be detected by either a user or antivirus software.
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We'll pay by smartphone, but let's not pay for dumb security
As we create the infrastructure for mobile electronic payments, we have to get the security right.
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Sony Ericsson results disappoint ahead of new products
Sony Ericsson's sales dropped in the final quarter of 2010 due to tough competition in the smartphone segment and a lack of new products.
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Fraudster's money mules in short supply, says Cisco
A new security report from Cisco Systems estimates that the amount of stolen online bank account data far exceeds the number of people fraudsters can get to transfer stolen funds, who are known as "money mules."
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Playboy on iPad renews debate over privacy, workplace rules
The arrival in March of Playboy on the iPad -- in a browser window -- could present a problem for IT managers who don't want objectionable material on personal hardware used in the workplace.
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