Friday, January 14, 2011

IT News HeadLines (InfoWorld) 13/01/2011



RIM plans cloud-based BlackBerry Enterprise Server
Research in Motion will launch a cloud -based capability for its popular BES (BlackBerry Enterprise Server) by the end of 2011, RIM officials said Thursday. RIM unveiled a new architecture for BES in the cloud before analysts and reporters at a BlackBerry for Business event here, offering few details on how it will be ultimately deployed.
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Survey finds big 2011 surge in enterprise mobile apps
A survey of 250 IT managers finds that 9 out of 10 are planning this year to dramatically expand the number of mobile applications deployed at their companies.
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Are your networks ready for the cutover to IPv6?
The Internet is running out of the equivalent of phone numbers. Familiar problem; nontrivial solution.
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Google pays record bounty for Chrome bug
Google patched 16 vulnerabilities in Chrome on Thursday, paying one researcher a record $3,133 for reporting a single bug. The flaws fixed in Chrome 8.0.552.334 were in several components, including the browser's support for extensions, its built-in PDF viewer, and CSS (cascade style sheet) processing.
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Amazon EC2 enables brute-force attacks on the cheap
The cloud is proving itself a double-edged sword: It grants individuals and organizations with limited resources quick, inexpensive access to a wealth of computing power.
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Mac sales climb as rivals HP, Dell lose U.S. share
Apple bucked the U.S. trend last quarter by posting double-digit Mac sales gains as PC giants like HP and Dell lost share, industry research firms said Wednesday. However, Apple dropped to the fifth spot in U.S. computer sales during the final quarter of 2010 as strong sales to businesses by rivals pushed it two places down the list.
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SPB Software migration tool helps users move to Android
SPB Software has released a migration tool that should make it easier for users to move from Symbian or Windows Mobile to Android-based smartphones and tablets, the company said on Wednesday.
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Google acquires eBook Technologies
Google is accelerating its push in the e-book space by acquiring eBook Technologies, a company that specializes in both hardware and content distribution for electronic readers. Google isn't divulging the financial details of the deal, which it announced in a statement Wednesday. eBook is focused on designing and developing technology for creating, distributing, and controlling content to be used on tablets and other portable reading devices, it said.
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The fed goes hunting for malcontents
Last week, the Office of Management and Budget asked government agencies to spell out their strategies for minimizing insider risk.
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Apple releases iOS 4.3 beta for developers
Hot on the heels of Verizon's long-awaited iPhone announcement, Apple on Wednesday released a new beta of iOS to developers. One of the major features included in this iOS 4.3 beta is third-party access to AirPlay, the much-touted media streaming feature that arrived in iOS 4.2. The iOS 4
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Firefox 4 due next month
Hot on the heels of last month's Firefox 4 beta 8 release comes word from Damon Sicore, senior director of platform engineering at Mozilla, that both a Firefox 4 release candidate and final version are due in February.
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Microsoft set to offer Web dev tools
Making multiple moves in the Web development space, Microsoft is introducing this week both a website building tool for neophytes and the third major version of its MVC (Model View Controller) technology.
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