Sunday, January 23, 2011

IT News HeadLines (TechWeb) 23/01/2011




With Cloud, What You Don't Know Can Hurt You
Inevitably, cloud announcements, like Amazon's introduction of Elastic Beanstalk, sound good, but there are limits.
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Dear Larry. A Personal Note From Byte.com To Google's New CEO
Gina Smith sends a note to Larry Page -- urging him to not be evil and please, start building stuff again!
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Google Acknowledges Web Spam Complaints
Low-quality content has some Internet users worried about the relevance of Google search results.
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Botnets, Hacked Credit Cards Selling At Bargain Prices
Cybercrime black market emphasizes entrepreneurialism and customer service, with money buying just about anything, finds Panda Security report.
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Obama Nominates Army IT Leader To CIO Post
Lt. Gen. Susan Lawrence selected to assume the post that innovative IT leader Gen. Jeffery Sorenson vacated in November.
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Camino Upgrades Open Source Mac Browser
Version 2.1 Alpha is based on Mozilla's Gecko rendering engine, adds six major features.
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The Future of Google Docs
Docs has become a worthy competitor to Microsoft Office, but its future will rely less on feature parity and more on the value being added to Google's platform in the cloud.
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IBM Workers Get $1,000 Stock Bonuses
Record sales and profits provide an unexpected windfall for Big Blue's rank and file employees.
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Qwiki Snags $8 Million In Venture Funding
Founders of Facebook, YouTube invest in startup that delivers search results in multimedia, rather than links.
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Cisco Bakes Intrusion Prevention Into WiFi Access Points
Retailers and financial services organizations will be able to secure, monitor wireless networks in real time to comply with credit card industry standards.
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AMD Beats Wall Street Estimates
The microprocessor maker delivers solid earnings, offers few details on the recent resignation of CEO Dirk Meyer.
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HTC Says 4G Phones To Lift Sales
HTC told investors that its first quarter sales will be buoyed by a new line of 4G smartphones hitting the market.
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Firms Integrating Social Media With CRM
With half of businesses saying social media investments are paying off, linking data from LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter to customer management is the next step, finds SugarCRM survey.
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Microsoft Says Outside App Hogging Windows Phone 7 Data
A third-party application is responsible for the mysterious 3G data use that plagued some Windows Phone 7 users, said the software maker.
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HP Board Reshuffles In Wake Of Hurd Dismissal
Four directors said to be close to the ouster of HP's former CEO will step down in March, as five new members come on board.
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Microsoft Prepping Kinect For Windows 7 PCs?
Reports indicate that the hands-free motion control platform for Xbox 360 may be coming to PCs sooner rather than later.
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Global CIO: IBM Zings Oracle And HP Over Limited Vision
Calling Oracle "a one-trick pony" and saying HP's failed to invest wisely, IBM's hardware chief says IBM's surging hardware revenue is a sign of things to come.
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Blumenthal Cuts Ribbon On EHR Incentives Program
More than 100 healthcare organizations had already applied for federal electronic health records incentives before the program launched at an event with National Coordinator David Blumenthal.
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NYC Crowdsources City Improvement Ideas
Mayor Bloomberg unveiled virtual suggestion boxes to garner input for making the Big Apple better.
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Google Co-Founder Larry Page To Replace Schmidt As CEO
Google on Thursday reported Q4 2010 revenues of $8.44 billion, but the bigger news was that co-founder Larry Page will take over as CEO in April, with current chief Eric Schmidt moving out of day to day leadership to become Executive Chairman.
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Social Network Frenzy: Signs Of Another Tech Bubble?

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Box.Net Unboxes All-New Software, Cloud Integration
A redesigned interface and cloud integration with Netsuite and VMware is part of the all-new release aimed at enticing Microsoft Sharepoint users.
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Facebook Fields Feature Phone App
The social network is trying to reach the majority of mobile phone users who don't have smartphones.
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FDA Revamps Medical Device Approval
The 510(k) program overhaul aims to facilitate innovation, streamline the review process, and protect patient safety.
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Pentagon OKs Navy Shipboard Network
CANES project moves into the development phase after meeting key cost, schedule, and performance criteria.
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