Tuesday, February 12, 2013

IT News Head Lines (InfoWorld) 13/02/2013


UEFI secure boot fix released for Linux After just a few months of development, users finally have an official way to run Linux on machines using Windows 8's UEFI secure boot framework. Read More ...
IBM's Watson becomes a cancer treatment adviser IBM's Watson is increasingly starting to resemble the fictional, hyper-intelligent supercomputers HAL from "2001: A Space Odyssey" and HOLMES from "The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress." Since Read More ...
Lawmakers to reintroduce controversial information-sharing bill Two U.S. lawmakers plan to reintroduce a controversial cybersecurity bill that allows private companies to share customers' personal information related to a wide range of cyberthreats with government agencies. Read More ...
Hybrid clouds pose new security challenges If 2013 is the year enterprises begin implementing their hybrid cloud strategies, as the experts are predicting, then it follows that this will also be the year when hybrid cloud security takes center stage. According to analysts, industry watchers and security practitioners the bad news is that there is no silver bullet on how to fully accomplish security in a hybrid cloud. Read More ...
Microsoft sells out of 128GB Surface Pro Microsoft started selling its Surface Pro tablet on Saturday, and quickly exhausted its supply of the 128GB configuration. While the less expensive 64GB device was also listed as out of stock Saturday on Microsoft's online store, by Sunday it was again available. Read More ...
Apple exploring watch-like devices, reports say Apple is experimenting with watch-like wearable devices with some smartphone capabilities, as the company looks at new product categories for future growth, according to reports. The company has discussed the design with manufacturing partner Hon Hai Precision Industry, also known as Foxconn, which has been working on technologies that could be used in wearable devices, reported The Wall Street Journal on Sunday, citing people briefed on the effort. Read More ...
Microsoft evangelists pull page out of BlackBerry handbook Microsoft is starting to sound like the company once named Research in Motion, the stalwart maker of BlackBerry smartphones that has fought desperately against Apple's iOS and Google's Android as they became the mobile market lea Read More ...
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