Wednesday, November 6, 2013

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWorld) 11/7/2013





Twitter's news junkies are younger, more educated
Nearly one in 10 U.S. adults say they get their news through Twitter, and that has to be good news for the social media company that's days from launching its IPO.

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Fujitsu shows off servers that use light and lasers to transfer data
Fujitsu has demonstrated servers with thin fiber optics that will use lasers and light transfer data, replacing the older and slower electrical wiring technology.

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Review: Chef cooks up configuration management
Opscode's Chef packs the power of Ruby and plentiful Cookbooks, but lacks features and polish found in other solutions

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The phablet-ization of the smartphone
The trend toward large-touchscreen smartphones -- 5-in. and above -- reached its highest level yet in the third quarter, as they accounted for 22% of all smartphones shipped worldwide.

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Microsoft warns of Office zero-day, active hacker exploits
Microsoft today said that attackers are exploiting a critical and unpatched vulnerability in Office 2007 using malformed documents to hijack Windows PCs and said Office 2003 and Office 2010 are also vulnerable.

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Is Twitter emulating Facebook with pre-IPO price bump?
With a move that harkens back to the days before Facebook's IPO, Twitter has upped its opening stock price to a range of $23 to $25 a share.

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Oracle to halt support for GlassFish app server
Oracle will stop offering commercial support for new versions of the open-source GlassFish application server, leaving customers who want such support with the option of licensing the more expensive and proprietary WebLogic Server.

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Superbug tracking app hits top medical spot in Apple's App Store
A new app that tracks where antibacterial resistant superbugs are growing has become a favorite among physicians with more than 100,000 downloads in less than a month.

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Senators question HealthCare.gov's security
U.S. lawmakers questioned the security of HealthCare.gov, the U.S. government's troubled insurance-shopping website, after reports that one applicant's personal information was shared with another applicant.

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'No Estimates' in Action: 5 Ways to Rethink Software Projects
The idea behind the #NoEstimates approach to software development isn't to eliminate estimates but, rather, to explore other ways to solve problems without specifically asking, 'How long will it take?' Here are five real-world examples of teams that are doing just that.

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