TechWeb Networking Update - Friday, Feb 13, 2009
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*Voltaire Plans InfiniBand Switch For IBM BladeCenter
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*Opera Boosts Browsing Speeds
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*GroundWork Doubles What Monitor 5.3 Can Manage
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*Stimulus Bill Will Stimulate Health IT Adoption, Jobs
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*Qualcomm Paves Way For Mobile Payments
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Voltaire's 40-Gbps technology is used to run IBM's Roadrunner
supercomputer.
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INFORMATIONWEEK REPORTS: Overhauling Microsoft
To maintain its developer ecosystem and protect its apps
business, Microsoft has to loosen its grip on the Windows source
code and drive down costs-effectively making its operating system
open source. But that's only the beginning: The company should
restructure itself, pay more attention to cloud computing, and
get out of search.
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(Today's Most Popular Stories)
25 Things Facebook Couldn't Keep Secret In Court
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Redacted portions of a PDF transcript from a court hearing to
determine Facebook's settlement with ConnectU were revealed.
Skipping Vista? Take Precautions, Says Microsoft
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Microsoft warns of a gap between when software companies no
longer support Windows XP but don't yet support Windows 7.
Nvidia's Ion Gets Windows Vista Certification
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The performance boost means the mini-laptops can also run
high-definition video on top of Microsoft's current operating
system.
Windows 7 Revealed: 24 Screen Shots Of Microsoft's Next Operating
System
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Here's a first visual look at the Vista successor, as previewed
at Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles.
Microsoft Offers $250,000 Bounty For Worm Authors
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The company has formed a cybersecurity posse with technology
companies, academic organizations, and Internet infrastructure
firms to dismantle the Conficker/Downandup worm's infrastructure.
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BAI Retail Delivery News: HP Sees Infrastructure as Key to Branch
Transformation
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HP launches Banking Innovation Center to show potential impact of
emerging technologies.
UBS Joins DTCC Managed Accounts Service
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The centralized platform is designed to automate and standardize
communications among sponsors, investment managers and service
providers.
DTCC Launches New ID Net Service
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The new service streamlines clearance and settlement, cuts
customer costs and reduces fails associated with affirmed
institutional equity trades, the utility said.
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Opera Boosts Browsing Speeds
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Opera Turbo uses server-side technology to enable cellular
carriers and device makers to optimize bandwidth for mobile Web
surfers.
GroundWork Doubles What Monitor 5.3 Can Manage
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The Monitor 5.3 open source systems management product updates
MySQL, PHP, and the tool that collects information such as CPU
usage, and network bandwidth.
Stimulus Bill Will Stimulate Health IT Adoption, Jobs
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The $21 billion for health IT programs in the U.S. economic
stimulus bill will create career opportunities and fuel
educational programs for professionals to acquire a mix of
technology and clinical expertise.
Qualcomm Paves Way For Mobile Payments
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The company has added support for Near Field Communication
technology in some of its mobile chipsets, which could lead to
phones that can be used as mobile wallets.
Google PowerMeter: For A Planet In Peril
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The prototype software will will allow users to receive real-time
home energy usage data from compatible "smart meters"
and use that information to optimize their energy use.
IBM Eyes $122 Billion In Stimulus-Backed Tech Spending
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Big Blue hopes government-funded projects will spur construction
of physical assets that rely heavily on smart technologies and
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Wall Street Appetite to Slim Down Perks Faces Test
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Wall Street bank executives
squirmed this week when Congress scolded them for
spending slices of the $176 billion in bailout money on perks
such as private jets.
Clearwater Analytics Automates Reporting and Disclosure
Requirements to Comply with FAS 157
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Enhancements streamline selection and tracking of fair-value
measurements, level 3 roll forward adjustments and audit trail
Microsoft Plans Global Retail Chain
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The software maker will open stores worldwide, from which it will
hawk Windows 7 and other products.
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