IT gets energized with budget upticks

	Apple updates OS X to block Mac Trojan | Schumer seeks FTC probe of OnStar privacy policy
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	IT gets energized with budget upticks As tech budgets edge up in 2012, IT leaders look to shift spending to new development while keeping an eagle eye on the bottom line. INSIDER (registration required) Read More WEBCAST: IBM Improving Governance, Risk and Compliance Date: Monday, September 26, 2011, 11:00 AM EDT In this webcast you'll learn how your organization can become more responsive to financial market challenges while reassuring decision makers the accuracy of execution. Register Now In this Issue Apple updates OS X to block Mac Trojan Schumer seeks FTC probe of OnStar privacy policy GOP seeks to help high-tech firms with visas Oracle's Sparc SuperCluster due by year end T-Mobile: HTC Amaze and Samsung Galaxy S II go on sale Oct. 12 From CIO.com: New on the iPad: The Story of Business Intelligence Apple's Mac Thunderbolt ports will support optical cables Rite Aid rolls out in-store virtual doctor visits Intel ships a new generation of Atom chips 5 more dirty tricks: Social engineers' latest pick-up lines NASA cloud architect forms company for private cloud Devops gets developers and admins on the same page Jonny Evans: If Apple's iPad sales slow, then everyone's in trouble IT Blogwatch: Oracle's shows super-fast, IBM-killing SPARC T4 WHITE PAPER: SAP Business Intelligence for the Small to Medium Sized Business Based on feedback from almost 650 end-user organizations, this report serves as a roadmap for SMBs looking to improve their analytical capability and achieve Best-in-Class performance through the deployment of BI. Read now! Apple updates OS X to block Mac Trojan Apple has updated the bare-bones antivirus protection included with Mac OS X to detect a Trojan horse that poses as a PDF document. Read More Schumer seeks FTC probe of OnStar privacy policy GM subsidiary OnStar's plan to collect and share GPS tracking and other data from vehicles even after their owners stop subscribing to its service, has prompted an outcry from some lawmakers. Read More GOP seeks to help high-tech firms with visas House Republican leaders and President Barack Obama were each holding town hall style meetings today in Silicon Valley to talk about the economy. Read More Oracle's Sparc SuperCluster due by year end Oracle has launched its new Sparc T4 processor, along with new hardware that it hopes will turn up the heat on server rivals Hewlett-Packard and IBM. Read More T-Mobile: HTC Amaze and Samsung Galaxy S II go on sale Oct. 12 T-Mobile USA unveiled its fastest 4G smartphones, both running dual-core 1.5 GHz processors and going on sale Oct. 12. Read More From CIO.com: New on the iPad: The Story of Business Intelligence Mobile business intelligence app developer Roambi wants to marry the excitement of a magazine narrative with the dryness of business intelligence data on the iPad. The goal is to tell the story behind the numbers. Read More Apple's Mac Thunderbolt ports will support optical cables Thunderbolt ports on Apple's current line of Macintosh computers will be compatible with upcoming fiber optic cables, which should be ready by next year, an Intel spokesman said. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Transform Infrastructure Management The convergence of the power infrastructure and demands of information infrastructure require optimum network operation. Learn how Tivoli Netcool is key in moving energy and utility companies forward by automating and simplifying configuration and change management, speeding deployments, demonstrating regulatory compliance and controlling costs. Read now Rite Aid rolls out in-store virtual doctor visits Rite Aid said today that it's installed kiosks in Detroit-area stores that allow customers to engage in online chats with physicians. Read More Intel ships a new generation of Atom chips Intel on Monday started shipping new low-power Atom chips built on the platform code-named Cedar Trail, with numerous improvements to boost graphics and application performance over their predecessor. Read More 5 more dirty tricks: Social engineers' latest pick-up lines From a new twist on tech support to playing the odds with a large number of desperate job seekers, today's social engineers are getting very specific in their plans to manipulate their marks. Read More NASA cloud architect forms company for private cloud The lead architect of NASA's cloud platform, which spun off into the open-source OpenStack cloud operating system, is launching a new company and product aimed at helping enterprises more easily build private clouds. Read More Devops gets developers and admins on the same page Agile and other modern development methods mean programmers need to move fast -- but ops often won't let them Read More Jonny Evans: If Apple's iPad sales slow, then everyone's in trouble Fresh reports claim Apple has reduced production orders for the iPad 2, generating a raucous run of reactions claiming there's something unusual about this. There isn't, of course. Read More IT Blogwatch: Oracle's shows super-fast, IBM-killing SPARC T4 Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) has unveiled its T4 processor, as well as its 9,600-thread SuperCluster behemoth. In the run-up to next week's Oracle OpenWorld, Larry Ellison and Mark Hurd are proudly showing off their new stuff. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers ponder the feeds 'n' speeds. Read More
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