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This week in Information Technology

This week in Information Technology. Cotopaxi is located in Ecuador. It has a summit elevation of 19,388 feet (5,911 m). It has erupted 50 times since 1738. The most recent eruption of Cotopaxi ended in 1904. Reports of an eruption in 1942 have not been confirmed. News Updates.

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This week in Information Technology

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  1. This week in Information Technology Cotopaxi is located in Ecuador. It has a summit elevation of 19,388 feet (5,911 m). It has erupted 50 times since 1738. The most recent eruption of Cotopaxi ended in 1904. Reports of an eruption in 1942 have not been confirmed.

  2. News Updates • BlackBerry shutdown by government • Government workers and emergency personnel exempt from the possible shutdown • RIM has a new technology ready to work around an injunction • Microsoft in Europe • Offer to open its source code • A “reference” license to the Windows source code • Google steps into China • Decides to offer censored search services

  3. IT News: Financial Impact • Sprint Scraps IT Outsourcing Deal… • SAP CEO: “India getting expensive” • Microsoft has record Q2 • Dell to hire 5,000 people in India • Japanese firm pleads guilty to DRAM price fixing

  4. New Hardware • IBM to release next generation Blade on Feb 8 • IBM announces specialized accelerator for DB2 • Allies pledge $10 billion to boost Itanium

  5. Security and Vulnerabilities • Cybercrime feared three times more than physical crime • Sprint Sues Vendor – Privacy Violations • Choicepoint fined 15M by FTC • Spammer ordered to pay 5.3 million

  6. “Mobile phone sales topped 800 million in 2005 …” Developments 825 million mobile phones shipped in 2005 (55 million converged phones) Wireless networks via balloons in North Dakota Security 1 in 5 companies have no security policies in place Vulnerabilities include lack of virus protection, loss protocol, and adequate insurance Cingular Wireless and Sprint suing online data brokers Phone companies do not provide notice of access Congress proposing new legislation

  7. References • News Update • http://www.computerworld.com/mobiletopics/mobile/story/0,10801,108094,00.html • http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=177104243 • http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/060126/eu_microsoft.html?.v=2 • http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/01/30/74840_05OPopenent_1.html • http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/01/27/74874_HNgoogleceocensoring_1.html • Financials • http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=177104275 • http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/01/30/74889_HNindiaexpensive_1.html • http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/01/26/74845_HNmicrosoftq2estimates_1.html • http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/01/30/74885_HNdellinindia_1.html • http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/01/30/74898_HNdrampricefixing_1.html?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/01/30/74898_HNdrampricefixing_1.html • New Hardware • http://news.com.com/IBM+hardware+boosts+database+on+mainframes/2100-1006_3-6031906.html?tag=nefd.top • http://news.com.com/Allies+pledge+10+billion+to+boost+Itanium/2100-1006_3-6031773.html?tag=nefd.top • http://news.com.com/Launch+date+set+for+redesigned+IBM+blades/2100-1010_3-6033040.html?tag=nefd.top • Security • http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=177103904 • http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20060128/tc_cmp/177104605 • http://www.informationweek.com/security/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=177104607&subSection=Cybercrime • http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/business/special_packages/security/13718247.htm • http://www.informationweek.com/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=U2XLNVLUXWQB2QSNDBCSKHSCJUMEKJVN?articleID=177104694 • Mobile Phones • http://www.computerworld.com/hardwaretopics/hardware/story/0,10801,108146,00.html • http://www.computerworld.com/mobiletopics/mobile/story/0,10801,108078,00.html • http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/business/technology/13717548.htm • http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060130/wr_nm/telecoms_sprint_law_dc_3 • http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060130/ap_on_hi_te/cellular_balloons_2

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