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16th of Feb, 2012 by Admin

Cool cop tech: 5 new crime fighting tools

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Computerworld First Look: February 16, 2012 =============================================================== Cool cop tech: 5 new technologies helping police fight crime Not without controversy, police departments are turning to an array of tech devices including gunshot detection systems and eye-in-the-sky drones to investigate and solve cases. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7858765/869152226/552211/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: RIM~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To find out how this new approach will end mobile chaos, http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7858765/869152226/552212/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IN THIS ISSUE 1. Linux skills in demand, wages up http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7858765/869152226/552213/0/ 2. Adobe confirms new zero-day Flash bug http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7858765/869152226/552214/0/ 3. MSN site offers updates on topics trending on Twitter, Facebook http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7858765/869152226/552215/0/ 4. HP CEO: Google-Motorola deal could close-source Android http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7858765/869152226/552216/0/ 5. From CIO.com: Forget Public Cloud or Private Cloud, It's All About Hyper-Hybrid http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7858765/869152226/552217/0/ 6. LightSquared's options to save its network are limited http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7858765/869152226/552218/0/ 7. Sony closes deal to buy Sony Ericsson, now Sony Mobile Communications http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7858765/869152226/552219/0/ 8. MIT event shows the many faces, challenges of big data http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7858765/869152226/552220/0/ 9. Christopher O'Malley: Can IT measure its own financial performance? http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7858765/869152226/552221/0/ 10. IT Blogwatch: LightSquared: Dead corp walking; FCC foils LTE plan http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7858765/869152226/552222/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Red Hat~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization: 1. Updated KVM hypervisor; 2. Industry-leading performance and scalability levels; 3. A power-user portal that lets you provision virtual machines, define templates, and administer your environments; 4.New multi-level administrative capabilities, improving product functionality for very large deployments http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7858765/869152226/547735/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Linux skills in demand, wages up If you work as a Linux developer or system administrator, your pay should be increasing -- and so should your job offers -- according to a new survey of hiring managers. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7858765/869152226/552213/0/ Adobe confirms new zero-day Flash bug Adobe on Wednesday patched seven critical vulnerabilities in Flash Player, including one reported by Google researchers that hackers are using in 'active targeted attacks.' http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7858765/869152226/552214/0/ MSN site offers updates on topics trending on Twitter, Facebook Microsoft's MSN launched its msnNow site that puts together brief summaries on topics that are trending on Facebook, Twitter, Bing, and news site BreakingNews.com on a website accessible on PCs, tablets, and mobile phones. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7858765/869152226/552215/0/ HP CEO: Google-Motorola deal could close-source Android WebOS could be an important player in the long run as an open-source mobile OS because Android could become closed with Google's purchase of Motorola Mobility, Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman said. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7858765/869152226/552216/0/ From CIO.com: Forget Public Cloud or Private Cloud, It's All About Hyper-Hybrid As organizations increasingly adopt cloud offerings for critical business operations from public and private providers, connecting them all back to the core of the business is becoming a challenge involving complicated integration, orchestration and rules management. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7858765/869152226/552217/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WHITE PAPER: Brocade Communications~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Is Cloud the Answer to Federal IT Savings? In this eGuide, Computerworld and its sister publications CIO and Network World have collected interviews and articles that cover some of the biggest issues faced by federal agency IT departments today. Read on to learn about the technology challenges the U.S. government is facing, and how some agencies are dealing with them. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7858765/869152226/552223/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LightSquared's options to save its network are limited Though would-be mobile carrier LightSquared says it still wants to find a solution to interference with GPS, its options are limited, industry observers said on Wednesday. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7858765/869152226/552218/0/ Sony closes deal to buy Sony Ericsson, now Sony Mobile Communications Sony has completed its purchase of the Sony Ericsson mobile phone joint venture and turned the company into a subsidiary. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7858765/869152226/552219/0/ MIT event shows the many faces, challenges of big data The burgeoning tech industry movement around big data is churning up a variety of new applications, but remains an evolving field that faces lingering challenges, judging from an event held Wednesday at a Microsoft research facility in Cambridge, Massachusetts. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7858765/869152226/552220/0/ Christopher O'Malley: Can IT measure its own financial performance? For decades now, IT has been like the metaphorical shoemaker's children. It provides all kinds of analytical tools for other areas to gauge their performance. But when it comes to measuring its own performance in business terms, IT has lagged behind. The issue of IT's inadequate financial accountability is coming to a head for several reasons. One is obviously the weak global economy. When times are tough, everybody is forced to be more diligent about accounting for their spend and their value. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7858765/869152226/552221/0/ IT Blogwatch: LightSquared: Dead corp walking; FCC foils LTE plan The FCC has killed LightSquared's hopes of running a terrestrial LTE network on satellite frequency bands. After analyzing the problem of GPS interference, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) said it's a lost cause, so the FCC put a stop to it. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers wonder how we even got this far. Not to mention: Technician-class ham license self-study help... http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7858765/869152226/552222/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IDC and Computerworld's 8th Annual BI & Analytics Survey What's the status of BI and analytics in your organization? IDC and Computerworld are conducting a survey to assess the adoption and deployment patterns of business intelligence and analytics solutions. All participants will be able to download 1 free IDC report on business analytics and will also have the opportunity to enter a sweepstakes to win one of two VISA Gift cards worth $250 each. Click here to take the 15 minute survey: http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7858765/869152226/548723/0/ CAST YOUR VOTE IN THIS WEEK'S QUICKPOLL 'Windows on ARM, ' or WOA for short, is the new edition of the still-under-construction Windows 8 for traditional PCs. Will it be as successful as iOS and Android? http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7858765/869152226/551162/0/ SHARK TANK OF THE DAY ______________________ Power play This pilot fish and several IT co-workers are engaged in an informal discussion about server and application upgrades when one of the engineers mentions that his PC's screen has just gone blank. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7858765/869152226/552105/0/ NEW COMPUTERWORLD JOB BOARD ______________________________ Search multiple listings now and get new job alerts as they are posted. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7858765/869152226/156832/0/ Get more IT peer perspective online: LinkedIn Group: http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7858765/869152226/311619/0/ Facebook: http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7858765/869152226/311620/0/ Twitter: http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7858765/869152226/311621/0/ =============================================================== CONTACTS/SUBSCRIPTIONS You are currently subscribed to computerworld_dailynews as: flaviobaird2984@gmail.com. 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