CompTIA Certification Testing Moving to a Single Vendor

CompTIA Certification Testing Moving to a Single Vendor

CompTIA, world’s leading provider of vendor-neutral certifications, announced it would move its certification testing to a single Vendor. Effective July 9, 2012, CompTIA exams will be delivered exclusively with Pearson VUE via their worldwide network of more than 5,000 testing centers. CompTIA certification exams will no longer be available at Prometric testing centers at that time. Pearson VUE has been delivering CompTIA exams since 2003.

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10 Microsoft Exams to Retire in January 2013

10 Microsoft Exams to Retire in January 2013

Microsoft will be retiring ten exams on January 31, 2013. The list includes MCTS exams related to Microsoft Office 2007 (SharePoint Server 2007, Visio 2007, Project 2007 and Project Server 2007), along with an MCITP exam for Office Project Server 2007 and 5 exams related to Microsoft Dynamics NAV 5.0

To get the full details, see the full Microsoft exam retirement schedule

Microsoft grapples with Windows Azure outage

Microsoft grapples with Windows Azure outage

A component of Windows Azure has experienced a worldwide outage for the past eight hours, preventing customers from carrying out management operations for technology that uses the cloud management service.

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Apple iPad 3 expected on 7 March following press event

Apple iPad 3 expected on 7 March following press event

Apple has announced an event on 7 March at which the company is expected to launch its latest iPad tablet.

Invitations sent to journalists read: "We have something you really have to see. And touch.".

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MWC 2012: Nokia reveals 41MP cameraphone

MWC 2012: Nokia reveals 41MP cameraphone

A 41-megapixel Nokia smartphone was among the new technology on show during the opening day of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
The 808 Pureview offers enhanced low-light performance as well as sophisticated image compression designed to help users share pictures.

Nokia hopes to regain ground lost to Google and Apple in the mobile market.

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4G TV interference: Up to a million homes 'need filters'

4G TV interference: Up to a million homes 'need filters'

Almost a million UK homes will need to have filters installed to prevent TV interference from 4G mobile signals - at a cost of £108m.

A smaller number of homes - about 10,000 - will need to switch to satellite or cable TV services in order to avoid degraded picture quality.

Homes that cannot receive these alternative platforms will receive up to £10,000 each to "find a solution".

Costs will be met by the winner of a spectrum auction later this year.

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Social apps 'harvest smartphone contacts'

Social apps 'harvest smartphone contacts'

Twitter has admitted copying entire address books from smartphones and storing the data on its servers, often without customers' knowledge.

Access to the address book is enabled when users click on the "Find Friends" feature on smartphone apps.

Two US congressmen have written to Apple asking why the firm allows the practice on its iPhone, as it contravenes app developer guidelines.

Twitter has said it will update its privacy policy to be more explicit.

The practice came to light when an app developer in Singapore, Arun Thampi, noticed that his contacts had been copied from his iPhone address book without his consent by a social network called...

MIT launches free online 'fully automated' course

MIT launches free online 'fully automated' course

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), one of the world's top-rated universities, has announced its first free course which can be studied and assessed completely online.

An electronics course, beginning in March, will be the first prototype of an online project, known as MITx.

The interactive course is designed to be fully automated, with successful students receiving a certificate.

The US university says it wants MITx to "shatter barriers to education".

This ground-breaking scheme represents a significant step forward in the use of technology to deliver higher education.

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Symantec: Stop using pcAnywhere, right now

Symantec: Stop using pcAnywhere, right now

Symantec has admitted that blueprints for current versions of its pcAnywhere software were stolen in 2006 and that all users are at risk of attack and should pull the plug.

That includes users of both current and past iterations as well as those bundled with Altiris and the pcAnywhere Thin Host packaged with backup and security products.

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Blackberry maker RIM says co-chief executives step down

Blackberry maker RIM says co-chief executives step down

Blackberry maker Research In Motion (RIM) has said its co-chief executives Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie have stepped down in a shake-up.

Mr Lazaridis, who founded RIM in 1984, will become vice chairman. Mr Balsillie will continue to sit on the board but not have any operational role.

Chief operating officer Thorsten Heins will replace them on Monday.

Investors have called for a strategy change as the company struggles to compete with Apple and Google.

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