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DATA STREAM News & Notes for Certified Professionals Program Provides High Schoolers Access to IT Careers While some kids spent the spring skiing and bowling in front of their Wiis or hitting the mall, more than 100 Chicago Public Schools students were preparing for an IT certification exam. On May 5 and 6, these students sat for a rigorous CompTIA exam, a move that will help them find gainful employment or give them valuable experience before moving on to higher education. Roughly 650 students in six high schools participate in CompTIA’s Education to Careers (E2C) program. The Hong Kong (.hk) domain poses the biggest security threat to users surfing or searching the Web, jumping from No. 28 last year, followed by China (.cn), Romania (.ro) and Russia (.ru). On the other end of the spectrum, the safest domain site was Finland (.fi), with Japan (.jp), Norway (.no) and Australia (.au) also in the top five. Sites ending in .info were among the riskiest generic domains; government Web sites (.gov) continue to be the safest. Source: news.soft32.com. Green IT a Priority for Technology Decision Makers Microsoft-HP Deal Makes Live Search the Default Search Engine on HP PCs This year will see a surge in CIO interest and vendor initiatives in eco-friendly computing, according to a recent report by independent market analyst Datamonitor. The information is based on the results of an independent survey that revealed that more than 75 percent of respondent organizations considered ecofriendly computing an important element in their IT strategies, while 15 percent rated it as a top priority. Tighter regulatory measures, as well as advances in technology, are major factors feeding the renewed interest in green IT. Microsoft and HP struck a distribution deal to install Microsoft Live Search on all HP PCs in the United States and Canada starting in January 2009, in an attempt to increase the number of users of the search engine. HP customers will have the option of changing the default search engine to Google or Yahoo. The browser toolbar buttons will allow HP users to connect to online services, such as HP’s Snapfish online photo service. Published reports indicate the move likely will impact Microsoft’s effort to make its Silverlight rich media technology indispensable. Source: InformationWeek.com and Data-Storage-Today.com. The U.S. Army and Microsoft have partnered to create a Microsoft IT Academy at Fort Gordon in Georgia. The academy is intended to “skill up” soldiers on the company’s leading technologies. This partnership was inked on May 13, when Fort Gordon leaders signed an agreement with Microsoft to establish the academy. This is the first of its kind to be located on a military installation. Fort Gordon was chosen for this endeavor because it already is established as a site of IT development. The course content at the academy will focus on skills unique to military roles, and 2,500 soldiers will gain Microsoft certifications each year. Army Partnership Creates First Military-Based Microsoft Academy Intel Creating Low-Cost PCs Intel has shipped some of its Atom processors, known as Diamondville, in the hopes of creating “Netbooks” and “Nettops,” a new line of low-cost notebooks and desktops designed for emerging market countries and the education market. Published reports estimate the cost of a notebook between $250 and $350. Previously, AsusTek introduced a line of PCs using a low-watt Intel processor; the company is expected to upgrade the line this year using Atom. Source: eWeek.com. User Community Responsible for Building Search Engine McAfee Announces Most Dangerous Domain Sites McAfee, the leading supplier of network security and availability solutions warns Web surfers of the most dangerous domain sites in its “Mapping the Mal Web Revisited” report released in June. 6 CERTIFICATION MAGAZINE August 2008 Since June, open-source search engine Wikia Search has allowed users to add, delete and rate Web pages, and this in turn influences the index of the search engine. Users also can edit search results URLs by merely changing the headline and description. In fact, contents posted on the site aren’t subject to an approval process, meaning it’s http://news.soft32.com http://www.comptia.org/sections/e2c/default.aspx http://www.comptia.org/sections/e2c/default.aspx http://www.live.com/ http://www.datamonitor.com/ http://www.hp.com/ http://InformationWeek.com http://Data-Storage-Today.com http://www.intel.com/ http://www.microsoft.com/industry/government/news/fort_gordon_microsoft_it_academy.mspx http://www.asus.com/ http://www.gordon.army.mil/ http://eWeek.com http://re.search.wikia.com/ http://us.mcafee.com/ http://www.mcafee.com/us/about/press/corporate/2008/20080604_181010_g.html http://www.mcafee.com/us/about/press/corporate/2008/20080604_181010_g.html

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Certification - August 2008 Editor's Letter Contents Data Stream jVirtual Village Tech Careers Dear Techie Troubleshooting Academic Connection What We Like Look Ahead The China Boom United in IT: Tech Culture Breaks Down Barriers Abroad Interface Digital Home Technology Integrator: Specialized Skills for the Smart Home Inside Certification Ad Index Endtag

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