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In today's information- and technology-driven economy, companies are increasingly reliant on the cross-border flow of information and labor. Employee mobility in today's economy demands that intellectual property issues assume greater significance in employers' and employees' minds. The mobility of ...

In the big scheme of things, Microsoft's third fiscal quarter for 2011 was pretty good -- until, that is, one drills down and sees that its core product, Windows, delivered a disappointing performance, while recent computing developments, especially the consumer craze for tablets, are not exactly t...

A long list of companies -- including big names such as Amazon, Dish Network, Wal-Mart, Best Buy and YouTube -- appear to be gearing up to enter the online video rental business. Of course, they all have visions of eventually overtaking the current market leader Netflix. It makes sense. Streaming vi...

Talk about your anti-climatic endings. Thirteen years after the Sturm und Drang that was the government prosecution of Microsoft on antitrust grounds, the mammoth, multi-million dollar case has ended with a straightforward, run-of-the-mill legal proceeding. The case will end on May 12 without any fu...

After listening to countless companies' exciting ideas, I have come to the conclusion that the new wireless health sector has the potential to grow into a booming business within the next five years. The question is, how much am I willing to bet? The potential is there, but can we clear the path? De...

Sony confirmed that its recent site outages were caused by compromised security in a blog post on Tuesday. Between April 17 and 19, hackers gained access to PlayStation Network and Qriocity user account information, the company revealed, and its shutdown of PSN and Qriocity on April 20 was a reactio...

Last year, as part of a broad enforcement campaign, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement began seizing the domain names of websites involved in copyright infringement and the sale of counterfeit goods. ICE, a division of DHS, carried out the first phase of Operation In Our Sites in June 2010 whe...

In the days since researchers Peter Warden and Alasdair Allan published the unsettling discovery that Apple's iOS could track users' movements, timestamp them, and then send the information to Apple, the following has occurred: 1) Google has been outed as well, spurred on by a not-so-subtle tip prov...

The budget deal worked out between the White House and Congress for the 2011 fiscal year will directly impact the federal e-government program. The spending agreement will put a severe crimp in a program that bolsters government transparency efforts, as well as initiatives designed to modernize IT m...

Nintendo confirmed the rumors that have been swirling for weeks that it is working on a next-generation Wii. The company released sparse details about the game console, other than it is set to be on store shelves in 2012 and will be unveiled at the video game industry conference, E3, held in Los Ang...

Microsoft is going to boost employees' compensation, the company announced in a memo that was sent out to its entire staff on Thursday morning. Penned by CEO Steve Ballmer, the memo says the company has decided to shift a portion of stock award targets into employees' base salaries. The end result ...

Social networking technology has found a solid niche in the business world. Facebook and Twitter are proving to be powerful -- and cost-effective -- tools for connecting with customers and promoting products and services. Major corporations like Pepsi and Procter & Gamble have been so happy with...

The states of California, Texas, Washington, New York and Massachusetts currently have the highest number of video game jobs, according to the ESA's "Video Games in the 21st Century" report. Collectively, these areas directly employ 22,279 workers and post nearly 71 percent of the industry's total ...

Verizon posted its first-quarter earnings on Thursday, revealing the company sold 2.2 million iPhone 4 models, Verizon's most successful launch. It activated its first iPhones on February 10, a month into the first quarter. The iPhone was previously exclusive to Verizon rival AT&T, which reporte...

Verizon posted its first-quarter earnings on Thursday, revealing the company sold 2.2 million iPhone 4 models, Verizon's most successful launch. It activated its first iPhones on February 10, a month into the first quarter. The iPhone was previously exclusive to Verizon rival AT&T, which reporte...