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Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates is calling on Congress to create a sweeping privacy law this year, which would give consumers increased control over how their personal information is used by third parties. Speaking at the annual meeting of the Center for Democracy and Technology on Wednesday, Gates al...

How mature is service-oriented architecture? In asking that question, it's important to make the distinction between the best-of-breed approach, where one picks and chooses various components within one's own SOA arsenal, or a more complete suite, a holistic full-feature set with the benefits, trade...

If you're buying anything online anytime soon, you better charge it. MasterCard, Visa, American Express -- take your pick -- but don't hit the virtual checkout lane without your bank-protected plastic in hand. "Use a credit card for maximum protection against money theft online," attorney Mari Frank...

When Microsoft attorney Thomas Rubin on Tuesday accused Google of taking a "cavalier approach to copyright" and of using its Book Search project to make money off other people's copyrighted creations, he ignited a fiery debate over the ethics of information access, the meaning of copyright and the r...

Electronics retailer Best Buy is being investigated for allegedly using two different Web sites to sell merchandise online, including one that may have led to some consumers paying higher prices. The office of Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is looking into the alleged bait-and-switc...

For many already overburdened IT departments, the simultaneous release of Exchange 2007, Windows Vista and Office 2007 has created challenges. CIO's are asking their IT departments, already reeling from the Daylight Savings Time changes in North America, to deliver plans to migrate to a new client o...

Google's Book Search project "systematically violates copyright" and deprives content owners of the opportunity to make money from their creations, according to a top Microsoft attorney. In a prepared speech to be given Tuesday to the annual meeting of the Association of American Publishers in New Y...

Warner Bros. Entertainment, Universal Pictures and Digital Cinema Implementation Partners announced Tuesday a joint venture to bring to market a new system for distributing digital movies to theaters. "We expect to be organized and have the financing and deals we need in place for an aggressive roll...

Intel may have deleted some documents requested by Advanced Micro Devices as part of an ongoing antitrust lawsuit, Intel attorneys said on Monday. In response, AMD accused the leading chipmaker of apparently destroying evidence. In a letter to U.S. District Court Judge Joseph Farnan Jr., Intel said ...

Retail's enthusiasm for e-commerce started as a tentative courtship, but has blossomed into a love affair, with businesses large and small embracing the Internet as a prime source of sales revenue. Everybody, it seems, is entering the queue, hoping to attract a growing mob of cybershoppers. "Every e...

Research In Motion will take a $250 million charge to reduce previously reported GAAP earnings going back to 2004 to account for backdated stock options. The Canadian wireless device maker is reshuffling management as a result of the restatement, with co-CEO Jim Balsillie stepping down from his role...

Motorola's board of directors is urging shareholders to be wary of supporting an effort by billionaire investor Carl Icahn to secure a seat on the company's board. Motorola filed a notice with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday setting the date for its annual shareholder meeting for Ma...

Advanced Micro Devices said Monday it will likely not meet its own already lowered targets for first-quarter sales growth, a sign that the chipmaker is continuing to lose ground to dominant rival Intel. The company did not provide details beyond saying it was "unlikely to meet" its previously stated...

The definitions or descriptions of newly minted terms and acronyms have been flying around this past year. To add to this, I'll contribute another one: Rich Enterprise Application or REA. To be clear from the start, REA is an evolution of Rich Internet Applications or RIA, and not an entirely new ca...

Approximately 10 million Americans fall victim to identity theft each year, a statistic that is expected to increase despite the diligent efforts of government and institutions to turn the tide. Leading IT security providers are arguably in the best position to understand the nature and scale of the...