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Five years ago, it was the rare technologist who spent much time dealing with compliance and regulatory issues. Up until relatively recently, only a handful of technologists in certain highly regulated sectors -- such as financial services or government -- spent much time evaluating regulatory issue...

As the Microsoft v. AT&T case wound its way through the U.S. court system, warnings abounded that an adverse ruling could seriously complicate software companies' global manufacturing and sales strategies. This theory was reinforced by a federal court jury decision, which ordered Microsoft to pa...

As the Microsoft v. AT&T case wound its way through the U.S. court system, warnings abounded that an adverse ruling could seriously complicate software companies' global manufacturing and sales strategies. This theory was reinforced by a federal court jury decision, which ordered Microsoft to pa...

Swedish wireless equipment giant Ericsson is hoping to boost its multimedia services for the Internet with the purchase of Tandberg Television. The buy could push Ericsson to the vanguard of IPTV, or Internet Protocol Television, which is likely to be one of the major markets for the telecom industr...

AOL is extending the time period in which Swedish online marketer TradeDoubler can consider its acquisition offer. AOL, a unit of Time Warner, in January offered to buy the firm for $900 million in cash with an acceptance offer to expire Feb. 19. The new deadline is March 14. Fund manager Alecta, Tr...

Last month, Web-security firm MessageLabs said that for the first time ever it had recorded more e-mails bearing phishing attacks than those containing viruses or other malware. January's MessageLabs Intelligence Report also found that phishing attacks were becoming increasingly sophisticated, which...

"It was the best of times; it was the worst of times." The oft-cited quotation from Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities" seems apt when talking about the opportunity presented by digital communications and computing. It has also ushered in a new breed of cybercriminal who tries hard to use your personal...

A federal jury has ordered Microsoft to pay $1.52 billion to Alcatel-Lucent for infringing on two patents that convert audio into the digital MP3 file format. One of the largest patent awards on record, Microsoft has said the ruling could also impact companies that have licensed this technology, inc...

We've all heard of YouTube and MySpace, but there's a new and exciting social networking site: itLinkz.com. What makes this site unique is that it will contain hundreds of sites that target specific market segments. The sites will allow you to choose and participate in a unique, virtual community. W...

It's an e-tailer's nightmare: In the constant struggle to keep up with online shopping trends and technology, a company relaunches its Web site with all the bells and whistles. However, it soon learns that the site's upload time is at a crawl, or its checkout is too slow. Sure, the firm did its home...

Google, hoping to fend off ongoing criticism and potential legal battles, has decided to tackle copyright issues head on and will soon offer antipiracy technologies to halt unauthorized video-sharing, the company announced this week. YouTube, which Google acquired late last year in a $1.6 billion st...

In a move that demonstrates consolidation among players in the burgeoning world of Web 2.0 development, Cisco Systems paid $135 million to buy Reactivity, an XML specialist that's been selling products for only about five years. Cisco, in announcing the acquisition, said its clients -- as well as ma...

Cybercriminals are as gung-ho about perpetrating online fraud as financial institutions and governments are dedicated to preventing it. It's not so much the number of people who have fallen victim to ID theft, but the potential for serious loss and the possibility that you or I will become the next ...

AT&T has won one of the largest commercial contracts in its history, the company announced Wednesday -- a massive five-year global networking contract from automotive giant General Motors. The deal, which is worth nearly $1 billion, calls for AT&T to deliver next-generation telecommunication...

AT&T has won one of the largest commercial contracts in its history, the company announced Wednesday -- a massive five-year global networking contract from automotive giant General Motors. The deal, which is worth nearly $1 billion, calls for AT&T to deliver next-generation telecommunication...