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Government officials have launched investigations into fraud cases that are costing electronic brokerages millions of dollars. Two of the largest e-brokerages are reporting computer hacking incidents in which criminals apparently manipulated client accounts at TD Ameritrade and E-Trade Financial. TD...

BT Group said Wednesday it would acquire managed security services firm Counterpane Internet Security in a move that could help the former national phone company of the UK advance its transformation into a global telecom services and network firm. BT did not disclose the price it paid for the privat...

Security-conscious online shoppers have long feared that thieves will snatch their credit card number and other personal information right out from under their fingertips as they nervously click the "buy now" icon on retailers' Web sites. The proof is in the numbers: 80 million consumers who use the...

Hoping to start the long process of moving past the massive recall of notebook computer batteries, Sony on Monday apologized for the uproar it caused but said it had no plans to exit the PC battery business. To date, some 9.6 million batteries have been recalled around the world, the bulk of them fo...

The American Civil Liberties Union on Monday presented opening arguments in federal district court in its longstanding challenge to an Internet censorship law that was signed by President Clinton in 1998 but has never been enforced. At issue in the case known as "ACLU v. Gonzales" is the Child Onlin...

A long-simmering dispute among major wireless carriers took a nasty turn Tuesday when Vivendi announced it had filed a racketeering lawsuit against rival T-Mobile. Vivendi's suit claims T-Mobile "illegally appropriated" US$2.5 billion that Vivendi invested in Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa, or PTC, a Poli...

Online advertising, like many novelties that play on the Internet, at first grabbed a great deal of attention from businesses. Online advertising was the new fad, and many people predicted it would overtake traditional advertising forms. Now that the newness of Internet advertising is wearing off, s...

IBM said Monday it has sued Amazon.com, alleging the e-commerce retail giant has infringed on a number of its patents. IBM is seeking unspecific damages and said the suits were filed only after some four years' worth of attempts to negotiate licensing deals between the two companies. Big Blue filed...

Hoping to build on its reputation as the maker of network backbones, Cisco said Monday it would launch a video conferencing solution the company believes will help spark a new era of long-distance collaboration for its customers. Cisco said its Cisco TelePresence solution would "redefine" the experi...

Internet start-ups seeking venture capital support may be in luck, as a second coming of sorts seems to be in full swing for Web-based technology firms, which enjoyed a seemingly endless supply of cash during the dot-com boom of the late 1990s. In September alone, General Catalyst Partners invested...

Slumping Dell has lost the label of world's largest PC maker to rival Hewlett-Packard, according to two research firms, with HP grabbing the crown Dell wore for nearly three years. Both Gartner and IDC said HP pulled ahead of Dell in the third quarter, though both firms emphasize the gap was narrow,...

Search leader Google blew away analyst forecasts for profits and revenue Thursday, turning in a third quarter financial performance that seemed certain to put to rest any doubts about the company's short-term growth prospects. Google's revenue came in at US$2.69 billion, up some 70 percent over the ...

The Western World realized decades ago that small and medium enterprises, or SMEs, are really the main drivers of the economy. While big businesses are still necessary to preserve and maintain structure, they face considerable challenges. The mega corporations of the last century have increasingly l...

Amid heavy speculation over possible copyright issues, major record labels are vying to profit from Google's acquisition of YouTube -- as allies. Specifically, three of the world's largest music companies -- Vivendi's Universal Music Group, Sony BMG Music and Warner Music Group -- quietly negotiated...

Recognizing the mutual benefit that accrues to helping their online merchants succeed, e-commerce hosting companies, along with e-tailers themselves, are driving demand for software applications that can help them better manage and grow their businesses. This final installment in our five-part serie...