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The founder of popular social networking site MySpace.com is claiming the site is worth 100 times what it sold for last year and is prodding federal agencies to probe the sale of the company to Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. News Corp. purchased MySpace last year for US$580 million. Founder Brad Greens...

After months of back-and-forth negotiations, the United States and the European Union have reached an agreement on the sharing of data pertaining to airline passengers flying to the U.S. from Europe. The new agreement gives more U.S. government agencies access to data collected by European agencies,...

By now, it's understood that technology has forever changed the advertising and marketing industries. The range of choices consumers now have for consuming media -- and the accompanying marketing messages -- has forced marketers to rethink entire branding strategies. One way to look at the change is...

Leading electronics retailer Best Buy said Thursday it would partner with MP3 player maker SanDisk and RealNetworks to create and promote a subscription and buy-to-own music service. The collaboration is the latest effort to dethrone Apple from the top of the digital music market. The Best Buy Digi...

The California Attorney General's office late Wednesday charged former Hewlett-Packard Chairwoman Patricia Dunn, a second high-ranking HP executive and three others with felony fraud and conspiracy. All five face four felony counts of fraudulent wire communications, wrongful use of computer data, id...

Your organization needs a disaster recovery plan. The sun may be shining now, but it won't be forever -- disasters are a matter of when, not if. And if disaster does strike, having made a DR plan in advance may mean the difference between smoothly resuming activities, or going out of business. On to...

European regulatory authorities have taken a step toward bringing allegations that Intel is violating antitrust law closer to a resolution -- and the company's probable prosecution. Officials investigating claims against the chip maker reportedly have presented their evidence to an internal panel of...

Japan's Fujitsu became the latest PC maker forced to recall Sony-made batteries in some of its notebook computers. Meanwhile, Hewlett-Packard said its laptops appear to be unaffected by the overheating and fire problems that have led to the recall of some 7 million batteries worldwide. Fujitsu join...

American corporations drawn to China's vast market of 1.3 billion people have to be prepared to jump through some regulatory hoops and adhere to a host of government censorship codes. Xinhua, China's state news agency, recently announced rules that require foreign media to get prior approval for the...

In a bid to shore up its management line, Microsoft has announced the acquisition of privately held DesktopStandard, a developer of Group Policy-based desktop and server management tools. DesktopStandard's software works with Active Directory and integrates with Microsoft's Group Policy Management C...

Microsoft said Tuesday it had formally appealed a US$357 million fine levied against it by regulators from the European Union, who say the software giant failed to comply with earlier sanctions meant to create a more competitive software marketplace. Microsoft had indicated it would appeal the fine ...

As the number of PC makers recalling notebook computers loaded with its batteries continues to grow, Sony is now facing accusations that it knew the batteries were susceptible to overheating and possibly catching fire but failed to sufficiently study the problem. A Japanese newspaper, the Yomiuri Sh...

With the ongoing development of wireless telecommunications and shared application and data resources, the practice of integrating geographic information systems with conventional data analysis and decision support systems is on the rise. This trend is having a profound effect on how products and se...

MX Logic released on Monday a new managed security product giving small to medium-sized businesses new options in fortifying their computers against spyware, spam and viruses. These computer-intrusion threats top the list of SMB concerns, driving 2006 IT security spending for SMBs to more than US$10...

Two of the biggest remaining Web-based gambling sites began to back out of the U.S. market Monday after Congress passed legislation over the weekend aimed at cutting off the flow of money to Internet casinos and sports betting parlors. Both PartyGaming.com and 888 Holdings said they would start wind...