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While nearly 90 percent of computer users have software on their machines to protect them from malware like viruses, Trojans, worms and spyware, almost two-thirds of those users are reluctant to upgrade the software after it's installed. That was the finding in a survey released Monday by security s...

Microsoft on Tuesday announced a partnership with Nortel, its latest effort to put its applications in the center of a unified communications approach that combines Microsoft software with Nortel communications gear. The two companies said they had agreed to a four-year alliance that will make Norte...

With debate over the regulation of online gambling continuing in Congress, law enforcement sent a clear message that existing laws would be aggressively enforced Monday by seeking the arrest of both the CEO and the founder of a leading online sports betting site. David Carruthers, CEO of BetOnSports...

Investors are grabbing shares in technology companies, as excellent economic reports keep coming from the U.S. government indicating that the federal budget deficit is down dramatically and tax collections have increased by 25 percent during this fiscal year. Infosys Technologies last week said it a...

Online advertisers beware. Click fraud is on the rise, according to numbers released Monday by the Click Fraud Index, an independent click fraud reporting service. Pay-per-click fraud reached 14.1 percent of all clicks tallied in the second quarter of 2006, slightly higher than the average of 13.7 p...

In a move that could help unlock the potential for selling feature-length movies over the Internet, Movielink Monday said it had reached an agreement to license technology allowing downloaded movies to be burned onto DVDs by users. Movielink said it had licensed the technology to allow DVD burning b...

Looking to retain its lead in one area where it has a significant advantage on its portal rivals, Yahoo said Monday it would add new features and products as part of a redesign of its Finance site. Yahoo Finance remains the category leader, out-drawing MSN's site, a resurgent AOL offering and Google...

eBay's recent decision to ban Google Checkout as an acceptable payment method raised the eyebrows of some in the online community who cried that the restriction is unfair to consumers. Yet the move opens up a debate as to how online merchants should balance the risks and benefits of accepting altern...

Several memory chip makers continue to be penalized for alleged price fixing efforts that did nothing to stem the falling price of their products from the late 1990s to 2002. The chip makers, which include Samsung, Micron, Infineon, Elpida, Hynix, Mosel-Vitelic, Nanya Technology and NEC, are being s...

Dell said Thursday it would change the way it prices its personal computers, drastically reducing the number of rebate offers. The move does not represent a pure price cut, according to Dell, but instead comes in response to complaints from small businesses and residential customers about confusing ...

A revamping of security standards is being prepared by the major payment card issuers and is expected to be announced within the next 60 days. "[MasterCard along] with other payment brands including American Express, Discover, JCB and Visa are currently considering potential, recommended updates to ...

Shares of German software giant SAP were battered Thursday after the company warned that earnings and revenue would fall short of forecasts. The announcement fed speculation that rival Oracle's aggressive growth-by-acquisition strategy has started to erode SAP's market share. SAP shares gave up as ...

The European Union's second-highest court has struck down the regulatory approval of the merger of Sony Music and the music business of Bertelsmann nearly two years after the deal was completed. While the decision could force the undoing of the earlier merger, which created Sony BMG, it may also und...

Threats from hackers are converging -- not just coming in on e-mail, or over the Web, or via Instant Messaging (IM), but through all three media, simultaneously, heightening the threat level that computer users are facing. This week, MessageLabs released its "Q2 2006 Intelligence Report," detailing ...

Antitrust regulators from the European Union levied a US$357 million fine against Microsoft for failing to comply with an earlier order to reduce the impact of its Windows monopoly. The latest fines bring the total financial penalties assessed by the EU against the software giant to close to $1 bill...