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Nearly nine out of 10 businesses and other organizations faced some type of computer security incident, a fifth of them were attacked 20 times or more and some US$67 billion was lost as a result of the incursions, according to the 2005 FBI Computer Crime survey. The report, released Thursday by the ...

The strength of the Razr phone helped push Motorola to strong fourth-quarter earnings and revenue results -- but, like other tech companies, it failed to meet or exceed expectations. Motorola also acknowledged some operational difficulties, with profit margins lower in the quarter for all of its mob...

The world economic landscape is rapidly changing. Assuming that you regard the European Union as one economic entity, as of this writing, there are two economic superpowers. Those two superpowers are the U.S. and the E.U., which have roughly equivalent gross domestic products. If your definition li...

The Christmas shopping season may be officially over -- but online shopping continues to flourish with consumers still scrambling to buy iPods, XBox 360s, DVDs and baby cribs and strollers. Wait -- cribs and strollers? The Shopping.com Consumer Demand Index (CDI) for the period of December 26, 2005 ...

Philips Electronics on Thursday announced plans to acquire Lifeline Systems, a personal emergency medical services company. Philips has offered approximiately US$750 million, or $47.75 per share to buy the firm. That's 21 percent higher than Lifeline's closing stock price of $39.49 on Wednesday. Lif...

Sales of personal computers posted strong growth in 2005, while Dell held onto the crown and captured more market share and the U.S. gave up its title as the largest single PC market, according to reports from two research firms. Gartner said sales grew 15.3 percent in 2005, while IDC said growth fo...

Booming sales of iPods helped Apple score another winning quarter, but a lowered outlook may be raising the stakes for the pending switch to Intel chips in the company's notebook and desktop computers. Apple exceeded earnings expectations, posting a profit for its first quarter, which included the h...

Many Web businesses do not provide a compelling customer experience; some sites are simply unusable, while others fail to provide content, goods and services that match their customers' needs and expectations. To make matters worse, most e-tailers do a poor job of effectively assessing their custome...

Shares of Yahoo took a hit Wednesday, a day after the portal and search company reported earnings that, while up sharply from a year ago, fell short of expectations. Some analysts wondered whether the overall strength of the Internet sector in the fourth quarter had been overstated in forecasts, whi...

Interest in surveys that purport to identify averages and norms is so great that the myths this type of research spawns are sometimes floated as sophisticated branding and marketing strategies. Cures are invented, fads are nurtured, styles are crushed and dogmas are erected as though mandated by som...

For many e-commerce companies, the temptation to revel in the success of the 2005 holiday season is a powerful one. Many sites saw strong double-digit growth, with more shoppers than ever buying more online than ever before, helping to extend the e-commerce shopping season later than in the past. It...

Microsoft owns the majority of the collaborative platform software market, but that is not stopping it from trying to grab additional share away from its nearest rival, IBM. The software giant has announced the availability of a suite of new and updated tools to help IBM customers "analyze" whether...

The Securities and Exchange Commission cast a preliminary vote in favor of new rules that would force public companies to more fully report how much top executives are being paid, with everything from stock grants and bonuses to non-cash perks subject to disclosure. The five-member commission held a...

Google has agreed to acquire Newport Beach, Calif.-based dMarc, which develops digital applications for the radio broadcast industry, for US$102 million in cash. DMarc connects advertisers directly to radio stations through its automated advertising platform. Its technology is designed to simplify t...

The offices of Japanese Web services firm Livedoor Co. were raided by investigators Monday night, sending the company's shares into a nosedive and prompting a reassuring message from company leadership, while potentially casting a negative new light on Internet companies elsewhere. Livedoor issued a...