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An adult Web site publisher is suing Google, saying the search engine company made it easier for users to see the site's copyrighted nude photographs without paying or gaining access through the proper channels. Perfect 10 sued Google for copyright infringement in U.S. District Court for the Central...

The information technology (IT) industry requires more than just competence with a few software applications or development tools. To be able to move up the career ladder and manage IT organizations effectively requires a broader range of skills than those traditionally taught to software developers...

Instant messaging provider ICQ plans to officially launch a premium Web-based e-mail service later this week. The America Online property's latest offering gives users 2 GB of e-mail storage, and a suite of other features, for US$19.99 a year. That suite of other features includes an online calendar...

Symbian has reported that a virus dubbed "Skulls" has been introduced to its operating system for wireless phones. The malware is targeted at the Nokia 7610 smart phone, but might affect other phones using Symbian's Series 60 User Interface. Skulls is a malicious SIS file trojan that will replace th...

Instant messaging, a staple of teenage life, is growing up and entering the workplace. Yet companies whose employees arbitrarily install commercial IM solutions are opening themselves up to a potential Pandora's Box of viruses, worms and network degradation. Today, 50 percent of people polled use IM...

Showing no sign of letting up in its legal war against music swappers, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has filed another 761 copyright-infringement lawsuits against individuals. As in the most recent batch of suits filed last month, the RIAA once again set its sights squarely on...

This is the time of year when the small-business owner has to start thinking of year-end strategies for his/her company. Because tax strategies have a large, yet controllable, influence on your business, they should be your main focus as a business owner. The business owner's tax decisions depend on...

Microsoft might be considering some interim updates to its Internet Explorer (IE) browser that would improve the browser's overall functionality before the advent of Windows successor Longhorn, expected in 2006. Previously, the software giant had said it would not offer any substantial updates to IE...

America Online is beefing up security with today's release of AOL 9.0 Security Edition that provides a suite of safety and security features, marking the Internet giant's first version to focus specifically on safety and security. "First among our commitments to our members and the online community ...

Overstock.com announced today it will sell 1.2 million shares of common stock at an expected price of US$57.53 per share. That would give the online closeout retailer approximately $65.3 million in proceeds. The company said underwriters have an option to purchase up to an additional 180,000 shares ...

Search engine leader and stock market darling Google has warned investors that its skyrocketing growth rate is slowing, a development analysts knew was inevitable but one that might be coming sooner than many had expected. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Google said that the...

In one of the largest retail mergers in recent memory that could alter both the world of traditional retail and the e-commerce landscape, Sears Roebuck & Co. has agreed to merge with the resurgent Kmart chain in a deal worth US$11 billion. The result will be Sears Holding Corp., which will becom...

What's the big deal, when every major corporation in the USA searches for an Indian company so they can park all their mundane information management under a banyan tree? Protesters during the industrial age screamed against rapid automation as a serious threat to jobs and a possible destruction of...

Hoping to secure large corporate customers by addressing one of the fastest-growing Internet-related security threats, McAfee has launched an enterprise software product aimed specifically at identifying and eradicating spyware, adware and related programs. McAfee's Anti-Spyware Enterprise Edition ...

Your most critical business decisions often come down to prices: how much to charge and how much to pay. Prices have been driven down in the South Asian call center industry in the last two years, thanks to a flood of new entrants into the industry, a glut of low-end capacity, and improvements in te...