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In October 2003, Lane Bess, who joined Trend Micro in November 2002, was named president of the company's North American operations. Bess, who has 20 years experience in sales, marketing and general management, previously held positions at NCR and AT&T. During his career, he has seen virulent ne...

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has taken additional steps in its fight against music piracy by issuing nearly 500 more lawsuits against alleged music file-sharers. This action brings the total number of individuals it has sued to nearly 3,000. While the RIAA doesn't yet know th...

At its TechEd conference Monday, Microsoft announced several tools and technologies aimed at developers and other IT professionals, including an expansion of the Visual Studio line, an add-on to .NET and a beta release of a developer tool called the Microsoft Office Information Bridge Framework. Sin...

Toysrus.com has sued Amazon.com, the company that has run its online store since early 2000, claiming the e-tail giant violated an exclusivity agreement and seeking $200 million in damages. The online wing of Toys 'R' Us claims Amazon is in breach of the original agreement between the two companies ...

New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer sued Richard Grasso on Monday, seeking the return of millions of dollars the former head of the New York Stock Exchange is alleged to have received improperly. Spitzer also sued former chairman of the NYSE's compensation committee, Ken Langone, and said the pr...

On the heels of last week's revelation of a potential security breach in the form of a code leak, Cisco Systems on Tuesday is expected to unveil a new high-end router for large telecommunications carriers. Code-named HFR (Huge Fast Router), the product will be part of an event to mark the company's ...

Lucent Technologies said Monday that it will pay about $295 million to acquire Telica, a provider of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) gear, in the latest deal to underscore the emergence of the Internet as a tool for traditional telecommunications. Lucent will dish out 92.7 million stock shares a...

The following is a transcript of the radio address of President Bush to the nation on Friday: THE PRESIDENT: "Good morning. This week brought further evidence that across America, more citizens are finding jobs. The Department of Labor reported state-by-state job results, and these figures show that...

As part of its legal wrangling with The SCO Group, IBM has filed a motion for summary judgment in an attempt to remove copyright claims from the multibillion-dollar lawsuit. In its request, Big Blue cited a lack of evidence from SCO that would prove wrongdoing on IBM's part. The copyright claims in ...

Corporations will replace 100 million personal computers this year and even more in 2005, helping to drive a 14 percent year-over-year increase in PC sales in 2004, according to a report from research firm Gartner. Overall, the research firm expects worldwide shipments to total 186 million units dur...

Symantec has announced it will buy spam-filtering company Brightmail in a deal worth $370 million, adding spam-stopping capabilities to its antivirus and security gateway. The all-cash deal is expected to close in July, and Symantec said it is "too early to estimate" the impact of the acquisition on...

Hewlett-Packard posted its best sales figures in company history during the second quarter, exceeding analysts' revenue expectations and matching profit forecasts as demand for printers, servers and outsourcing services remained strong. Offering more evidence that its 2002 merger with Compaq was a g...

Thanks to eBay and its competitors, online auctions have become a common way for individuals and companies to sell goods. More recently, nonprofit organizations have begun to see the light as well, supplementing their fundraising efforts by auctioning big-ticket items and services online. The move t...

Saying the market for sending voice, video and other communications over the Internet is enormous but largely untapped, IBM and Cisco have announced they will work together to help companies make use of the money-saving option. As part of the deal, IBM will market its consulting and integration serv...

Cisco Systems is investigating whether part of the source code that powers its networking hardware has been revealed on the Internet -- a potentially embarrassing development for a company making a huge push into the network security business. Reports swept the Web last weekend that the code had bee...