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The United States is considering taking legal action against China for continued violations of intellectual property rights (IPR), as well as the use of subsidies in a broad array of manufactured goods. The U.S. may pursue its case to the World Trade Organization (WTO) -- an action it has previously threatened over the past year China is one of the...

Home network users could be vulnerable to attacks from hackers who can alter the configuration of a broadband router or wireless access point. Symantec released its "Drive-By Pharming" attacks report Thursday, roughly two months after security researchers at Symantec and Indiana University first published their conclusions in a white paper last December...

The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project is close to making computer users out of a million children in developing nations The company building the inexpensive laptops for OLPC, Quanta Computer, has received an order for a million of the lime green notebooks, according to published reports....

As massive snowstorms battered much of the Midwest and Northeast this week, it was 70 degrees and sunny in Palm Desert, Calif., during eTail 2007 Palm Desert, the 16th annual multichannel retail conference. The event ran Feb. 13-16 at the Desert Springs JW Marriott Resort & Spa Nevertheless, weather was merely an added bonus for the hundreds of att...

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has cautioned Wall Street that analysts' fiscal year 2008 expectations for Windows Vista sales may be too "optimistic" and "overly aggressive." Vista is more of an opportunity to sustain Windows revenue -- not necessarily grow it, Ballmer reportedly said Thursday during a meeting with financial analysts. Some analysts ha...

On-demand business management software firm NetSuite announced on Thursday the release of an advanced e-commerce business suite that extends the functionality of Software as a Service (SaaS) applications to the online operations of mid-sized companies NetSuite also announced new features added to its e-commerce on-demand business management suite ...

In a move that could signal a massive leap forward in unlocking some of the most complex mysteries of our world, D-Wave Systems has demonstrated what it called the world's first commercially viable quantum computer The theories behind quantum computing have been around for decades, and the first real-world delivery of quantum computing was expected...

Most of us are quite aware of a new, brewing scandal -- the stock option scandal. It has been revealed that some companies have "cooked the books" when it came to reporting dates of stock option grants The purpose of misdating the stock option was to accommodate executives by giving them the possibility of a higher profit when they cash in their op...

As your business has grown, its office space requirements have changed. New buildings may be bought and sold as divisions are launched and canceled. Existing offices may be heavily renovated to make them more flexible and efficient, and cubicles may be constantly adjusted to support smaller organizational shifts. In each case, the portfolio of office space is adjusted based on the needs of the business...

Recent high-profile data breach incidents have placed in the spotlight for many IT departments and corporate executives the importance of innovative solutions for effective identity and access management (IAM) solutions. Imprivata, which specializes in identification and access management appliance solutions, is positioning itself as the vanguard for better corporate security...

IBM unveiled three new offerings this week designed to consolidate Web-tier Linux servers in increasingly complicated IT environments The new offerings, a trio of machines running Linux or IBM's AIX Unix operating system, will help businesses consolidate more than 1.6 million Linux servers that are present in both heterogeneous and open source IT e...

PC Guardian, a manufacturer of computer and data security products, has introduced a product line that puts a new twist on some old security issues involving physical computer theft and data loss through exposed USB devices Cable locks for laptops are nothing new. On nearly all laptops and numerous peripherals, the security slot to receive a lockin...

A Texas judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the family of a 13-year-old girl who allegedly was assaulted by a man she met through the social networking Web site MySpace Part of the case was dismissed with prejudice, a decision that will likely be appealed to the Fifth Circuit Court, according to one of the plaintiff's attorneys, Adam Loewy, a pa...

Data centers in the United States are consuming 5 million kilowatts of energy per year, an amount equal to the power consumption of the entire state of Mississippi, according to a report released Thursday The findings are a warning to decision makers to increase the efficiency of servers and microprocessors, maintains chipmakerAdvanced Micro Device...

Sun Microsystems announced this week the release of an optimized AMP stack for its Unix-based Solaris 10 operating system and an expansion of its open source developer tools Sun released a new distribution of its Solaris Express, Developer Edition and announced an expanded pricing structure for its Startup Essentials program. The Startup Essentials...

"Star Wars" enthusiasts can finally begin their countdown to the release of "Star Wars: The Force Unleashed" (TFU). Game maker LucasArts on Wednesday made public long sought details on the next installment of the "Star Wars" saga. Gamers can expect to see "TFU" on store shelves in November 2007 for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, Playstation 3, PlayStation Portable and Nintendo DS game consoles...

It was a David versus Goliath case that made international headlines. Russian authorities, determined to fight pirated software, came down hard on a school found to have 12 computers with phony versions of Windows and Microsoft Office A court on Thursday dismissed the charges, calling the case "trivial." It seems Microsoft isn't going to reap any f...

Dell has hired the CEO of electronics manufacturerSolectron to head up a new division overseeing worldwide operations, the company announced Wednesday, as it bolsters efforts to regain its supply chain efficiency and low-cost edge Michael Cannon will become the president of global operations later this month, assuming responsibility for all of the ...

In a landmark vote Tuesday, the Kansas State Board of Education once again adopted science standards regarding instruction in evolution The new guidelines reflect an overturn of previous standards, written in part by advocates of "intelligent design," that earned Kansas international ridicule in 2005. Advocates of intelligent design believe that li...

Microsoft on Tuesday issued 12 software patches, six of which covered vulnerabilities the company designated as "critical." The patches were part of Microsoft's regular Patch Tuesday security bulletin TechNewsWorld spoke with Ashar Aziz, CEO and founder of network malware security firm FireEye, to find out how dangerous these vulnerabilities were a...