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Adobe Systems moved closer to acquiring Macromedia after the Department of Justice said the US$3.4 billion deal passed anti-trust muster The approval came nearly six months after the deal was first announced on April 18. Over the summer, the Justice Department sought more information on the deal, raising the possibility that it would halt the deal ...

Although stiffer jail sentences and legislation have cut into the United States' share of junk e-mail spam sent in the past year, the land of the free is still the number one spam sender in the world, accounting for more than a quarter of the unsolicited nuisance, according to a report issued by software security firm Sophos this week The United St...

Corporate governance scandals, like Enron and WorldCom, have made boardrooms jittery. In fact, these types of scandals have frightened off otherwise qualified board members from serving on boards of publicly held corporations. To further inflame this situation, many insurers are either not issuing new Director's and Officer's (D&O) coverage or are severely limiting the coverage on new policies that they write. What's a board member, or a prospective board member, to do?...

Corporate governance scandals, like Enron and WorldCom, have made boardrooms jittery. In fact, these types of scandals have frightened off otherwise qualified board members from serving on boards of publicly held corporations. To further inflame this situation, many insurers are either not issuing new Director's and Officer's (D&O) coverage or are severely limiting the coverage on new policies that they write. What's a board member, or a prospective board member, to do?...

Corporate governance scandals, like Enron and WorldCom, have made boardrooms jittery. In fact, these types of scandals have frightened off otherwise qualified board members from serving on boards of publicly held corporations. To further inflame this situation, many insurers are either not issuing new Director's and Officer's (D&O) coverage or are severely limiting the coverage on new policies that they write. What's a board member, or a prospective board member, to do?...

Bold predictions about the future in The Singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology, recently released by legendary inventor Ray Kurzweil, are causing reviewers to marvel in awe or disbelief. But while Kurzweil's forecasts are fascinating, the book's analysis of the present is just as important Amid discussions of reverse engineering the b...

Palm yesterday unveiled a new PDA with built-in WiFi and -- rock n' roll. Palm is working with Alliance Group Entertainment to provide multimedia content on Palm handhelds, mobile managers and smartphones Dubbed Palm TX, the PDA-maker's latest device hit store shelves yesterday complete with the sounds of pop artist Jake Coco's new hit single "Grac...

Federal authorities have broken up a massive piracy ring that they say was capable of producing millions of counterfeit music and software CDs Three California men face a range of charges after being indicted by a federal grand jury in San Francisco on counterfeiting charges. The charges resulted from an investigation and series of raids that autho...

Skype has been making some new friends since it was acquired by eBay last month. The VoIP provider's latest announcement taps Cisco Systems' Linksys division The companies announced an agreement this week to market a cordless phone designed to take free Skype Internet phone calling off the computer and put it into the hands of callers. The companie...

Although stiffer jail sentences and legislation have cut into the United States' share of junk e-mail spam sent in the past year, the land of the free is still the number one spam sender in the world, accounting for more than a quarter of the unsolicited nuisance, according to a report issued by software security firm Sophos yesterday The United St...

Eyeing a possible three-way partnership that could dramatically alter the Web portal space overnight, search giant Google and cable company Comcast are reportedly talking about acquiring a minority stake in America Online Under the reported deal, the two companies would buy a minority stake in AOL from parent company Time Warner. In one sweep, such...

Computer crimes targeted at businesses are at their lowest level ever, according to a leading expert in the field Computer crime, observed Robert Richardson, editorial director for the Computer Security Institute (CSI) in Philadelphia "is as low as it's ever been and has dropped off significantly from last year."

The past two years have seen several high-profile corporate scandals that illustrate the dramatic consequences of e-mail misuse -- and those are just the ones that have made headlines In fact, one in five employers has had an e-mail subpoenaed by courts and regulators, and another 13 percent have battled workplace lawsuits triggered by employee e-m...

IBM and Novell partnered this week to offer customers a single subscription option for servers running SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 in the IBM BladeCenter chassis The companies said the new chassis subscription model will help customers maintain control over the cost of computing by potentially reducing subscription administration requirements an...

Yahoo and Microsoft's MSN have agreed to work to make their instant messaging platforms more compatible, a bid to set aside competitive differences to tackle the continued dominance of America Online's own chat platform The companies said their agreement represented the first time two major IM providers had agreed to make their products more compat...

In the golden haze surrounding the mystic city of Tunisia, a small group of elite merchants of the information age will once again try to figure out the future of the Internet. In November, they will fight out their agendas and try hard to make sense out of the ongoing cyber warfare If there were a major split or a major breakdown of the Internet t...

Web usability guidelines aim to help you keep and serve your customers, rather than driving them to your competitors' sites out of frustration. Usability is important for every Web site, but becomes absolutely vital when a large portion of your revenue comes from Web sales. Over the years, I've read many articles and checklists about Web site usability, and they always mention the importance of site responsiveness...

Electronics industry companies are moving forward aggressively with plans to promote the recycling of used mobile phones -- as well as PDAs and other devices -- which contain toxic byproducts, including lead, cadmium and beryllium, experts tell TechNewsWorld CEOs of leading firms in the electronics manufacturing industry recently testified before C...

Sony Ericsson has taught its newest smartphone some new tricks, unveiling the P990 handheld with Symbian operating system version 9.1, UMTS and WiFi connectivity, integrated keyboard under flip-down number keypad, and a 2 megapixel camera The new smartphone retains the form factor and weight of previous models, including the successful P800, P900 a...

In a move to attract more small business customers, Microsoft is launching a subsidy program to allow this growing business demographic to receivecredits toward consulting services when they purchase Microsoft software Small businesses that purchase a minimum of five copies of Microsoft Office or one copy of Windows Small Business Server 2003 throu...