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Prone to typos? Beware. Hackers have revived a once common scam in which they use a URL that contains a misspelled real site to spread malware. The latest targets Google users with the misspelled "www.googkle.com." Users can't check it out, even out of curiosity, anymore because it has already been taken down, Mikko Hypponen, director of anti-virus...

Online computer and peripheral retailer TigerDirect.com, Inc. filed a lawsuit against Apple Computer yesterday alleging the computer giant's new Mac OS X 10.4 operating system, know as "Tiger," is infringing on its trademarked name The suit, which was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Florida, asks for a temporary restr...

Seeking to put to rest a chapter from the dot-com heyday when insider access to Internet companies staging IPOs was as good as gold, eBay executives have offered to settle a shareholder lawsuit alleging they benefited personally from investments that should have helped eBay as a whole CEO Meg Whitman, founder and Chairman Pierre Omidyar and former ...

As most of us are aware, the textile genie is out of the bottle. Global quotas have now been lifted on China's textile exports Is this a bad thing? Here's what Cass Johnson, the president of the National Counsel of Textile Organizations, recently said about this situation: "The wolf is at the door and only the U.S. government can slam it shut, and ...

Prospects, customers and investors must have a lingering question in their minds with the announcement of a new CEO at Siebel: "Since George Shaheen was already on the board and capable of major influence, why haven't things changed already?" Putting a board member into the CEO slot seems like window dressing and let's be honest -- just perpetuates the inward-centric view this company has of itself...

It's not a bird or plane, it's the "stratellite," a huge broadband blimp announced this month. It will make high-speed Internet junkies gleeful, leave broadband competitors fearful, and tell policymakers to ignore warnings of an imminent broadband monopoly Some might be surprised to learn that anyone is worrying about a potential monopoly, given t...

Nokia has launched its N90 multimedia phone, one in a line of new N series phones introduced by the company this week. The phones target the top-end business user market with features ranting from music playing to Web browsing to camera and video capabilities Juha Putkiranta, Senior Vice President, Multimedia Imaging, Nokia, said in a statement tod...

Turner Broadcasting System (TBS) figures if people like to watch classic movies and old "Seinfeld" episodes, they will also be interested in discontinued, out-of-date video games, including arcade and classic console hits The media giant, a division of Time Warner, said its GameTap games-on-demand system will launch with 300 games and eventually of...

In a move that could send legal shockwaves through the Internet and e-commerce industries, New York state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer has filed suit accusing a major Web marketing firm of distributing spyware and adware to unsuspecting users Spitzer, who has built a reputation as a fierce watchdog and defender of consumer rights in going after e...

Within the next year, Hewlett-Packard will shift its entire line of ProLiant servers and storage to 2.5-inch, 10K RPM disk drives, the company said yesterday The small form factor (SFF) drives offer several benefits over the 3.5-inch disks in common use today. The smaller drives are denser, allowing for more storage in a smaller space and more hard...

One of the fastest growing online businesses is online gambling. The scope of this business is so enormous that some have even claimed it is the single most important factor in the growth of e-commerce. Despite this, there is much controversy and uncertainty surrounding the legality of online gaming in both the U.S. and Canada The U.S. Justice Depa...

For a long time, while Apple computer users enjoyed the advantages of an integrated multimedia software suite, Windows users who wished to experience the i-life had to be satisfied with standalone applications or meek integrated products. Then Roxio Easy Media Creator 7 entered the picture EMC 7 is a suite of Windows applications for working with i...

Quickly following on the heels of Google's My Search History, Yahoo today released My Web, a feature that lets users create a personalized record of online Web search information The beta version of My Web is available for download on the Yahoo site or through its toolbar....

Despite recent announcements from major telecom companies such as Verizon and SBC to ensure emergency 911 calling capability on Internet-enabled voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) phones, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Kevin Martin indicated this week the regulatory body will develop a plan to require the emergency service support...

Search engine and portal Yahoo has struck a deal to have a ready-to-use version of its Web tools loaded into Nokia smartphones, securing some key real estate for its expansion into the world of the mobile Internet Under the deal, financial terms of which were not disclosed, certain Nokia phones will be equipped with Yahoo e-mail, search, news-readi...

After completing the acquisition of Tally Systems Corp. on Monday, Novell said it plans to ship its Zenworks Asset Management suite next week Novell acquired Tally Systems in order to expand its Zenworks systems management offering. The result is a set of integrated tools with discovery and inventory, license management, and software usage and tren...

Every hour there are new changes to our old ways of thinking about traditional marketing rules. While we are all very deep into e-commerce, we must be aware of whether we are either already very successful or still learning the processes. Here are some cutting-edge rules to ensure good returns on e-commerce and Internet marketing Laws of Visibility...

They are the bane of many consumers' existence, but the boon to many corporate executives' business plans: Speech recognition systems can make consumers' blood boil as they unsuccessfully try to respond to prompts, such as "Please enter your account number," but the technology can also help executives reduce customer service costs, even more effectively than transferring a call center from Des Moines, Iowa, to Calcutta, India...

Web server hacks and Web site defacement are growing at a hefty pace, according to Zone-H, an Internet security monitoring group that released findings of a new study this week at the Infosecurity Europe 2005 event in London Although it may often be seen as digital graffiti committed by so-called "script kiddies" -- lower level computer hackers who...

Underscoring the rapid maturation of the voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) market, two tech and telecom heavyweights moved further into the market today, with Cisco Systems buying a small firm that could help turn its home-networking unit into a VoIP player and Verizon announcing a solution to the enhanced-911 problem nagging the emerging technology...