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As malware writers and Internet attackers become moresophisticated, 2009 looks to be a year of more focused attacks byprofit-driven criminals bent on stealing data from businesses,employees and consumers Networking firm Cisco released itsannual Threat Report Monday, citing a nearly 12 percent increase in thenumber of disclosed vulnerabilities over ...

Part 1 of this four-part series gives an overview of the game console market this holiday season. Part 2 takes a closer look at the pros and cons of Microsoft's Xbox 360. Part 3 examines the PlayStation 3 In the United States, there are approximately twice as many Xbox 360s in play as Sony's PlayStation 3 (PS3) -- 14 million for the Xbox compared t...

Syncplicity, a startup online data management company, announced last October the closing of its post-seed funding round for US$2.35 million. The company offers an automated, all-in-one service for online and offline file syncing, backup and sharing Silicon Valley-based True Ventures led a group of private investors in compiling the funding pool. S...

Syncplicity, a startup online data management company, announced last October the closing of its post-seed funding round for US$2.35 million. The company offers an automated, all-in-one service for online and offline file syncing, backup and sharing Silicon Valley-based True Ventures led a group of private investors in compiling the funding pool. S...

Syncplicity, a startup online data management company, announced last October the closing of its post-seed funding round for US$2.35 million. The company offers an automated, all-in-one service for online and offline file syncing, backup and sharing Silicon Valley-based True Ventures led a group of private investors in compiling the funding pool. S...

The new president-elect for the U.S. isn't even in office yet and he is already wrapped in scandal. Fortunately we can live with this one as it had to do with whether he carried a Zune or an iPod, but given some were calling this -- and I'm not kidding -- "Zunegate," I thought the event was interesting But it did showcase how closely we are watchin...

Identity theft has had a crippling effect on more than 9 million Americans, according to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and businesses that collect or hold identifying information report millions of dollars in annual losses as a result of these crimes New identity theft regulations for creditors -- which can include technology retailers, Inter...

Microsoft and the Internet security community are trying to get a handle on a vulnerability that exposes Internet Explorer to the threat of zero day attacks. When the problem was first discovered -- only a few days after December's Patch Tuesday -- there was confusion about how the exploit worked, as well as which versions of IE were impacted Micr...

Recent headlines focusing on the Web's dark side and its impact on young people can be enough to frighten parents into shutting down their child's Internet service accounts. The world's top user-generated video Web site has another idea: Give teens and parents more information about the kinds of cyber-behavior they should report when they do bump into it on the Web...

The Free Software Foundation filed a lawsuit against Cisco Systems on Thursday, alleging the networking giant is in violation of numerous open source licenses The suit was filed in the U.S. District Court of Manhattan by the Boston-based nonprofit open source software group....

The burgeoning netbook market appears to be learning a lesson from the cell phone market: Shave the cost of acquisition from a mobile device by bundling it with a multi-year service contract. Case in point: RadioShack is now offering the Acer Aspire One netbook for US$99.99 with a two-year AT&T DataConnect mobile 3G data service plan. The AT&T ser...

Consumers may have turned away from some sectors of the retail industry as the global economic crisis deepened in November; however, the video game market continued its record-breaking year in the U.S., according to the latest sales report from The NPD Group, a retail sales tracking firm Consumers purchased US$1.21 billion worth of gaming consoles,...

Here are just a handful of the big stories that CNN and other news organizations won't be able to fully cover over the next two to three years: An economic rebound spurred by renewed investments and new developments in technology....

Google: The name conjures up images of a brilliant company, one able to anticipate customer desires and consistently deliver leading-edge technology more effectively than competitors. Having captured and kept a commanding lead in desktop search, Google has now set its sights on cell phones and mobile advertising. Earlier this week, Google announce...

This week, the House Energy and Commerce Committee released a report accusing Kevin Martin, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), of being deceptive and opaque in his management of the agency's affairs. That a politician would pull such moves is no surprise, but the report should send a strong signal to the incoming Obama administration...

The race to see who will dominate the world of ultra-fast, 4G wireless broadband networks is on Verizon Wireless, the nation's No. 2 wireless carrier, announced Tuesday that it will deploy an LTE, or Long Term Evolution, network earlier than expected....

Cable giant Comcast announced Thursday it will roll out new ultra-fast broadband services in Chicago, Atlanta, Baltimore and Fort Wayne, Ind., by the end of December The service, called "Docsis 3.0," boasts Internet connection speeds of up to 50 megabits per second. Docsis also allows Comcast to double speeds for most of its existing broadband cust...

Google released the 15th update for its Chrome Web browser and officially ended the beta testing phase for the application Thursday With some 10 million active users and 14 prior updates under its belt, the browser has improved its stability and performance in just 100 days, according to Google....

Kevin Martin has had it pretty rough these last few weeks The guy can't catch a break -- from being painted as a bully and a bad manager by a House committee report to being dressed down by the Commerce Secretary and called out as crooked by The Wall Street Journal....

On Thursday, PlayStation 3 (PS3) owners will find their new "Home" ready, console maker Sony announced. The company has opened the beta of its much-delayed "PlayStation Home" 3-D virtual gaming community to all PS3 users. The move follows the completion of a closed beta Announced in March 2007, "Home "is a real-time, networked 3-D community where g...