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Sony's PlayStation Network has been rebuffed in the company's home country. The game-maker relaunched the troubled online service elsewhere around the world, but it has been blocked in Japan by government order. Japan wants Sony to implement further preventive security measures and make more progres...

In today's global economy, the United States is a major player. Enterprises of all sizes have a presence in the United States, whether through foreign direct investment, strategic alliances, or simply having clientele in the U.S. Thus, being able to transfer personnel to the U.S. quickly and seamle...

Google has set aside a cool half-billion dollars to cover any penalties related to AdWords postings for illegal drugs. The search giant reportedly is nearing a settlement with the DoJ in a criminal investigation into allegations it made hundreds of millions of dollars by accepting ads from online ph...

In a bit of non-Earth-shattering news, Apple this week was deemed the world's most valuable consumer brand. The title was bestowed by the Millward Brown branding agency, which has been publishing a list of the top 100 brands for past six years. To compile its rankings, Millward Brown polls more than...

Microsoft's announcement Tuesday of its purchase of Skype for $8.5 billion stunned industry watchers, who had seen Facebook, Google and perhaps Cisco sniff around the VoIP giant in recent weeks. The impact of that deal, if it gets the thumbs-up from regulators, will reverberate through the online se...

No doubt you've heard the term "Net neutrality." Proponents and opponents have much to say on this topic. However, many Internet users don't even know what it means, or how it will affect them. What is Net neutrality? "Net neutrality" is short for "network neutrality" or "Internet neutrality." The c...

In "Glee" parlance, it looks like the football coach just sat down at the cool kids' lunch table. Microsoft announced on Tuesday that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Skype for $8.5 billion in cash from an investor group led by Silver Lake. The agreement has been approved by bo...

A key element in the shifting political winds in Washington is a call for less business regulation, especially from the conservative wing of the now ascendant Republican majority in the U.S. House of Representatives. But one leading Republican last week tossed that mantra aside and launched into a t...

Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism released a report on Monday detailing how people navigate the digital news environment. Based upon an in-depth study of detailed audience statistics from the Nielsen Company, the study examines the 25 most popular news sites in the U.S. and ...

In general, hiring a foreign technology employee to work in Canada on a temporary basis entails a two-step process. First, the employer needs to obtain a Human Resources and Skills Development Canada job offer confirmation. If the HRSDC provides a positive or neutral Labour Market Opinion, the forei...

Facebook and Google are both apparently considering acquisition or partnership deals with Skype. Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg reportedly has been in discussions concerning a possible purchase -- a deal that could be worth between $3 billion and $4 billion. A Skype IPO is still considered a possibi...

If your company has decided that the time is right for an initial public offering, it should consider the options available to it. There are ways by which a company can become publicly traded without the lengthy and costly process that usually accompanies an IPO. A common alternative to an IPO is a ...

Google is facing growing and well-deserved criticism from the Humane Society, the ASPCA and animal rights activists who are outraged over an Android app called "Dog Wars." The video game, built by Kage Games, glorifies dog fighting and depicts a bloodied pit bull next to the game's logo on Kage's we...

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced Tuesday that Bing will become the default search engine and mapping application on Research In Motion's BlackBerry platform. Ballmer unveiled news of the team-up during an apparently unexpected appearance at the BlackBerry World conference, being held in Florida...

The Obama administration has come up with a proposal for both improving and simplifying identity protection for consumers using the Internet, computers, and mobile devices. The plan would greatly reduce the need for consumers to use and remember multiple passwords or fill out separate privacy forms ...