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After months of back-and-forth negotiations, the United States and the European Union have reached an agreement on the sharing of data pertaining to airline passengers flying to the U.S. from Europe. The new agreement gives more U.S. government agencies access to data collected by European agencies,...

Leading electronics retailer Best Buy said Thursday it would partner with MP3 player maker SanDisk and RealNetworks to create and promote a subscription and buy-to-own music service. The collaboration is the latest effort to dethrone Apple from the top of the digital music market. The Best Buy Digi...

The California Attorney General's office late Wednesday charged former Hewlett-Packard Chairwoman Patricia Dunn, a second high-ranking HP executive and three others with felony fraud and conspiracy. All five face four felony counts of fraudulent wire communications, wrongful use of computer data, id...

Your organization needs a disaster recovery plan. The sun may be shining now, but it won't be forever -- disasters are a matter of when, not if. And if disaster does strike, having made a DR plan in advance may mean the difference between smoothly resuming activities, or going out of business. On to...

European regulatory authorities have taken a step toward bringing allegations that Intel is violating antitrust law closer to a resolution -- and the company's probable prosecution. Officials investigating claims against the chip maker reportedly have presented their evidence to an internal panel of...

Japan's Fujitsu became the latest PC maker forced to recall Sony-made batteries in some of its notebook computers. Meanwhile, Hewlett-Packard said its laptops appear to be unaffected by the overheating and fire problems that have led to the recall of some 7 million batteries worldwide. Fujitsu join...

American corporations drawn to China's vast market of 1.3 billion people have to be prepared to jump through some regulatory hoops and adhere to a host of government censorship codes. Xinhua, China's state news agency, recently announced rules that require foreign media to get prior approval for the...

In a bid to shore up its management line, Microsoft has announced the acquisition of privately held DesktopStandard, a developer of Group Policy-based desktop and server management tools. DesktopStandard's software works with Active Directory and integrates with Microsoft's Group Policy Management C...

Microsoft said Tuesday it had formally appealed a US$357 million fine levied against it by regulators from the European Union, who say the software giant failed to comply with earlier sanctions meant to create a more competitive software marketplace. Microsoft had indicated it would appeal the fine ...

As the number of PC makers recalling notebook computers loaded with its batteries continues to grow, Sony is now facing accusations that it knew the batteries were susceptible to overheating and possibly catching fire but failed to sufficiently study the problem. A Japanese newspaper, the Yomiuri Sh...

Two of the biggest remaining Web-based gambling sites began to back out of the U.S. market Monday after Congress passed legislation over the weekend aimed at cutting off the flow of money to Internet casinos and sports betting parlors. Both PartyGaming.com and 888 Holdings said they would start wind...

Semiconductor sales hit record levels in August, with US$20.5 billion worth of the chips being sold worldwide, according to a report released Monday. The Semiconductor Industry Association said semiconductor sales rose 10.5 percent in August compared to a year ago, when sales hit $18.6 billion. Sale...

Yahoo scored another victory in its battle with Google Thursday when Hewlett-Packard said it would pre-install the Web portal's search engine tools on its desktop and notebook computers. The deal gives Yahoo access to prime real estate inside the machines from the world's No. 2 PC maker by volume, a...

Lyris Technologies said China-based Alibaba will use its e-mail marketing solution to handle messaging to both Chinese and international members who use the site to import and export goods. Alibaba, the largest e-commerce company operating in China today, will use ListManager to manage its communica...

Hewlett-Packard's CEO and former Chairman were grilled by members of Congress Thursday on their part in the now infamous investigation into boardroom leaks at the computer maker, but the company may have escaped the embarrassing public grilling without any further damage to its corporate reputation....