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U.S. firms outsourcing software development and customer service work to firms overseas are largely doing so without regard to the environmental or labor records of those firms. This is a risky path for U.S. companies to follow, according to Trudy Heller of Executive Education for the Environment. "...

The Federal Communications Commission is poised to announce it will allow Cingular Wireless to purchase AT&T Wireless on the condition that the companies divest themselves of some of the customers and airwaves they now control. The Department of Justice (DoJ), which had been weighing the antitru...

The Federal Communications Commission is poised to announce it will allow Cingular Wireless to purchase AT&T Wireless on the condition that the companies divest themselves of some of the customers and airwaves they now control. The Department of Justice (DoJ), which had been weighing the antitru...

The Federal Communications Commission is poised to announce it will allow Cingular Wireless to purchase AT&T Wireless on the condition that the companies divest themselves of some of the customers and airwaves they now control. The Department of Justice (DoJ), which had been weighing the antitru...

In a move that seems to promise a brutal battle with Google and Microsoft over development of the best Web-based e-mail offering, Yahoo said today it had acquired a startup that offered a searchable e-mail system. Yahoo did not disclose what it paid for privately held Stata Labs of San Mateo, Califo...

In another move to exterminate worms and viruses in networked businesses, Cisco today said it would buy Perfigo for $74 million in cash. Perfigo's CleanMachines is a "shrink-wrapped" network admission control solution that recognizes users, their devices and roles; evaluates the security posture of ...

Search engine and tech darling Google did even more than everyone expected in its first earnings report since going public in August: It blew away estimates and posted triple-digit profit growth as its core search-advertising business continues to expand rapidly -- sending its stock price soaring. G...

"Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" has become the second computer game to be a victim of Internet pirates in less than a week. Illegal copies of Rockstar Games' much-anticipated title, its manual and its cover are popping up all over the Web just days before its official release. This follows online pi...

Qwest Communications announced today that it has agreed to a $US250 million settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The deal concludes a two-and-a-half year investigation of the company for alleged fraudulent accounting practices by former executives that resulted in the imprope...

In a world that just keeps getting smaller, Microsoft and Swatch have teamed up to introduce a new line of watches that that uses wireless technology to offer personalized news, sports and weather from MSN Direct. If that's not enough to sell the futuristic timepiece, the Swiss watchmaker is also at...

Despite a surging software industry revolution in favor of subscription-style pricing arrangements, most enterprise software buyers prefer the traditional approach of buying a one-time license, according to a newly released report. A survey of 500 enterprise software makers and their customers spons...

U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Michael Powell is calling for a hands-off approach to Voice over IP (VoIP) and has vowed to attempt to take regulatory control back from the states after the presidential election. "It is very likely that treatment of VoIP will have some of the f...

It's time again for a medical check. As we approach 2005, it's best to know if your corporate identity image is healthy, slightly injured or on a life-support system. You have to know this, as only healthy images are fit to run the race, and potentially win. Injured corporate identities can surely s...

Purchases by businesses kept sales of personal computers growing in the third quarter, although at a slowed rate, and Dell extended its lead over its top rival for the vendor crown, according to two new reports. Both IDC and Gartner reported strong growth in PC sales in the quarter, although at a sl...

Microsoft's next major upgrade to its popular SQL database server software will be delayed and an incremental beta version released in the meantime, a move that could help keep developers and end customers from straying to competitors while they wait for the real thing. SQL Server 2005 is now expect...