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IBM, Secret Service, others study identity/cybercrime issues

IBM, LexisNexis and the Secret Service are among a group of corporations, government agencies and academic institutions that has formed to study and help...

IBM reports 20 percent jump in Q3 net income

IBM on Wednesday reported a 20 percent increase in net income for its third quarter and said its profit outlook for the full year...

Huawei shelves plan to sell stake in wireless device unit

China-based networking equipment maker Huawei indefinitely postponed the sale of a stake in its wireless terminals manufacturing unit Wednesday, citing global financial uncertainty.

US man indicted for hacking Palin’s e-mail account

A 20-year-old Tennessee man has been indicted for hacking into an e-mail account of U.S. vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, according to court records.

CRM vendor’s ex-CEO, ex-CFO charged with wire fraud

Two top former executives of CRM (customer relationship management) vendor Entellium have been charged in federal court with wire fraud after allegedly lying about...

Microsoft, others seek to get paid for sales to WaMu

Microsoft got in line with several other organizations that are taking steps to get paid for products and services provided to Washington Mutual, the...

YouTube adds ‘click-to-buy’ for music, video games

YouTube this week is moving to step up its efforts to generate revenue by adding e-commerce links that let users buy music and video...

Groups praise bill curbing warrantless laptop searches

Privacy and civil rights groups are welcoming legislation that proposes tough new standards for conducting searches of laptops and other electronic devices at U.S....

Microsoft joins study to gauge impact of genetic testing

Microsoft is co-sponsoring a study to see if people who undergo genetic testing to identify their risk for developing certain diseases actually change their...

Cisco IronPort unveils e-mail security appliances

Cisco’s IronPort Systems unit this week unveiled hardware extensions to its e-mail security appliances that more than double the performance of the company’s previous-generation...

Orange reduces intra-network call costs

Kenya’s newest mobile-phone service provider, Orange, is keeping up the tradition of reducing the cost of intra-network calls.

Netbooks will boost adoption of Linux, says Novell CTO

A surge in demand for netbooks is helping drive business for Linux, as the devices are designed to be low-cost with smaller storage, according...

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