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Internet security firm VeriSign has acquired Reston, Va.-based security intelligence firm iDefense for approximately US$40 million in cash. iDefense provides special intelligence information about network-based security threats and vulnerabilities to financial services firms, government agencies, re...
Microsoft came up with a hulking win in the gaming world yesterday, announcing that it had cemented exclusive rights to develop and publish multiplayer, online games using Marvel super heroes. No financial terms were released. Marvel's lineup includes the "Hulk," "Spider-Man," the "Avengers," "Fanta...
The subway and bus bombings in London on July 7th added new fuel to the continued debate over security and liberty in a high-tech world. But it remains an open question whether the two must be opposites. "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither li...
The Blu-ray Disc Association is trumpeting a survey it commissioned to demonstrate its lead in the DVD standards war. The poll suggests that as the battle between Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD heats up, consumers prefer Blu-ray as their format of choice. Penn, Schoen and Berland Associates conducted the p...
An array of state legislatures are moving forward with measures this year to regulate automobile event data recorders -- the so-called "black boxes" that monitor vehicle speed, seat belt use and other safety data, according to experts. According to a report by Pam Greenberg, an analyst with the legi...
The Blu-ray Disc Association is trumpeting a survey it commissioned to demonstrate its lead in the DVD standards war. The poll suggests that as the battle between Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD heats up, consumers prefer Blu-ray as their format of choice. Penn, Schoen and Berland Associates conducted the p...
Voice over Internet Protocol provider Skype and wireless hot spot operator Boingo Wireless have announced a new service that combines each company's technologies. Currently a beta service, Skype Zones is a custom version of Boingo software that will allow Skype's 45 million-plus users to access Inte...
Voice over Internet Protocol provider Skype and wireless hotspot operator Boingo Wireless today announced a new service that combines each company's technologies. Currently a beta service, Skype Zones is a custom version of Boingo software that will allow Skype's 45 million-plus users to access Int...
Microsoft recently announced it would enable RSS feeds in the next version of its operating system -- Longhorn, due out in beta next month. While use of RSS feeds is only at about 5-10 percent of Internet surfers, according to Yankee Group analyst Laura DiDio, their endorsement by Microsoft is likel...
In a move to grab market share in the BlackBerry segment, Good Technology today announced partnerships with Sprint, Microsoft and IBM. Good Technology provides wireless hand-held computing software and services in competition with Research in Motion. Good peddles GoodLink wireless corporate e-mail s...
IBM last week unveiled details about a dual-core version of its PowerPC processor at the Power Everywhere forum in Tokyo. Big Blue is targeting entry-level servers, clustered environments and the embedded market with its new product. The PowerPC 970MP is a dual-core version of IBM's PowerPC 970FX. I...
One of the big problems for complex companies is the ability, or inability, to use expertise developed in one area in another. This is one of the reasons complex companies like Sony often fail; they have all of the disadvantages of that complexity and don't really get the anticipated synergies or e...
Federal rules crafted to curtail "adult entertainment" sites will not be enforced against sites involved in litigation against the government until after Labor Day, according to a temporary agreement reached by the U.S. Department of Justice and Web site producers. The proposed regulations, amendmen...
A Florida man may face probation or as much as five years in prison for allegedly accessing someone's residential WiFi Internet connection while parked on the street outside. Wireless experts said the case highlighted how insecure most home wireless networks are, as well as the significance of poten...
Convicted computer criminals are getting drastically different sentences, depending upon the jurisdiction in which they are tried, with one notorious hacker netting a very light suspended sentence, experts tell TechNewsWorld. A judge in Germany today handed down a suspended sentence of a year and ni...
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