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The school district was accused of running noncompetitive bidding, accepting bribes
Chinese hosting companies and registrars sometimes ignore complaints, which perpetuates fraud and spam
Greater flexibility will allow Greeks, Bulgarians to register names in their own language
Star's death brings crooks out of the woodwork, expect scam deluge, says Sophos
Users flock to Twitter, Facebook, news sites to get information and share feelings
Microsoft and e-retailers discount Windows 7 as much as 58%, buyers flock
Major security players have snapped up DLP specialists as enterprise adoption rises
The open-source database company is touting customer wins, including a supermarket chain and a New York investment bank
15% of corporate customers planning to use cloud in the next year
A cybersecurity bill that allows the president to shut down networks is a work in progress, a Senate staffer says
Microsoft trims Windows 7 prices in the hopes of convincing people to pony up. Cringely catches a bad case of discount fever.
Nasscom's Som Mittol says Grassley-Durbin bill could push more U.S. IT work offshore
Businessing desiring offshoring options attracted to time zones, stable governments
Cisco puts its own virtual office technology to work and garners $277 million in productivity savings, internal survey finds
Drive for transaction efficiency pushes finer level of measurement
Card reader could relieve some of the frustration in completing online banking transactions in Germany, Gemalto says
The EC Thursday warned EU countries including the UK not to go it alone in their pursuit of super fast Net access
Nortel deal would bring needed customers but product overlap issues as well
Blames the IE8 heave-ho for lack of 'in-place' upgrades; lowers prices for 'full' editions to make amends
Public clouds have their place, but also introduce risk, says Big Blue CIO Mark Hennessy
Social networking site trying out feature that lets users pinpoint who gets their posts
HP only major vendor so far to promise no-charge upgrade, more expected
The much-maligned word caught on because 'everyone can draw one,' cloud CTO Russ Daniels said
The new version is due out later this year and will sport a cleaner, more open look, CEO Carol Bartz says
Enterprises need to push for upgrades on any new PC
Palm investors boost company stock in after hours trading
Feedback will be considered for next version of PCI executive says
Only two Fortune 100 CEOs use Twitter, while 13 use LinkedIn professional network
Gartner sees hardware declines as less severe than prior expectations
Worldwide PC shipments will grow by 10.3 percent in 2010, according to Gartner
In five years, SaaS revenue will triple, Enrique Salem predicts
Jon Rubinstein said he thinks there's room for a handful of smartphone makers to be successful
Boeing today shipped one satellite to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station for tests
'Surprise updates' may be side effect of June's monster patch day, says Windows Secrets
Are domain registrars making money from cybersquatters at the expense of legitimate brands? If so, why isn't ICANN stopping it?
Now more than ever, your business is at risk from cybersquatters. Here's what you can do to fight the problem.
Now bar codes are scanned billions of times a day
A year on from its Japanese debut and excitement is lower ahead of Friday's iPhone 3GS launch
Trademark owners say cybersquatting on the Web has gone too far -- and they're pushing back.
Staff let go were responsible for Nortel's unified communications partnership with Microsoft, sources say
Avatars and whiteboards now part of Sametime collaboration software
The software giant will also let people who buy Vista machines starting this Friday upgrade for free
Pre-orders last just two weeks; after that, prices only slightly lower than Vista's
Fewer people are waiting for the iPhone 3GS in Japan but those in line are enjoying themselves
The case will not go back to district court for a retrial
IBM Researcher Craig Gentry creates"fully homomorphic encryption."
Even without concrete products, both companies could benefit
