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How to Avoid the 10 Worst Internet Scams in 2008
By Audri Lanford and Jim Lanford, co-directors of ScamBusters.orgHere is ScamBusters.org's top 10 predictions of scams you may confront in 2008 and what you...
Yahoo’s New Social Plan
LAS VEGAS—Yahoo Chief Executive Jerry Yang on Jan. 7 highlighted his vision for reinvigorating the pioneering Web company and solidifying Yahoo's role as the...
Microsoft Gets Up to Speed on Enterprise Search
Microsoft made a big bet in enterprise search, agreeing to acquire Fast Search & Transfer ASA for $1.2 billion, a 42 percent premium over...
Yahoo Mobile Services to Run on Google-Based Phones
LAS VEGAS (Reuters)—Yahoo Inc will create versions of its mobile Internet services to run on various phone platforms, potentially including Google's phone software and...
Spatial Data to Help Car Radios Track the Big Game
It's a football fan's nightmare—you are on the road, listening to your favorite team line up for the play that will bring the Super...
CES: The 10 O’Clock Flat Tire
The first day of CES saw some cool wireless developments (new chip sets, more 802.11n), and a major reawakening of the personal NAS space...
Microsoft to Launch New Licensing Option for SMBs
The new licensing option allows SMBs to subscribe to Microsoft software licenses for a three-year term, said Eric Ligman, senior manager, community engagement for...
Dell, EMC to Announce New SMB Arrays
Partner/competitors Dell and EMC seem to be shadowing each other now that EqualLogic's fancy new iSCSI product line will be coming out soon under...
Part-Time Work Not a Long-Term Solution
New Labor Department data finds that as companies made efforts to cut costs but sidestep rounds of layoffs, there was an eight percent increase...
Crossing My Fingers for an Insanely Great Macworld 2008
This week, the Macworld Conference and Expo returns to San Francisco, and, for the first time since the 2002 show in which Apple's pre-show...