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The pundits and pollsters were wrong. Again. So, again, was the Internet vote. After predicting a win for Sen. Hillary Clinton in the Iowa caucuses last week, Sen. Barack Obama won easily. In the Jan. 8 New Hampshire primary, Obama was anointed the leader going into the vote thanks in part to Internet polling, but […]

The government continued its crackdown on Internet gambling Jan. 7 with the indictments of 12 people for operating a Costa Rica-based wagering Web site and telephone call center that catered to sports bookmakers in the United States. According to the indictments, Carmen “Buddy” Cicalese operated what is known as a wireroom in Costa Rica that […]

A buoyed Barack Obama, a bloodied Hillary Clinton and a battling John Edwards all head into the Jan. 8 New Hampshire Democratic primary with continuing questions about their Internet support translating into votes. For Obama, it’s a question of whether more of the same will deliver a victory in New Hampshire, which has decidedly different […]

Having suffered through a disastrous 2007 that included disappearing profits, management turmoil, massive layoffs and falling from second to third in global cell phone sales, Motorola Jan. 7 introduced two new handsets aimed at the consumer market. At least one of the devices, predicts one analyst, could be a breakout hit for Motorola. As part […]

Infamous spam king Alan M. Ralsky is on the run following the Jan. 3 indictment of Ralsky and 10 others for operating a sophisticated spam scam involving pump-and-dump Chinese stocks. The 41-count indictment, unsealed in a Detroit federal court, claims Ralsky, 52, and his fellow defendants operated a wide-ranging international fraud scheme involving millions of […]

It turns out the Internet vote was right, at least about the Democrats campaigning in the Iowa caucuses. Since the presidential campaigns lit their networks a year ago, Sen. Barack Obama quickly sparked as one of the hottest political properties on the Web. Despite trailing in the national polls to Sen. Hillary Clinton, the Illinois […]

Ohio’s secretary of state is ordering that paper ballots must be made available to voters using touch-screen voting machines in 57 of the state’s 88 counties. The Jan. 3 decision came after a Dec. 12 report concluded the touch-screen machines were vulnerable to “critical security failures.” Under the directive by Secretary of State Jennifer L. […]

Congress has allowed the research and development tax credit to expire, even though it appeared initially that lawmakers were set to renew it before recessing for the holidays. “It was a huge disappointment and thats a fairly vast understatement,” said Bartlett Cleland, senior director of tax policy for the ITAA (Information Technology Association of America). […]

The birthplace of Big Blue is now the focal point of a massive lawsuit contending IBM released over decades toxic and hazardous contaminants into the environment of New Yorks Village of Endicott and the town of Union. IBM opened its first plant in the area in 1924. The lawsuit, filed Jan. 3 in Broome County, […]

The Japanese government is considering new Internet and mobile phone regulations in 2008, including banning downloads of copyrighted files for personal use and requiring mobile operators to filter Web content for users under the age of 18. According to the site Gyaku.jp, the government initiated a series of reports and recommendations throughout December aimed at […]

If nothing else, Rudy Giuliani is a savvy politician who knows how to play to the technology crowd. Whether from the stump or in the debates, the former New York City mayor and current Republican presidential candidate invokes technology as the magic bullet to solve the country’s problems. In a September keynote address to the […]

Microsoft, Google and Yahoo agreed Dec. 19 to pay a combined $31.5 million to resolve government claims that they promoted illegal gambling by receiving advertising payments from online sports books, casinos and poker sites between 1997 and June 2007. All three online giants neither contested nor admitted to the charges, but Microsoft agreed to pay […]