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Rogue Antivirus Operations Thrive in 2009

There was no recession in the rogue antivirus industry in 2009.According to Microsoft, four of the top 11 threats cleaned by its Malicious Software...

Texting While Driving Increases Danger of Crashing, Study Finds

A report by University of Utah researchers found texting on a cell phone while driving is six times more dangerous than talking on a...

Certify Launches Certify Wallet Mobile Application

Certify, an online expense management company for the small to medium-size business (SMB) marketplace, announced Certify Wallet, a personal tool that helps reduce the...

Webroot Unveils Cloud-Based Web Security Services

Web security software-as-a-service vendor Webroot announced the availability of an e-mail archiving service to help small to medium size businesses meet industry and regulatory...

HP, Dell Look to Gain on IBM in IT Services Space

More than a month after closing the deal on a $3.9 billion acquisition of Perot Systems, executives from Dell went before analysts and reporters...

EFF Claims Google Book Search, Amazon Kindle Threaten Privacy

Consumers mulling whether or not to license book titles through Google Book Search or purchase an electronic reader such as the Amazon Kindle or...

HP Investigating Alleged Racist Facial-Tracking Software

Hewlett-Packard is looking into the facial recognition technology used in some of its PCs after a YouTube video surfaced that seems to show the...

Microsoft Loses Patent Appeal, Barred from Selling Word

Microsoft lost its appeal Dec. 22 of a $290 million judgment that found the world's software maker infringed an XML-related patent held by i4i...

Fresh Crew to Arrive at ISS

Three new astronauts are expected to arrive at the International Space Station Dec. 22 after launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Dec. 20....

10 Things Microsoft Did Right in 2009

It's easy to beat up on Microsoft. For the past few years, the software giant has had trouble with Windows Vista, causing vendors and...