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Could the Internet make you sicker? That's what a study by Ryen White and Eric Horvitz from Microsoft Research says. White and Horvitz studied the Web browsing of 515 Internet users and found ... More >
Though demand for used computers remains high, few computers begin life with a second owner, according to a Gartner report. Only 1 in 5 computers makes it to the secondary market and of those... More >
In these turbulent times, when by some estimates 180,000 tech jobs will be gone by the end of the year, the traditional holiday party often is the first thing to be axed in company belt-tightening.... More >
Microsoft plans to relaunch its Windows Live Search next year, if you believe the buzz in the blogosphere, and its new name might be Kumo , reports LiveSide . It was one of the possible name... More >
Verizon Wireless has fired an undisclosed number of employees who accessed the phone records of President-elect Barak Obama, reports CNN . It was an old flip-phone with an account that had ... More >
It seems that a Gmail flaw that allows domain hijacking that was thought to have been fixed is back again, according to The Register . A timeline provided by ReadWriteWeb shows that the... More >
The National Archives will have a whopper of a job come Jan. 20. As President Bush leaves office, the National Archives and Records Administration takes custody and responsibility for preserv... More >
TechFlash confirms that Microsoft has hired Yahoo's top search engineer, Sean Suchter, and is looking to lure away another Yahoo alum to lead its online services business. As of Dec. 22, Su... More >
Is the online advertising market still humming along or hitting the brakes? It seems it's all in the telling. Figures from the Interactive Advertising Bureau and PricewaterhouseCoopers show o... More >
Despite the massive belt-tightening going on in advertising, online retailer Amazon is building its own online advertising company, reports TechFlash.com . According to its trademark filing... More >
An Accenture Ltd. study of 400 Millennials (people born between 1977-1994) found that more than half of those with jobs were either unaware of or completely ignored their company's IT policies, repor... More >
Google and Procter & Gamble are swapping staff in an effort to learn more about each other and how to reach customers, reports The International Herald Tribune . According to vnunet.com... More >
With a $3.5 million grant from the state's emerging-technology fund, the University of Texas-San Antonio is launching an incubator for Internet security startups , reports NetworkWorld . The... More >
As further evidence that times are tough for SAP , the German software maker has cut in half the price of developer subscriptions for its NetWeaver platform , reports PCWorld.com . That sto... More >
As more proof that Yahoo is keeping busy while its board searches for a new CEO , the company has released a U.S. beta of its Glue search concept , reports Computerworld . Glue aggregates... More >
President-elect Barack Obama has chosen three members of a technology, innovation and government reform policy working group , reports vnunet.com . Blair Levin, a former FCC staffer; Julius ... More >
LG, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung Electronics and Sony Ericsson have jointly developed an energy rating system for mobile phone chargers to enable consumers to make greener purchasing decisions, reports ... More >
And you think you have networking issues! NASA announced it has successfully tested a system it calls an "interplanetary Internet," reports vnunet.com . The test involved transmitting doze... More >
It seems everybody has an opinion about what Yahoo should do after the announcement that CEO Jerry Yang will be stepping down. The analysts that Reuters talked to cited willingness and ability to... More >
Mozilla is now offering users a tool that allows them to create a customized set of plug-ins best suited to their tastes and needs, reports vnunet.com . Fashion Your Firefox offers nine ca... More >
Experts at the CIO as Data Center Optimizer: Green Tech and Evolving Software Applications conference in Brooklyn, N.Y., agreed that chief information officers are not embracing green technology prac... More >
According to CNET News , Comcast subscribers in Oregon and Washington state will be getting Comcast's "wideband" connection next month. Comcast had announced the upgrade last month . Resid... More >
Longer holiday vacations are planned for employees as Hewlett-Packard, Apple and Adobe try to cut operating costs, reports Bloomberg in a story in The Boston Globe. Apple employees will ha... More >
EMC is spinning off two of its recent acquisitions into a separate company focused on helping consumers store and protect their personal digital information, whether that be family photos, financia... More >
Video-chip producer Novafora has agreed to buy once high-flying chip maker Transmeta for $255.6 million in cash, reports The Wall Street Journal . Santa Clara, Calif.-based Novafora is in s... More >
At the end of this fiscal year, Symantec CEO John W. Thompson will step down , reports vnunet.com . COO Enrique T. Salem has been appointed by the board of directors to replace Thompson effe... More >
The standard for USB 3.0 has been finalized , paving the way for its use to speed up data transfers between computers and devices such as digital cameras and flash drives, reports PCWorld.com . &nb... More >
A recent ClickStream survey found that despite the option of free online applications, the majority of computer users have stuck with Microsoft's products. More than half of the 2,400 U.S. Internet u... More >
According to a Pew Internet and American Life Project, 76 percent of adults admit to being frustrated by technology . Thirty-eight percent of respondents said they reached out for help, but 15 perce... More >
AT&T is funding an advocacy group made up of privacy scholars, lawyers and corporate officials that hopes to influence policy in the Obama administration and develop best practices on privacy f... More >
Microsoft's U.S. online store is now open, according to BetaNews . Products ranging from full versions and upgrades of Vista to Microsoft Office to Zune are available on the site . But if y... More >
President-elect Barack Obama may have to quit his BlackBerry , according to The New York Times . His constant companion on the campaign trail, Obama's BlackBerry helped him keep up with e-mai... More >
Microsoft has announced it will offer 0 percent financing to new customers of Dynamics ERP and CRM applications, reports InfoWorld . The 36-month financing applies to purchases of between $... More >
Sun Microsystems on Friday announced a restructuring of the company that will include laying off up to 18 percent of its work force , reports The New York Times . Cutting up to 6,000 jobs wi... More >
Continuing its practice of offering incremental updates, SAP has released its fourth enhancement package for its ERP 6.0 application, reports InfoWorld . It says this release includes all t... More >
Topping in a big way Virgin Media's plans to cut 2,200 jobs , British telecom operator BT Group announced Thursday it will lay off 10,000 workers . The reduction in its work force of 160,000... More >
In the coming weeks, Microsoft will add social-networking features to its Windows Live portal, allowing people to connect through Hotmail, Messenger and other services, reports InfoWorld . ... More >
Firefox addresses 11 vulnerabilities in a security makeover, including four rated "critical" in version 3.0.4 for remote code execution, reports ZDNet . That update also includes a bunch ... More >
While Arizona State University is giddy over improvements to its Saguaro 2 supercomputer, the planned light-speed link between it and the Translational Genomics Research Institute is making news as... More >
Yesterday we touched on the IT industry's insufficient effort to curb carbon emissions . A report released by the International Energy Agency today gives further credence to the argument that more... More >
Parallels is introducing Tuesday its latest version of its virtualization software to run Windows and Linux on Macs, promising it will increase performance by 50 percent and laptop battery life by ... More >
AVG has admitted that a warning that the Windows system file 'user32.dll' is infected with a Trojan is a false positive , reports vnunet.com . Many Windows XP users of AVG 7.5 and AVG 8.0 we... More >
vnunet.com reports that researchers from the University of California, Berkeley and UC San Diego hacked into the Storm botnet to study the economics of spam . Researchers configured Storm's ... More >
In a bid to strengthen its search market share, Microsoft on Monday announced it's teaming up with Sun Microsystems , its former enemy, reports Reuters . The deal makes the MSN Toolbar an o... More >
The failure rate of the iPhone during its first year is half that of the BlackBerry, according to a study released by SquareTrade , which offers mobile-phone warranties. It looked at reporte... More >
With hordes of people expected for the inauguration of the United States' first black president, expect scam Web sites offering tickets for the swearing-in of Barak Obama, writes Monica Guzman at t... More >
It was widely reported that the advertising deal between Google and Yahoo was coming apart at the seams and was likely going to fail to occur. The reported suspicions were correct; Google ex... More >
Google Apps Premier and Education Edition administrators can now use Google Analytics to monitor employee use of Google Docs and Google Sites , according to a recent post from the Official Google E... More >
It's Election Day here in the United States and a record turnout is expected. After waiting in long lines today, folks will no doubt be eager to get results as quickly as possible. Google Maps... More >
In what could be considered an answer to rival Dell 's attempt to be the "greenest technology company on the planet," Hewlett-Packard is expanding its Green Business initiative with new services tha... More >
What letter your e-mail address begins with could determine how much spam you get, according to a new study. USA Today reports that a study conducted by University of Cambridge professor Rich... More >
The first patch for the G1 Android phone was issued last Friday, reports ITWorld . The patch addresses a browser vulnerability, as well as "a couple of other minor changes," says Google spokesman ... More >
Indian outsourcing company Wipro is delaying its planned software development center in Atlanta, Ga. , according to an IDG story in The New York Times. The company announced plans for the ... More >
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