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Banking on AI for creditworthiness
News Philippine software company Vinta Systems, releases credit-scoring application with artificial intelligence capability for financial institutions.
Tags: Banking, Asia, Philippines, Tool, Financial Company, Artificial Intelligence, software, monitoring, financial, bank
Finding a replacement for passwords
Insight Seeking to replace password-based security systems are new verification gadgets that range from tokens to cell-phone-based systems--but cost keeps them from catching on.
Tags: Security
Top 9 security predictions for 2009
News New year will see high demand for multi-function appliances, with adoption of 3G and Web 2.0 introducing new security vulnerabilities, says Fortinet.
Tags: Data security, Network security, Security Management, Security implementation/standards, Business security, Security, Fortinet Inc., Malware, Security, Mobile
Visa, AmEx tangled in Web scam probe
News U.S. Senate commerce committee wants the big credit card companies to explain how a Web marketing scam involving top retailers went on under their noses for years.
Tags: Web services, Web sites, Government, Vertrue Inc., Card Company, Marketing Firm, E-business, Commerce Committee, Ben Edelman, U.S. Senate Committee
Ellison: No need for wall-to-wall Oracle
News Relaxing his purist stance on one-stop-shop software, Oracle Chief Executive Larry Ellison said yesterday that it's alright for companies to use Oracle's business system in conjunction with those from rivals Siebel Systems and SAP, and Oracle will even help them to do it.
Tags: Business applications
Apple shares rolling downhill
News Fearing recession, consumers rein in discretionary spending, and fewer iPods, iPhones, and Macs may be sold. Will Apple find its footing?
Tags: Earning reports/forecasts
eBay's big plans for PayPal
News Struggling e-commerce company wants to expand its lucrative payments business, to the point of PayPal becoming even larger than its parent.
Tags: E-commerce, E-business, Apple Inc., PayPal, eBay Inc., Business, electronic commerce, Stephenson, Amazon.com Inc., payment
If you post it, will they pay?
News Online publishers can't sell enough ads to make ends meet, so they're making a stab at another way to make money that many had once rejected--subscriptions.
British police charge teens with online credit card thefts
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Tech CEOs add hefty salaries to options packages
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