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Short Take: MusicMatch cuts staff
News MusicMatch, which makes programs for creating and organizing digital music, says it has laid off 40 employees and four contractors as a result of the economic climate.
Short Take: MusicMatch cuts staff
News MusicMatch, which makes programs for creating and organizing digital music, says it has laid off 40 employees and four contractors as a result of the economic climate.
U.S. software pirate gets six years
News As part of his sentence, Florida resident also must pay more than US$4.1 million in restitution to the software makers and sell off assets procured with profits made.
Tags: Business applications, Piracy
Lessons from Apple-Psystar battle
News Apple has long been one of the staunchest defenders of intellectual property. Psystar would have done well to brush up on its Steve Jobs history.
Tags: Copyright, Lawsuits, Apple Inc., Power Computing Corp., Computer, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, Florida, founder, Psystar
The real skinny on green computing
Techguide Green Computing is not just about saving the environment; it is about saving money and creating the most efficient data center possible.
Tags: Storage, Servers, Computing, Virtualization, CPU, server consolidation, Storage, Server Consolidation Initiative, Florida, Green Computing
Hiccups in Dell's Windows 7 upgrade program
News Some customers who recently bought PCs at U.S. retail stores were unable to sign up for free upgrade to Windows 7, but Dell says it's now resolved.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Personal Computers, Microsoft Windows 7, computer, Florida, retail company, Microsoft Windows, Best Buy Co. Inc., customer service, Dell Inspiron
Three men indicted in largest US data breach
News Florida man accused of stealing credit card data from TJX is among those named in breach involving Heartland, 7-Eleven, Hannaford Brothers and others.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, PC security, Data security, Fraud, SQL, computer, 7-Eleven Inc., Identity Theft, SQL Injection, debit card
Cisco, Silver Spring Networks land smart-grid deals
News Duke Energy picks Cisco to supply networking gear and home energy management systems, while Chicago-based utility ComEd picks Silverspring Networks and GE.
Tags: grid computing, Utility, Cisco Systems Inc., General Electric Co., networking hardware, energy efficiency, network, senior vice president, North Carolina, Chicago
Psystar bankruptcy protection filing could minimize Apple suit
News Essentially, filing has pressed the fast-forward button on the copyright proceedings and minimized what it could owe Apple.
Tags: Mac OS, Personal Computers, Lawsuits, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, Bankruptcy, bankruptcy protection, Northern California, Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
Cisco: Smart grid will eclipse size of Internet
News Cisco, whose hardware is at the core of the Internet, is readying communications gear for utilities, businesses, and consumers to modernize the electricity grid.
Tags: Green IT, Security, Utility, Cisco Systems Inc., IP, Grid, electricity grid, network, Internet, industry
Ten examples of SOA at work, circa 2008
Techguide In the past year, many companies have finally moved on beyond the experimentation and pilot stages when it comes to SOA. Joe McKendrick presents stellar examples of where and how SOA made a difference for some companies in 2008.
Tags: Web services, Standards, Mainframe, ITIL, SOA, CERN, Enterprise Service Bus, Lufthansa, United Airlines, AbeBooks.com
Protecting yourself from vishing attacks
News First there was phishing and now there is vishing. Here's an FAQ for consumers to learn more about the latest scam techniques that uses your phone.
Tags: Spam and phishing, Cellular phones, Phishing, Phone Number, PBX, Attack, FTC, phone, e-mail, network
Theft of laptop puts thousands of identities at risk
News Thieves take a U.S. Department of Transportation notebook with personal information on 133,000 Florida residents.
Tags: Security
Law shelters AOL from child porn suit
News The state Supreme Court said Thursday that federal law shields America Online from illegal transactions--in particular, the sale of child pornography--taking place on its service.
Election sites more popular during recount
News One of the greatest cliffhangers in American politics has sent millions of update-starved workers to election and candidate Web sites, with far more day-after visits than on Election Day.
