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eSolar bets on software to make solar cheaper
Insight newsmaker Bill Gross, the head of start-up incubator Idealab and CEO of eSolar, uses a background in Internet entrepreneurship and software to bring down the cost of utility-scale solar.
Tags: Green IT, Growth strategies and tools, Bill Gross, Renewable Energy, Idealab, CEO, Internet, U.S., California, solar energy
Court divines rehab for hacker "saint"
News A teenage Welsh hacker at the center of a multimillion-dollar FBI fraud investigation has been sentenced to three years of community rehabilitation with psychiatric care for what the defense called an obsessive medical condition.
Wal-Mart to fight back with updated site
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Recession can't stop Japan's online shoppers
News Rise in number of stay-at-home shoppers in Japan means the online shopping industry outstrips sales at department stores and convenience stores.
Tags: E-commerce, High-speed Internet, Sales, Japan, mail-order, recession, Tokyo, E-commerce
London remains UK's card-fraud capital
News Over the past six months, London saw the most card-not-present fraud in the United Kingdom, with Romford and Manchester close behind.
Tags: Security, Banking, Fraud, Manchester, London, mail-order, Silicon.com, retail company, U.K., HotSpot
UK online banking fraud rockets as fraudsters get smarter
News As Internet banking fraud jumps 55 percent in the first half of 2009, banking industry body warns that cybercriminals are "never going to shut up shop".
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Data security, PC security, Phishing, Security, U.K., bank, One Security Inc., Authentication and encryption, MasterCard International
Online security services reach 25 million cards
News More than 25 million credit and debit cards have been signed up to secure online payment services such as Verified by Visa and MasterCard SecureCode.
Tags: Financial, Web sites, E-commerce, Security, Cardholder, Online Payment, MasterCard International, Fraud, Card, phone
UK falling victim to foreign card fraud
News Apacs says U.K. consumers are losing increasing amounts of money to card fraud in European countries where chip and PIN tech has yet to be rolled out.
Tags: Security, Financial, ATM, Card Fraud, Chip, Fraud, Card, Europe, phone, London
Drug firms end rivalry, form Web alliance
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Dell falls off the Cluetrain
News The PC maker's recent decision to shut down its Customer Care message boards is getting pilloried as an act of monumental stupidity, if not monumental arrogance.
Tags: Customer support, Brand strategy
Policy-maker renews call to ban new Net taxes
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Stark warning as UK faces cybercrime boom
News A report by the Serious Organized Crime Agency has warned of the growing danger from international gangs of online and credit card fraudsters.
Tags: Security, Viruses and worms, Phishing, Malware, Keylogging, intellectual property, phone, Spam E-mail Message, Silicon.com, denial of service
Court divines rehab for hacker "saint"
News A teenage Welsh hacker at the center of a multimillion-dollar FBI fraud investigation has been sentenced to three years of community rehabilitation with psychiatric care for what the defense called an obsessive medical condition.
Tech companies outline compromise for Net taxation
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Gates' credit card hacker sentenced
News The hacker who bought Viagra using Bill Gates' credit card and posted thousands of numbers was sentenced to three years of community rehab with psychiatric care.
