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May 09, 2008

Apple Lags in Green Computing SMBs Bullish Despite Weak Economy EU Travel Sites Cheating Consumers Google Looking Stronger Than Ever Hackers Attack Epilepsy Web Site TorrentSpy Loses $110M Judgment The nonprofit Climate Counts organization has released its second annual scorecard rating companies' efforts to combat climate change. One technology company stands out as a green laggard: Apple. Small businesses are confident that bleak economic conditions will pass without their being adversely affected by the economic downturn, according to a new study of 250 small-business owners. A third of people who shop for flights on airline and other travel Web sites in the EU are being cheated by misleading ads and price schemes, the European Commission announced on Thursday. It's hard to believe Google looked vulnerable just two months ago. The Internet search leader's stock had plummeted and its two biggest rivals, Microsoft and Yahoo, seemed poised to join forces. In an attack apparently motivated by malice, hackers recently bombarded the Epilepsy Foundation's Web site with hundreds of pictures and links to pages with rapidly flashing images. In a significant victory for the major Hollywood studios, a federal judge has issued a $110 million judgment against TorrentSpy for infringing on thousands of copyrighted movies and television shows.   FULL STORY   FULL STORY   FULL STORY   FULL STORY   FULL STORY   FULL STORY   Apple Lags in Green Computing   SMBs Bullish Despite Weak Economy EU Travel Sites Cheating Consumers Misleading prices, hidden fees found.   FULL STORY Google Looking Stronger Than Ever Challenges outweighed by opportunities.   FULL STORY Hackers Attack Epilepsy Web Site Flashing images triggered seizures.   FULL STORY TorrentSpy Loses $110M Judgment Govt. making an example of the site.   FULL STORY Business Briefing More Google Looking Stronger Than Ever TorrentSpy Loses $110M Judgment Grand Theft Auto Speeds Past 6 Mil E-Commerce More EU Travel Sites Cheating Consumers Hot To Avoid Identity Theft Cons Publisher Profits from Move to Web Tech Trends More Apple Lags in Green Computing Mobile Advertising Awaits a Medium Groups Form for Multicore Chip Apps Small Business More SMBs Bullish Despite Weak Economy Outsmarting the Password Thieves Your Employees Are Dying To Be Heard CRM Systems More Vovici's New Enterprise Feedback Tools OneWorld Eases Global Growth Google and Salesforce: A Tighter Bond Data Security More Hackers Attack Epilepsy Web Site 'Crimeserver' a Trove of Stolen Data Yahoo, McAfee Create Safer Searches

Grand Theft Auto Speeds Past 6 Mil 'Crimeserver' a Trove of Stolen Data Many Wireless Resellers Going Under Microsoft's Yahoo Bid: An Inside Look Google Shows Off Strategic Muscle Hyundai-Kia Teams Up with Microsoft You Can Fight Back Against Piracy New technology safeguards software. Average Rating: 'Crimeserver' a Trove of Stolen Data 1.4GB of data amassed in three weeks. Average Rating: Virtual Bunker Foils ID Thieves Preventing both theft and fraud. Average Rating: Startups Treading Cautious Pathway Signs of recession lead to cost cutting. Average Rating:

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Network Security Spotlight

Yahoo Teams with McAfee for Safer, More Secure Searching Web searching can expose users to a whole range of malicious sites, so Yahoo is now teaming up with security vendor McAfee to make the Yahoo search experience more secure for users.   Missouri Governor Accused of Ordering E-Mail Purge Gov. Matt Blunt or his top deputies ordered Missouri's backup e-mail tapes to be destroyed to avoid complying with an open-records request from The Associated Press, a lawsuit alleges.   Yahoo Searches Will Use McAfee for Security Alerts Yahoo and McAfee have joined to make the Yahoo Search experience safer. Launched in beta, the new SearchScan feature, powered by McAfee SiteAdvisor technology, offers always-on alerts.

Enterprise Hardware Spotlight

Dell Launches New Optimized Virtualization Servers Dell has launched two dedicated virtualization servers, the PowerEdge R805 and R905 with a choice of VMware ESXi 3.5 or Citrix XenServer Dell Express Edition integrated hypervisors.   Alliances To Tap Benefits of Multicore Computer Chips In the computer world's version of The Amazing Race, three rival teams of researchers are working on new types of software needed to better use computer chips that can process many tasks at once.   Cray Will Add Intel Processors To Supercomputers Cray and Intel announced Monday a multiyear agreement to develop new high-performance supercomputers with future Xeon and other Intel processor technologies. Cray will still use AMD chips.

Mobile Enterprise Spotlight

In Wi-Fi Arena, a Middle Ground Emerges on Free and Paid The battle between free and paid wireless Internet access is starting to look like a draw. Or more accurately, a third variation is winning: a combination of the two, as a compromise emerges.   Apple Inks Latin American Partnership Deal for iPhone In another step in the worldwide march of Apple's iPhone, the top mobile phone operator in Latin America has inked a deal to bring the gadget to more than a dozen countries later this year.   Joint Sprint, Clearwire Network Could Boost Consumer Power Sprint has finally rounded up the financial backing it needs to build a faster wireless network. But for consumers and the electronics industry, speed may be the network's least important feature.

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