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Ironically, while inflation has hit the prices of many products, flagship smartphones have been, for the most part, inflation-resistant. “Most of the price increases have been limited to premium models,” noted Max McCaskill, a staff writer with WhistleOut, a search engine for cell phone and internet services...

The Post confirmed that it was the victim of a sophisticated phishing attack in which the Syrian Electronic Army sent out an email from a staff writer's personal email account The hacking group has also claimed responsibility for hacking the New York Post's Facebook page and c...

As the standard for e-business Web sites moves ever higher and online shoppers become increasingly demanding, Web site performance can make the difference between a sale and a lost customer ...

After years of legal wrangling, Sun Microsystems and Microsoft jointly announced that they have brokered a 10-year "technology collaboration" agreement, plus several related agreements -- including a settlement of all pending legal issues between them ...

SBC Communications, one of the telecom industry's landline leaders, announced Tuesday its plans to roll out "FreedomLink" WiFi hotspot service at UPS Store locations throughout the United States. The announcement is the latest stage in the company's overall FreedomLink strategy, which promises to bring mobile connectivity to a mass audience ...

Pasadena, California-based Guidance Software is perhaps the leading IT forensics software vendor, with the exception of the U.S. government. Its EnCase series of applications allows law enforcement and IT administrators to gather and analyze forensic data using a graphical user interface (GUI) -- a far cry from previous DOS-based methods ...

When most people think about IT forensics, if they think about it at all, they likely imagine a scenario out of the hit TV series CSI ...

On Thursday, Apple Computer disappointed European consumers jonesing to get hold of the new iPod Mini. After originally setting an April launch date for the candy-colored portable jukebox, Apple said the iPod Mini will not become available until July ...

Novell has made several announcements concerning Linux at its annual BrainShare developers conference and is expected to announce a partnership with HP to bring Linux to its corporate laptop and desktop computers ...

Microsoft's attack against Linux desktop software provider Lindows.com has taken yet another turn, with Lindows legal counsel filing a motion Monday in U.S. Federal Court seeking to stop the flood of global trademark lawsuits Microsoft has launched in a host of foreign countries over the last several months ...

Cisco Systems introduced new products Tuesday that advance the company's so-called "Self-Defending Network" strategy. In accordance with that strategy, these new hardware and software offerings are designed to improve enterprises' ability to protect and defend their networks at all points ...

The plague of malware appears to be escalating worldwide. As a worm variant called Netsky.D bombards e-mail inboxes around the globe, an even newer version, Netsky.E, already is being analyzed, according to Joe Hartmann, director of North America antivirus research at Trend Micro ...

Bozeman, Montana-based RightNow Technologies is a major player in the on-demand CRM space. In an interview with CRM Buyer, RightNow CEO Greg Gianforte explained that unlike hosted CRM leader salesforce.com, which has its roots in sales force automation, RightNow focuses primarily on providing a complete offering for contact centers -- agent-facing applications as well as customer-facing ones...

Hosted CRM software vendor salesforce.com released a spate of announcements Wednesday in advance of its impending IPO. The announcements included its largest implementation yet, a 2,000-seat deal with SunTrust Banks; the release of an sforce toolkit for IBM's WebSphere Web services platform; plans to provide deeper integration between salesforce.com and Sybase analytics technologies; and the company's nine-thousandth customer, label maker Avery Dennison...

In the past, enterprises too often adopted an application strategy that consisted of blindly throwing money at software vendors to solve problems. Not surprisingly, this was an unwise use of capital ...

The latest iteration of the MyDoom worm, "MyDoom.F," has Internet security experts worried because, in addition to triggering denial-of-service (DoS) attacks, it also can delete files from infected computers. MyDoom.F was first identified last Friday and has picked up steam in just the last few days, Sophos senior technology consultant Graham Cluley told the E-Commerce Times...

There has been so much buzz in recent years about various enterprise applications that it is no wonder many executives feel underinformed and overwhelmed. ...

Apple and Pepsi's iTunes giveaway, which promises a free music download coupon under 1 in 3 Pepsi bottlecaps, made a big splash with an ad aired during January's Super Bowl. Now, is the promotion on the rocks following disclosure of a tactic to identify winning bottles without purchasing them first? Not likely, according to analysts and Mac experts...

A new worm known as Netsky.B emerged Wednesday. It is the second worm in the Netsky family; an earlier version, Netsky.A, was first identified Tuesday. According to Trend Micro's Web site, Netsky.B has an overall risk rating of medium, despite having a high potential for distribution and damage ...

The Intel Developer Forum (IDF) commenced Tuesday with a statement that Intel will outfit its 32-bit Xeon server and workstation processors with 64-bit extensions. According to the company, this technology will become available in the second quarter of 2004 ...