Friday, November 2, 2007
Category:
Biometric News,
Security,
Reuters,
Privacy & data protection,
E-mail,
Online Communications,
Marketing,
Advertising & Promotion,
Spam,
Spam And Phishing
Spammer is sentenced after pleading guilty to helping send junk e-mails to more than 1.2 million America Online subscribers. A New Jersey man was sentenced to more than two years in prison on Friday for helping send spam e-mails to more than 1.2 million America Online subscribers. ...
Category:
Biometric News,
Security,
Identity Theft,
Mobile,
Apple Macintosh,
Apple Inc.,
Google Inc.
The search giant is outgrowing expectations, while Apple releases its Leopard into the wild. Also: Finding some privacy on the Net. Google is big and getting bigger. Google's shares traded over the $700 mark this week, marking a new first for the Internet giant. Just a...
Thursday, November 1, 2007
Category:
Biometric News,
Security,
Cisco Systems Inc.,
Reuters,
Corporate & legal
Communications equipment giant plans to swallow 57-employee security software maker by the second quarter of 2008. Cisco Systems, the largest U.S. communications equipment maker, on Thursday said it plans to buy security software maker Securent for $100 million in cash and assumed options. Privately held Securent, based...
Category:
Biometric News,
Security,
Personal Technology,
Wireless,
Reuters,
Consumer Electronics,
Phone
Proposal is made after the former No. 2 at the defense ministry admitted he'd been treated to hundreds of rounds of golf by a defense contractor. Japan's government wants to use mobile phones with GPS--often used by parents to keep track of children--to keep tabs on senior defense...
Category:
Biometric News,
Security,
Reuters,
Corporate & legal
Garmin's offer for digital-map maker is 15 percent higher, setting stage for bidding war. TomTom has five days to raise its bid. Digital-map company Tele Atlas has given navigation device maker TomTom five days to raise its agreed bid for the company, a day after receiving a higher...
Category:
Biometric News,
Security,
IBM Corp.,
Reuters,
Enterprise security,
Business Operations
Company expects to spend about $1.5 billion on marketing and product development in data security. IBM is launching a "major initiative" to drive sales in the data security market, including $1.5 billion in spending next year on marketing and product development, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday in...
