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Universities have begun thwarting the operation of software that promises to accelerate Internet performance and protect its users from malware infections because they feel the program is actually spyware ...

Landing a contract with a major record label can be nirvana for an artist,but it's a heaven out of reach for many musicians. That's because backingan act is risky business. While record companies can make millions from an artist's success, they can also lose millions, if the artist fails tocatch on with the public ...

Recent low-key efforts by Adobe Systems to bolster its presence in the Linux community makes good business sense, according to one analyst who covers the company ...

Expectations are high that Sun Microsystems will make some significant announcements this month about an open-source version of its Solaris operating system ...

The world's largest distributor of Linux expects 50 percent of its revenuesto be coming from overseas sales within the next year -- a revelation oneanalyst sees as a bit of a capitulation ...

Less than a handful of zombie network operators are responsible for all thephishing attacks in the world, according to CipherTrust, an Atlanta-basedmessage security firm ...

Have you ever felt a burning desire while taking your dog for a walk to knowhow much money your neighbors have contributed to the Democratic andRepublican parties? Well, now you can whip your cell phone out and find out ...

A court decision that civil libertarians argue could have a far-reachingeffect on the privacy of Internet communications in the United States willbe reviewed again by federal judges in Boston ...

When was the last time you updated your anti-virus software? ...

While consumers have been slow to move to digital TV, that hasn't deterred Congress from trying to goose the transition process ...

Financial services companies might be unwitting contributors to the nation's identity theft problem, according to a report from Forrester Research in Cambridge, Massachusetts ...

For companies burdened with legacy systems they can't seem to get rid of, this could be the jackpot they've been waiting for ...

The techniques used to develop open-source software like Linux have proven to be so effective that they've been adopted by malware writers to improve their mischievous ways ...

A federal appeals court in Boston has been asked to take a second look at a decision that some say could have a far-reaching effect on the privacy of Internet communications in the United States ...

Sender authentication might work as a club to beat down phishing attacks on Web denizens, but it does little to fight spam. That's the finding of a study released this week by CipherTrust, a messaging security firm in Atlanta ...

The words "copy protection" make Adam Gervin wince. Gervin is senior marketing director for the entertainment technologies group at Macrovision, in Santa Clara, California. Macrovision is a company best known for cooking up ways to thwart the copying of movies and music from tapes and discs ...

A recent blog posting by a Microsoft project manager spawned ablizzard of discussion on one of the Internet's major tech forums andgenerated speculation that Microsoft may be ready to improve its relations with the open-source community ...

Despite a drop in its overall share of global spam, the United States remains the number one originator of unsolicited e-mail in the world ...

It's as jarring as former First Lady Nancy Reagan saying yes to drugs ...

For the first time ever, the major providers of DSL broadband services garnered more new subscribers in a calendar quarter than their cable television competitors ...