Michael Jackson's 9 Greatest Video Game Moments

June 26th, 2009
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Michael Jackson, The King of Pop, was more than a musical icon and international entertainer. At heart, he was really just a big goofy kid who liked video games as much as he liked music. Sit back with GamePro as we Moonwalk through Michael's greatest [...]
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FTC Suspends Heavy Penalty Against Scareware Defendants

June 26th, 2009
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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has suspended the majority of a judgment levied against two defendants accused of selling bogus security software to up to a million consumers.

Heightened Data-Loss Prevention Needs Fuel Arms Race Between Vendors

June 26th, 2009
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Data-loss prevention is rapidly becoming the next big battlefield in IT security.

Ingres Benefits From Oracle-Related Angst

June 26th, 2009
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When the 250-store California supermarket chain Save Mart Supermarket began making plans to roll out a time and attendance tracking application to manage its 20,000 workers, Oracle was not on its list of preferred databases, even though the company has [...]
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Google Voice: 5 Reasons to Use it, 5 Reasons to Think Twice

June 26th, 2009
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After weeks of anticipation, Google is finally accepting a limited number of new users into its Google Voice phone system. Google Voice allows you to unite all of your phones under a single number and then use a powerful set of controls to determine how [...]
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Senate Confirms Genachowski As FCC Chairman

June 26th, 2009
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The U.S. Senate has confirmed Julius Genachowski, a former technology adviser to President Barack Obama's campaign and transition team, as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission.

Agito Networks Supports BlackBerry with a Dash of FMC and a Pinch of VoIP

June 26th, 2009
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This IDC Flash discusses the June 22, 2009, announcement by Agito Networks to support RIM BlackBerry devices in delivering voice-over-WiFi and unified communications (UC) services to enterprise customers.

China Remains Spam Haven Due to 'Bulletproof' Hosting

June 26th, 2009
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An overwhelming majority of Web sites promoted through spam are hosted in China at service providers that many times choose to ignore complaints and allow illegal activity, according to research from the University of Alabama.

Dallas School District Settles E-Rate Fraud Case

June 26th, 2009
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The Dallas Independent School District in Texas has agreed to settle charges that it violated the U.S. False Claims Act in connection with the U.S. government's E-Rate program, which subsidizes Internet connections for schools and libraries in poor areas, [...]
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.Eu Web Addresses Can Be Written in Cyrillic, Greek Letters

June 26th, 2009
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The .eu TLD (top-level domain name) for Web sites allows non-ASCII characters in its Web addresses, after it opened up the TLD to addresses written in Cyrillic and Greek letters, the European Commission said Friday.