The US Senate has a new bill on its agenda, The Marketplace Fairness Act, that would allow states to collect taxes on Internet sales, even when the seller does not have a physical presence in the taxing state. In essence the bill would allow states that sign on to collect sales taxes from Web-based sellers, reversing [...]
Posted on November 10th, 2011 by admin
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Most small business owners believe that Internet security is critical to their success and that their companies are safe from cyber security threats: but most fail to take fundamental precautions. This is the major finding from a survey of US small businesses. The survey found that two-thirds (67 percent) of US small businesses have become [...]
Posted on October 28th, 2011 by admin
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UK-based security software maker Sophos has acquired Astaro, a privately-held provider of network security solutions. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Astaro booked $56 million in billings last year, which makes it the fourth largest dedicated unified threat management (UTM) provider in the world. Astaro was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in [...]
Posted on May 6th, 2011 by admin
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Over 120 companies in Cairo’s smart valley are impacted by the closure of the Internet by the Egyptian government. Egypt’s move to block Internet access prompted Microsoft to respond. Microsoft said it “is constantly assessing the impact of the unrest and Internet connection issues on our properties and services. What limited service the company as [...]
Posted on January 31st, 2011 by admin
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Internet security company Webroot today announced it has acquired BrightCloud, a Web content classification and security services provider. Webroot aims to integrate BrightCloud’s technology with its own proprietary malware detection and security-as-a-service (SaaS) technologies. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed, but the BrightCloud team will join Webroot’s Cloud Engineering team with an expanded focus [...]
Posted on July 8th, 2010 by admin
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A security vendor has identified an online service offering to help anyone to hack into any Facebook account for $100. However, those who sign up for the service could find themselves becoming the victims instead. Users of the service are required to first register with the site and then provide an ID of the Facebook [...]
Posted on March 6th, 2010 by admin
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The ongoing case in Cook County Circuit Court also treads into the still developing arena of Internet speech protection, experts say. Stone acknowledges that she hopes it sets a precedent for protecting minors from potentially harmful chatter directed at them online. A woman was embroiled in a tough campaign for the Village Board when the [...]
Posted on March 5th, 2010 by admin
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Foreign Ministry on Thursday accused Google’s English language search engine of spreading vulgar content that violated the nation’s law. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang did not directly answer a question about whether government action was responsible for recent disruptions in access to Google sites from within China. But he made [...]
Posted on March 5th, 2010 by admin
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Higher margins, the ability to collect and use information about customers, more revenue and greater willingness to share content with Internet operators is prompting Hollywood to join forces with the likes of Google’s YouTube or set up its own Internet portals. Online video streaming and digital downloads should nearly triple to [...]
Posted on March 5th, 2010 by admin
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Homeland Security and the National Security Agency may be taking a closer look at Internet communications in the future. The Department of Homeland Security’s top cybersecurity official said that the department may eventually extend its Einstein technology, which is designed to detect and prevent electronic attacks, to networks operated by the private sector. The technology [...]
Posted on March 5th, 2010 by admin
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