Apple, Amazon, eBay, RIM, And Google Lauded For E-Commerce Innovation
The Software & Information Industry Association Wednesday named the top 10 most significant developments in e-commerce over the past decade.

Exclusive: Major E-Health Records Project Unravels Into Legal Battle
An ambitious e-health records project launched by an employer coalition that includes Wal-Mart, Intel, Pitney Bowes, Applied Materials, British Petroleum, and Cardinal Health is falling apart.

Facebook Aims For Business Users
Thousands of companies have employee networks on Facebook, including Citigroup, Shell Oil, Procter & Gamble, and General Electric.

Google, Skype Could Benefit If FCC Backs 'Openness" For 700 MHz Auction
"Openness" means a service provider won't be able to dictate which devices and services can be used on the network in the way cellular carriers currently do with their networks.

When You Mix Firefox And IE, You Risk A Critical Zero-Day Flaw
Researchers have differing views of whether Microsoft or Mozilla is responsible for a zero-day that needs both browsers to be installed to cause a problem.

Motorola Firms Up Video Delivery System With Leapstone Acquisition
Leapstone's Communications Convergence Engine product suite enables fixed and mobile network service providers to enhance their offerings.

CDNetworks Aims To Outdo Limelight In Web Delivery
CDNetworks has expanded into the United States from its core markets in North Asia and aims to overtake rival Limelight as the world's No. 2 supplier of content delivery networks used to speed up Web services.

Google Lets Users Overlay Data On Personalized Maps
Google will introduce Wednesday a new feature that lets users create personalized maps which plot the locations of everything from cheap gas locally to the latest earthquakes worldwide.

FCC Chief Backs Some Open Access In Airwave Auction
The head of the FCC wants to require the winning bidder to make the airwaves accessible to consumers using any device or software application, an FCC source said Tuesday.

Microsoft Maps Shift To In-The-Cloud Software
Over the next few years, Microsoft will move more toward a services model in which the software resides in the Internet cloud and is delivered over high-speed connections.

Nielsen//NetRatings Looks Beyond The Page View
Changes were needed since Web pages that rely on Ajax technology or present streaming media can serve new content without requiring the user to reload the page, analysts said.

Microsoft Customers Balk At Software Assurance, Study Claims
More than half of the IT professionals surveyed by Forrester said they would not renew their upgrade plan agreements after their existing contracts expire.

Cisco, EMC, and Microsoft Deliver Blueprint For Secure Data Sharing
The consortium will help federal government agencies develop IT networks and systems that more efficiently and securely share information.

Online Gaming Is Booming, Not Boring
The number of unique visitors to online gaming sites grew 17% year over year to almost 217 million worldwide, according to a new ComScore survey.

IPTV Revenue, Competition Heating Up
IPTV deployment strategies will most likely center on features and benefits rather than price, a recent study suggests.

Texans Charged With Using Botnet In Pump-And-Dump Scheme
An investigation was launched after the two Texans allegedly sent one of their spammed e-mail messages to an SEC lawyer, who became interested in the case.

Microsoft Aims At Salesforce.com With CRM Live Prices
The Enterprise Edition of CRM Live will be available for $59 per user per month, about half the industry average, while the Professional Edition will list for $44 per user per month.

Motorola To Buy Software Developer Leapstone
Mobile handset maker Motorola said on Tuesday it agreed to buy software developer Leapstone Systems, whose technology helps deliver and manager video, voice and data services across multiple networks.

Flickr Traffic Surges As Yahoo Transitions Away From Yahoo Photos
Flickr has become the second-most popular photo-sharing site in the United States as Yahoo began to include Flickr images in its search results, Hitwise reports.

VeriSign Provides Vehicle For BBC Web Video Player
VeriSign says its service to deliver programming over high speed Web connections would be used as the infrastructure for a new online media player from Britain's BBC.

Capellas Named CEO At First Data
First Data Corp. said that Michael Capellas, former chief executive of MCI and Compaq Computer, will become chief executive officer when the company completes its leveraged buyout.

Electronic Health Records Don't Lift Care, Says Study
Electronic health records -- touted by policymakers as a way to improve the quality of health care -- failed to boost care delivered in routine doctor visits, U.S. researchers said.

AirMagnet Upgrades Voice-Over-Wireless LAN Monitoring Tool
VoFi Analyzer 3.0 understands voice traffic as it passes through a wireless network and collects connection, device, and server data for better insight into company voice deployments.

New Image Spam Threat Uses PDF Files
The PDF image spam is just one of a litany of creative attempts to fool e-mail users into downloading malware or visiting phishing sites, says Symantec in its monthly spam report.

Chinese Develop New Search Technology As E.U. Waits For Google, MSN, Yahoo Data Privacy Changes
The Taiyuan University of Technology is testing software agents that crawl through any search engine looking for searched keyword results as well as any personal data that's been collected about the surfer.

Google Strengthens Its Enterprise Play With Purchase of Postini
Google aims to convince corporate IT managers that its software-as-a-service model can accommodate corporate security and compliance requirements.

Fujitsu Siemens Plans Notebooks With Integrated 3G Cellular Capabilities
Fujitsu Siemens said it will offer models that will target both entry-level and mid-range professionals as part of its new Esprimo Mobile Series of laptops.

Google To Buy Web Security Company For $625 Million
Google said on Monday it has agreed to buy Web-based security provider Postini for $625 million, expanding its package of online applications to compete with Microsoft's Office.

Live Earth Sets Internet Record With 10 Million Viewers
As of 3 p.m. Saturday, MSN had delivered more than 10 million video streams, the company said.

FTC Clears Microsoft's $6 Billion Deal For aQuantive
The deal is widely seen as an attempt to improve Microsoft's ability to compete against Google as a provider of search advertising.

Bear Stearns Selects Ajax To Power Trading Services Portal
The "Bear View" is an attempt to put into the hands of its largest trading customers an investment workstation that consolidates many trading and asset management functions.

Judge In U.S. Options Trial Questions Government's Case
A U.S. judge Friday expressed doubts about the options-backdating case against the former chief executive of Brocade Communications in a setback for what the government has viewed as a precedent-setting criminal trial.

Bidder Offers $100K For Celebrity-Charity iPhone
In addition to getting an iPhone purchased by Spike Lee, a personal message from Alicia Keys, and VIP passes to the a charity concert in New York, the winner supports AIDS treatment.

Fraudsters Use Charities To Prep Stolen Credit Cards For Sale
Symantec learned of this trend by monitoring IRC channels specially set up to trade stolen credit card and identity information.

Nokia Upgrades Internet Tablet OS
The installation requires a person to first download and run the software on a Windows, Mac OS X or Linux computer, and then connecting the device to the machine for the update.

Link Between Data Breaches And ID Theft Unclear, GAO Reports
Even if someone is the victim of identity theft, it's difficult to figure out how that person's sensitive personal information fell into the wrong hands, the agency said.

Startup Techrigy Tackles Web 2.0 Compliance Concerns
Techrigy's SM2 offering will scour the blogosphere and a company's internal networks to find out who's saying what about the company and when someone is saying something he shouldn't.

Security Company Launches Auction Site For Zero-Day Bugs
A Swiss security research company says it's helping other researchers get the best price for their work -- by putting unpatched software bugs up for bid.

ACS To Pay $2.6 Million To Settle Federal Fraud Charges
Under contract with a local government agency in Dallas, ACS was tasked with enrolling individuals in benefits programs funded by the federal agencies.

PluggedIn: Facebook Lets Friends Share Private View Of Web
Apple's iPhone may be big news, but in Silicon Valley all eyes are on Facebook. The all-ages private Internet club that began as a college student hangout has become the tech industry's hottest ticket.

File Sharing Ruling Against European ISP Hailed As Precedent
Copyright groups have hailed a Belgian court decision making an Internet service provider responsible for illegal file sharing on its network as a European first that could help the music industry.

Facebook Traffic Takes Off ... Maybe
The site saw 26.6 million unique U.S. visitors, a result that suggests Facebook's decision to drop registration restrictions in September was the right one.

Syntraxis Aspires To Elevate Social Networking
Aspirational networking is designed to help people interact, collaborate, network, and share ideas within a community that has common professional or recreational aspirations.

RIM's China Move Could Catalyze Mainland 3G Rollout
With close to half-a-billion mobile phone users, China has for years represented a huge potential market for smartphone makers and providers of mobile e-mail services.

Samsung, MusicNet Partner Against Apple
The new service will offer portable music subscriptions for unlimited downloads for a flat monthly fee, or the purchase of individual tracks or albums.