The increased business-for-sale market activity came at the expense of a decline in business valuations. – The nation’s business brokers closed more business-for-sale transactions in
2010 than in 2009, according to data released by online business marketplace
BizBuySell. According to the companys Insight Report, the number of closed
business-for-sale transactions in the United
States, as reported by …
The Microsoft-Apple-Oracle-EMC consortium, CPTN Holdings, is apparently still intent on acquiring 882 Novell patents, according to reports. – A consortium headed by Microsoft is continuing in its plans to buy nearly
900 Novell patents for $450 million, according to reports.
That consortium, CPTN Holdings LLC, includes Apple, Oracle and EMC, in
addition to Microsoft. That company exists in the United
States, having been registered Nov…
The Identity Theft Resource Center said 662 data breaches reported in 2010 is not the actual number and that mandatory reporting is required for consumers to protect themselves. – There
were 662 reported data breaches in 2010, of which most involved thefts of
Social Security data, according to a report from the Identity
Theft Resource Center.
The
actual number is considerably higher because current regulations in the United
States don’t require all data breaches to be…
A feud between neighbors has left one man facing prison after he hacked his neighbor’s WiFi connection and sent a threatening e-mail to Vice President Joe Biden. – Animosity between neighbors has a Minnesota
man facing the possibility of decades behind bars after he pleaded guilty to
impersonating his neighbor online, distributing child pornography and
threatening the vice president of the United
States.
Vincent Ardolf of Blaine, Minn.,
stopped his trial…
Even as WikiLeaks supporters fought back anti-WikiLeaks companies and tried to keep the momentum going, the federal government ordered new rules to prevent future breaches. – As cables continue to trickle out of WikiLeaks in the second week since the
site began posting, it appears that WikiLeaks and the United
States government have learned some hard
lessons.
quot;Previously with security breaches, the focus has been on the outside
threat, quot; said Darren Hayes, …
A Techaisle survey found cost-conscious businesses that purchase Apple iPads are more likely to use social media. – A recent survey of 2,900 small businesses across four countries the United
States, United Kingdom, Brazil and Germany found that one in five small
businesses own an Apple iPad tablet and that two-thirds of these iPad-owning
small businesses said they will likely continue investing in iPads. The s…
Netflix has launched a streaming-only subscription plan in the United States, while Apple and Google are also devoting resources to streaming-media in the living room. – Netflix has launched a streaming-only subscription plan in the United
States. The move, combined with recent streaming-media forays by the likes of
Apple and Google, reinforces a paradigm shift thats clearly underway in how
people view television content.
“We are now primarily a streaming-video …
Facebook racked up one quarter of all page views in the U.S. for a week in November, dwarfing YouTube, Google and Yahoo search. The stat is minor; the potential for ad gains is not. – Facebook.com accounted for 25 percent of page views in the United
States for one week in November, up from
16.7 percent this time a year ago.
The social network, which grew 60 percent from a year ago, also logged 1 in
10 U.S. Internet visits, according to researcher HitWise. Google notched 7 per…
A Malaysian has been hit with federal charges for hacking financial institutions and possessing thousands of stolen credit card numbers. – A Malaysian man was charged today by a federal grand jury with hacking into
a Federal Reserve Bank computer network and possessing more than 400,000 credit
and debit card numbers.
Lin Mun Poo, 32, was arrested shortly after his arrival in the United
States Oct. 21 and has been in custody
sinc…
Microsoft has finished migrating all of Yahoo’s ad accounts to its adCenter platform in the U.S. and Canada. The companies hope this effort helps Bing compete with Google. – For two months, Microsoft Bing has been serving all of Yahoo’s searches in the United
States and Canada.
Now all of the paid search Yahoo generates in those countries is funneling
through Microsoft’s ad platform, too.
Microsoft and Yahoo Oct. 27 said they finished migrating all of Yahoo’s ad
ac…
The Federal Communications Commission wants to move $100 million to $300 million from the Universal Service Fund to forge a Mobility Fund. – Following on the heels of its bid to combat bill shock, the Federal Communications
Commission Oct. 14 proposed to move $100 million to $300 million from the
Universal Service Fund to forge a Mobility Fund.
The Mobility Fund would facilitate the growth of broadband in the United
States, where de…
News Analysis: Apple and Verizon working together is not good news for Google or its Android mobile operating system. It could derail the market momentum Google has worked so hard to build for Android. – Apple and Verizon have finally partnered up. The
hardware maker will be offering its tablet to Verizon Wireless
customers starting in a couple weeks. When that happens, the debate
over when Apple would finally start its growth strategy in the United
States will be over. And then, the debate will…
A report by Sophos named the United States as the culprit responsible for relaying nearly a fifth of the world’s spam. – As if being the leading home for botnets wasn’t enough, a new report from
Sophos named the United States
as the top
spam-relaying country for the third quarter of the year.
According to Sophos, between July and September, the United
States was responsible for relaying 18.6
percent of all spam,…
Microsoft identified the most prevalent pieces of botnet malware on the Web – as well as the country many botnet-controlled computers call home. – Most botnet-infected computers reside in the United
States, according to figures from Microsoft.
In Version 9 of its Security Intelligence Report, Microsoft reported finding
2.2 million computers in the United States
under the
control of botnets during the second quarter of the year. That figu…
Microsoft launched Windows Phone 7 at a colorful New York City event, in its latest attempt at retaking the smartphone market. – NEW YORK Microsoft
launched Windows Phone 7, its latest attempt to regain market share in
smartphones, with a colorful New York City
event Oct. 11. Windows Phone 7 will debut in the United
States in November, on nine different
devices from manufacturers such as Dell, LG Electronics and Samsung….
Microsoft is prepping Microsoft Dynamics SL 2011, its latest ERP solution for SMBs, for release in next year’s second quarter. – Microsoft Dynamics SL 2011, the company’s ERP solution for small and midsize
businesses will be available in the United
States and other territories in the second
quarter of 2011. Microsoft is also planning a Spanish version to be released at
an undisclosed later date.
Microsoft Dynamics SL 20…
Apple has reportedly filed a suit against Nokia in Britain, extending legal accusations of patent infringements that have gone on between the two since October 2009. – Apple, furthering its legal wranglings with global handset leader Nokia, is
extending its lawsuit in Britain,
according to Reuters. Apple already has suits against Nokia in the United
States and with the International Trade
Commission (ITC) and Nokia has likewise filed suits in the same courts a…
The U.S. smart grid is set to boom by 2015, growing to a $9.6 billion market with smart-grid management services generating $4.3 billion in revenue, according to separate reports from GTM Research and Pike Research. – The smart-grid market in the United
States will grow 70 percent to $9.6 billion
by 2015, according to a Sept. 24 forecast from GTM Research analyst David Leeds. The
market research company currently pegs the market at $5.6 billion.
The term smart grid refers to a next-generation electricity del…
News Analysis: The iPhone is integral to Verizon’s future success. The popular smartphone must hit the company’s stores in 2011 or Verizon’s credibility and financial results could suffer. – Speculation abounds over when, not if, Verizon is getting the
iPhone. So far, neither Apple nor Verizon have publicly commented on the
possibility of the venerable smartphone making its way to a new carrier in the United
States. But as time goes on, it seems increasingly more likely that it…
News Analysis: AT&T, burdened with the task of supporting all of those iPhone and iPad devices, is far behind the other carriers in moving to 4G technology. – A few days ago I reported on Verizon Wireless and its
plans to start
deploying its 4G LTE service to 30 cities in the United
States by the end of 2010. Recently, I also
talked about T-Mobile’s interest in either investing
in Sprint’s Clear 4G WiMax system or simply buying Sprint with Deutsche
…
