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LOS ANGELES — Apple probably will be sued by investors unhappy with the company’s about-face on the health of its visionary chief executive, but the law is not clear on what duty the company has to disclose personal medical information, legal experts said on Wednesday. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) said CEO Steve Jobs, 53, will take […]

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Web search leader Google Inc took another step on Wednesday toward direct competition with Microsoft Corp by recruiting IT resellers to market its Web-based applications to business clients. From the end of March, authorized resellers will be able to sell, customize and support premium versions of Google Apps, which includes word […]

Sleepless nights seem to be the lot of any small business owner trying to make a go of it in a tough economy. And while you may not be able to control the markets or benefit from bailouts, you can find some peace of mind through improving and protecting improving your data and your network […]

BEIJING — China has shut down 91 Web sites for pornographic and other “vulgar” content, as well as a political blog portal, since announcing its latest bid to ensure Internet morality, state media said on Monday. China’s ruling Communist Party is wary of threats to its grip on information and has conducted numerous censorship efforts […]

LAS VEGAS — If Donny and Marie can make a comeback in Las Vegas, why can’t Palm and AMD? Both companies have been kicked around by formidable competitors over the last couple of years, yet each brought a confident attitude and cool new products to Thursday’s opening of the Consumer Electronics Show. The 2009 Consumer […]

Japan’s Sony Corp. plans to launch the world’s lightest 8-inch notebook PC, taking aim squarely at a rapidly growing market for ultra-portable personal computers. The new 1.4-pound Sony Vaio PC will come with Microsoft’s Windows Vista operating system, supporting all the software programs found in full-sized notebooks. It will sell for about $900, setting itself […]

Sony’s new Vaio PCSource: Reuters Japan’s Sony Corp. plans to launch the world’s lightest 8-inch notebook PC, taking aim squarely at a rapidly growing market for ultra-portable personal computers. The new 1.4-pound Sony Vaio PC will come with Microsoft’s Windows Vista operating system, supporting all the software programs found in full-sized notebooks. It will sell […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Even amid the flash and sizzle of the world’s premier showcase for consumer electronics, the reality of the economic recession will be hard to ignore. With shoppers in a funk and companies scaling back, the annual Consumer Electronics Show extravaganza in Las Vegas this week is likely to be subdued, with fewer […]

With the economy in the tank and other major firms planning massive cutbacks, rumors have been swirling for several weeks that Microsoft plans big layoffs of its own to be announced on or about Jan. 15. How big? As much as 10 to 17 percent of the company’s employees, if you believe the buzz. If […]

Source: Reuters Shares of Apple fell as much as 2 percent on Tuesday after technology Web site Gizmodo reported a rumor that CEO Steve Jobs’s health was declining. A spokesman for Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) declined to comment on the rumor. When asked about Jobs’s health, the spokesman said, “If ever Steve or the board of […]

Today’s users require secure remote access from an increasingly diverse collection of devices, many of which are unknown, unmanaged, and potentially dangerous. In this series, we illustrate how providers can use SSL VPN appliances to deliver flexible-but-safe “anywhere” access to network resources. In the late 1990s, IPsec emerged as a standard for enabling Internet-based remote […]

Most recent converts to Linux spend most of their time in the GUI — the graphical desktop (whether Gnome, or KDE, or XFCE, or some other interface) that’s made to look and act somewhat like Windows and Mac. But if you spend all your time in the GUI, you’re missing out. The Linux command-line gives […]