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A New Zogby/463 survey finds Americans bullish on the Internet, if not the future of U.S. tech education. Almost half of all Americans believe the next Bill Gates will come from either China or Japan, according to a new poll to be released Wednesday. Only 21 percent believe the next great technology leader will come […]

FastMP3Search.com.ar is the latest alleged spyware operator to get caught in the crosshairs of consumer and advocacy groups. The Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) and StopBadware.org were expected to file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Thursday claiming the site’s free plug-in installation contains adware and Trojan horse applications. In addition, the […]

Is the $22 billion graphics card and chip industry next on the Department of Justice’s (DoJ) antitrust radar? The government has already taken on dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chipmakers and scored arrests, convictions, fines and prison terms based on price fixing convictions within the industry. The list of the guilty includes Korean-based Samsung and […]

Wi-Fi competition at Boston’s Logan Airport is alive and well, thanks to a Wednesday ruling by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The FCC unanimously sided with Continental in a dispute with the airport over Wi-Fi hotspots. The commission said allowing multiple Wi-Fi suppliers at Logan causes no interference to the “safety-of-life” communications network the airport […]

Two former Samsung officials and a former Hynix executive are the latest to be charged in the Department of Justice’s (DoJ) ongoing investigation into a DRAM chip price-fixing conspiracy. The probe has already resulted in Korean-based Samsung and Hynix, Japan’s Elpida and Infineon of Germany pleading guilty and paying $729 million in criminal fines. In […]

At least three members of the Hewlett-Packard team investigating boardroom media leaks expressed serious concerns over the pretexting tactics used by HP to obtain the personal call logs of board members and journalists. Other members of the team, including Kevin Hunsaker, HP’s point man on the probe, though, eventually ignored the objections. According to media […]

Worldwide spending on Internet access, both broadband and dial-up, hit $113.3 billion in 2005 and is projected to top more than $200 billion by 2009, according to the Telecommunications Industry Association’s (TIA) latest forecast. According to the TIA, broadband access will drive equipment revenue in the next four years as countries move to more actively […]

Just a day after AOL’s parent company, Time Warner, announced AOL was shifting its focus from subscription-based revenue to advertising supported broadband services, AOL said it plans to cut 26 percent of its workforce over the next six months. CEO Jon Miller alerted employees of the pending cuts during a company-wide meeting Thursday, AOL spokesperson […]

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ruled Wednesday memory chipmaker Rambus unlawfully cornered the market for dynamic random access memory (DRAM) by distorting the standards-setting process. The ruling only establishes Rambus’ liability and does not address financial remedies. The FTC plans further hearings to determine appropriate damages for the “substantial competitive harm that Rambus’ course of […]

The Business Software Alliance (BSA) said Tuesday it collected more than $2 million in settlements from 19 companies admitting to software piracy. In addition to the settlements, each company agreed to delete any unlicensed copies, purchase any needed replacement software and strengthen its software management practices. “We hope that these announcements will encourage other businesses […]