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SAP Readies a Big Business Marketplace
By Quentin HardyThe German software company seems poised to take on Alibaba by offering business services and software through a cloud-computing marketplace.Read more…
Videotaped Deposition of Steve Jobs Played in Apple iPod Trial
By Brian X. ChenThe late Apple chief defended his company’s decision to strictly control the music that can be played on an iPod in testimony recorded six months before his death.Read more…
In Suit, Cisco Accuses Arista of Copying Work
By Quentin HardyThe networking giant is suing a competitor founded and run by some of Cisco’s most noted alumni, saying they violated numerous Cisco patents and copied other work. Read more…
Apple iPod Lawsuit Down to One Plaintiff
By Brian X. ChenIn an odd legal turn, the lawyers suing Apple could not prove that one of their clients purchased an iPod during the time frame in which Apple is accused of blocking music from competitors.Read more…
Daily Report: New Financing Round for Uber Puts Its Value at $40 Billion
By The New York TimesThe private car service closed a new $1.2 billion round of financing, with investors valuing it at a staggering $40 billion.Read more…
Apple iPod Suit May Lack One Thing: A Plaintiff
By Brian X. ChenThe company’s lawyers claim that the iPods owned by two people represented in the lawsuit were purchased after the period during which Apple is accused of behaving in an anticompetitive manner.Read more…
Banks’ Lawsuits Against Target for Losses Related to Hacking Can Continue
By Nicole PerlrothA federal judge in Minnesota ruled that Target’s role in allowing hackers to get into the retailer’s computer network last year was enough to allow banks to proceed with a lawsuit to recoup their losses.Read more…
Daily Report: Inquiry Into Cyberattack on Sony Pictures Broadens
By The New York TimesThe studio, working with law enforcement agencies, has been exploring whether the hacking was related to one of Sony’s coming movies, “The Interview.”Read more…
French Official Campaigns to Make ‘Right to be Forgotten’ Global
By Mark ScottIsabelle Falque-Pierrotin, who heads the French data protection authority and heads a European body composed of the region’s 28 national privacy regulators, said Google must do more than remove links from its European domains.Read more…
British Government Proposes a ‘Google Tax’
By Mark Scott and Stephen CastleGeorge Osborne, the British chancellor of the Exchequer, proposed a new 25 percent tax on the local profits of some international companies, including tech giants like Google.Read more…
Daily Report: Hackers Steal Movies and Executive Salary Data From Sony
By The New York TimesThe breach exposed two things the movie industry loathes — the piracy of films and details about executive compensation — and sent a ripple of dread across Hollywood.Read more…
Hacked vs. Hackers: Game On
By Nicole PerlrothThere has been an awakening that online threats are real and growing worse, and that the prevailing “patch and pray” approach to computer security will not do.Read more…
Reinventing the Internet to Make It Safer
By Nicole Perlroth
The Defense Department and leading computer scientists are working together to improve security by imagining an Internet rebuilt from scratch.Read more…
China, a Fish Barrel for Cybercriminals
By Paul Mozur and Shanshan WangThe naïveté of new Internet users, and an emphasis on bolstering the web’s growth, have left China’s more than 600 million Internet users vulnerable to cybercrime.Read more…
Betting on Security Start-Ups in an Age of Data Breaches
By David GellesEntrepreneurs are addressing the need for tighter corporate security, but skewed valuations are making it more difficult to determine which companies are a safe bet.Read more…
Smart Steps at the Online Checkout
By Molly WoodSecurity breaches can happen when you shop online, so here are tips to ensure privacy.Read more…
Minimizing In-Store Shopping Dangers
By Molly WoodCash is the most secure form of payment, but there are also other alternatives to magnetic-stripe credit and debit cards.Read more…
Preparing for Chip-and-PIN Cards in the United States
By Mark ScottAmericans retailers and banks are preparing for the wide release of a security technology in which a chip embedded into credit and debit cards can substantially reduce many forms of fraud.Read more…
With Fraud Afoot, Shield Your Wallet
By Molly WoodCredit cards have more legal protection than debit cards, but a quick response is the key to keeping intruders from your accounts and identity.Read more…
Computing Goes to the Cloud. So Does Crime.
By Quentin HardyWhile public clouds, by their nature, provide opportunities for malicious hackers, the sophistication of the systems and their management allow for new ways to defend against attacks.Read more…
Protecting Data Privacy at School and at Play
By Natasha SingerWith the growing use of mobile devices in school, and with advertisers compiling data on children’s web activities, what can parents do to stop unwelcome tracking?Read more…
Stripe, an E-Commerce Start-Up, Raises $70 Million
By Mike IsaacThe round values Stripe at $3.5 billion, twice the amount the company was valued at less than one year ago.Read more…
In a Bay Area Courtroom, Lawyers Hit Replay on Apple’s History
By Brian X. ChenIn opening arguments, lawyers debated whether Apple updated its iTunes software so it would intentionally block its iPods from playing music from sources other than Apple.Read more…
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos Explains Why He Bought The Washington Post
By Mike IsaacJeff Bezos, Amazon’s chief executive, was skeptical about buying the newspaper. But he believed his knowledge of the Internet and his ability to finance the operation made it worth the risk.Read more…
Twitter Improves Tools for Users to Report Harassment
By Vindu GoelThe freewheeling social network intends to make it easier to report abuse and harassment that occurs on the service.Read more…
Daily Report: Shortfall at Amazon Is a Calculated Sacrifice
By The New York TimesThough the company’s third-quarter revenue fell short of forecasts, it is making moves to become a retail and entertainment one-stop shop.Read more…
In 2015, Technology Shifts Accelerate and China Rules, IDC Predicts
By Steve LohrThe research firm IDC predicts that 2015 will see an ever-faster shift to cloud, mobile, social and big data technologies, and that China’s impact will skyrocket.Read more…
A Low-Cost Alternative to Pricy Big Data on the Farm
By Quentin HardyThe transformation of agriculture with information technology would seem like bad news for the little guy. The sensor-heavy machines cost more, and the data analysis requires specialized information. But there are lower-cost options.Read more…
Microsoft Buys Acompli, an Email Start-Up
By Nick WingfieldMicrosoft said it acquired Acompli, a young start-up that makes an email application for iOS and Android mobile devices, for about $200 million.Read more…