March 11, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
If you’ve got a PayPal account, you’re likely a target for phishers who’ll try to nab your login credentials by sending phony e-mails that lure victims to a bogus site so they’ll unwittingly give up the info. The solution?
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Tags: download, Iconix, PayPal, phishing, protect, Software
March 10, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
How much is the estimated most valuable Web address worth?
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Tags: address, auction, domain name, sex.com
March 9, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
Want to give to worthy causes without actually giving any money? There’s an app for that. It’s called CauseWorld and is currently available for both the iPhone and the Droid.
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Tags: CauseWorld, Citi, droid, iphone, Proctor and Gamble
March 8, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
American small businesses have tapped into that entrepreneur spirit during the downturn and are looking to new and creative ways to keep their bottom line from sinking too far, too fast. One popular tactic: social networking.
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Tags: adoption, Robert H. Smith School of Business, small business, social networking, University of Maryland, Web sites
March 8, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
In its glory days, nobody ever thought eBay would hit a slump — especially not in a recession when everybody needs a good deal or wants to unload stuff and raise cash. But eBay did, slump that is, in recent months. And with profits sinking and its market share shrinking, the company’s recasting its online presence: It’s going green.
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Tags: Ebay, green, Greenpeace, marketing, technology
March 3, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
Waiting for the cost of e-readers to drop before you buy one? You may not have to cool your heels for long.
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Tags: chip, e-reader, Freescale, i.mx508, new, processor
March 2, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
There’s a new report out warning that hackers have become “industrialized” and represent an ever increasing threat to people, organizations and Government.
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Tags: botnets, cybercriminal, hackers, Imperva, industrialized, study
March 2, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
We recently reported that most small and mid-size businesses that made IT a priority reported revenue gains in 2009. It seems many business leaders already figured that out.
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Tags: Gartner, IT, recovery, results, role, survey
March 1, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck

Does playing a violent video game really make players more prone to be violent in real life? That’s a question that’s been batted about (no pun intended) for decades, since the first electronic game systems hit the market. The answer?
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Tags: Craig Anderson, Iowa State University, study, Video games, violence
February 23, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
HBO’s taking some baby steps online, but the premium cable channel’s being careful not to step on the toes of its longtime friends and business partners.
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Tags: HBO, HBO Go, launch, online, video