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Tax Season, Scam Season: How to Avoid the Fake Refund Cons
2:30PM 1/06/2012
Uncle Sam isn't the only one looking to collect from taxpayers this year: A rapidly growing number of Internet scammers are also using the guise of the IRS to siphon money out of consumers' pockets, security experts say.
Norton Everywhere May Become Symantec's Mobile Moneymaker
7:30AM 6/28/2011
Company News, Technology, Investing, Intel, McAfee, Microsoft, Market News
Symantec is the global leader in the security software market, but its share of that market has been declining. Can its Norton Everywhere initiative leverage the companies strength in the PC world into the domain of smartphones and tablets?
Tech Takeovers: Nine Good Bets for 2011 Stock Gains
10:00AM 1/05/2011
Even after a round of acquisitions in 2010, some big tech companies are still rolling in cash -- and 2011 looks like another promising year for tech mergers. Here's columnist Peter Cohan's list of top tech acquisition targets for 2011.
Big Tech's Buying Binge: Who Will Be Acquired Next?
1:45PM 9/21/2010
Technology, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Intel, Oracle, Stock Picks
IBM, Oracle, Hewlett Packard and Intel have been on a buying spree of late, and it's virtually guaranteed that they'll be purchasing more companies over the next several months. But which companies will they target next? Here are eight strong possibilities you might want to buy into.
Intel to Buy McAfee for $7.68 Billion
8:21AM 8/19/2010
Company News, Technology, Investing, Intel, McAfee, Cisco Systems, Stocks in the News
Chipmaker Intel surprised Wall Street Thursday with a deal to purchase security software maker McAfee. Intel said that the acquisition highlights the fact "that security is now a fundamental component of online computing."
IBM Locks Up a Deal for IT Security Firm BigFix
3:02PM 7/02/2010
IBM's software company shopping spree continued this week with a deal to purchase BigFix, a top player in the red-hot IT security market. While the deal terms were not disclosed, the rumor is that the price tag for the privately held firm came to $400 million or so.
Symantec Doubles Down on Encryption With Two Acquisitions
11:47AM 4/30/2010
To help secure its own business future, security software heavyweight Symantec is jumping into the the encryption and data-protection market with the purchase of two companies -- PGP and GuardianEdge Technologies -- for a total of $370 million in cash.
McAfee Offers Refunds for a Faulty Software Update
11:00AM 4/27/2010
Embarrassed computer security giant McAfee is rolling out a reimbursement and free subscription program to those who downloaded its faulty software update, which caused some computers to continually reboot.
Within hours of last week's earthquake in Haiti, charities were scrambling to respond to the catastrophe. So too were cyber-criminals, who were looking to exploit unwitting Internet users seeking to donate to the relief effort. It has gotten so bad, the FBI and others have issued warnings to the public.
Yahoo Drawn Into Growing Cyber War Between Google and China
12:28PM 1/16/2010
Yahoo was drawn into the growing cyber-war between Google and the Chinese government after it declared its support of the U.S.-based search giant. Google threatened to pull out of China after it became the victim of a massive cyber attack that is believed to be masterminded by the Chinese government.
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