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    Intel's business practices will come under the scrutiny of the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which has opened a formal antitrust investigation of the chipmaker.

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    The Federal Trade Commission said last Monday that Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates will have to pay a US$800,000 fine to settle charges that he violated financial reporting laws in conjunction with his investment portfolio.

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    PeopleSoft has formally filed notice of its plans to acquire J.D. Edwards with the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice, despite itself being the target of an Oracle takeover bid.

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    Microsoft has agreed to make sweeping changes to its Passport authentication system as part of a settlement agreement with the Federal Trade Commission.

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    Identity fraud cost the Australian community AU$1.1 billion in 2001/02, according to a report released by a senior Minister, who also acknowledged the rapid subsequent growth of the problem.

  • ID theft: Separating myth from reality

    Is online identity theft as rife as the widespread media reports would suggest? We find out whether the risks are real.

  • The end of e-mail?

    The world's e-mail network is no longer the friendly place it once was and authentication could mean the end for the platform as we know it.

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    Microsoft intends to lay out a plan to make its .Net Passport authentication service more Web services-friendly.

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  • New Outlook to give spammers the boot

    The first test version of the new email software blocks external content in Web-based email.

  • Palm gadget's true colours fall short

    The handheld maker owns up to what some users had suspected for some time: Its low-end Palm m130 isn't capable of displaying the 64,000-plus colours the company had claimed in ads.

  • Spyware cures may cause more harm

    Web surfers battling "spyware" face a new problem: So-called spyware-killing programs that install the same kind of unwanted advertising software they promise to erase.

  • Microsoft plays browser games

    News analysis: Following its recent settlement with AOL, Microsoft has let slip that it will stop making Internet Explorer as a standalone product. But what does this mean for users?

  • Microsoft discloses more Windows code

    Microsoft has disclosed technical information vital to allowing third-party developers create software that works well with Windows.

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