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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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    Timothy Muris jumps on board the FTC train as new chairman, striving to make sense of the privacy and antitrust issues that have been occupying the commission.

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    A group of privacy organisations have detailed a complaint it plans to submit to the FTC, charging Microsoft with inadequate security and privacy provisions in the forthcoming Windows XP and alleging unfair and deceptive trade practices.

  • Wireless companies opt-in on privacy

    New rules that will soon require US mobile phone companies to track their customers in an emergency will use technology that opens up a host of marketing opportunities, but also potential privacy headaches.

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    The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) yesterday ordered Australian resident Lance Atkinson to pay over US$15.15 million for his role as the leader of what has been called the largest "spam gang" in the world.

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    The software maker files plans to take over rival J.D. Edwards with the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission, despite being the target of an Oracle buyout bid.

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

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    If you have employees using Hotmail to exchange confidential corporate information, you should be especially concerned with these new Microsoft .NET Passport flaws.

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

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