Software piracy is costing the Indonesian economy billions of dollars each year and is stymieing the creation of a local information technology industry, a Microsoft representative said.
 
Some 87 percent of computer software on the market in Indonesia in 2005 was pirated, Microsoft Indonesia's Irwan Tirtariyadi said citing a study

Cingular Wireless said Wednesday that its BroadbandConnect service is built into new Dell Latitude D620 and D820 notebook computers, paving the way for users to implement high-speed wireless data without an outboard modem or PC Card.
 
Cingular Wireless, owned by AT&T and BellSouth, said unlimited BroadbandConnect service is available for $59.99

Dell is the latest PC vendor to roll out new business notebooks based on Intel's Core Duo processors with the option for broadband wireless data connectivity.

At a press event Tuesday night at the well-known New York steakhouse Sparks, the direct PC seller announced it has updated its flagship Latitude line of

In an unusual form of phishing, hackers cracked the computers hosting the Web sites of three Florida banks, redirecting banking customers to a bogus homepage in order to steal account information and other personal data.

ElectroNet Intermedia Consulting, the Tallahassee, Fla., service provider that hosts the sites of Capital City Bank, Wakulla

Video games, music and TV mix it up on Turner Broadcasting's newly revamped GameTap service. Among the new offerings available on the broadband network (www.gametap.com, $9.95 per month) is the GameTap 10 TV show in which each month musicians count down their favorite games. Fall Out Boy is the first guest for

Parents who want their children to turn the music down on their iPods received a helping hand from Apple on Wednesday. The device maker issued a free software update that enables iPod owners, or their parents, to set a maximum volume limit.
 
Available for the latest versions of video iPods

Parents who want their children to turn the music down on their iPods received a helping hand from Apple on Wednesday. The device maker issued a free software update that enables iPod owners, or their parents, to set a maximum volume limit.
 
Available for the latest versions of video iPods

MANHASSET, N.Y. — San Diego-based wireless technology supplier Qualcomm Inc. has filed a new complaint against broadband technology company Broadcom Corp., intensifying the heated legal dispute between the companies.

The complaint, filed in federal court in San Diego, charges Broadcom (Irvine, Calif.) with misappropriating trade secrets relating to Qualcomm’s development and marketing of

Red Hat Inc, a leading distributor of open-source Linux software, said on Tuesday quarterly profit more than doubled on the back of strong subscription sales from corporate customers.
 
Red Hat's net profit rose to $28.7 million, or 13 cents per diluted share, in the fourth quarter, ended February 28, versus

SAS Institute announced a new SAS Fair Banking system aimed at helping banks stay within regulations in their lending practices at its SAS user group conference Monday.

SAS Fair Banking is meant to help lenders ensure there are no hidden patterns of discrimination in their lending business, patterns that could lead them