Responding to the rising cybercrime threat, the Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday unveiled an online tool designed to help consumers avoid becoming victims of Internet scams.
 
At the website, www.onguardonline.gov, consumers can take interactive quizzes designed to enlighten them about ID theft, phishing, spam and online-shopping scams.
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Now, every day is Saturday Night Live at the iTunes Music Store, as content from the long-running NBC sketch comedy series is now available at Apple’s online music store. Steve Jobs announced the content deal during his keynote Tuesday at Macworld Expo.
 
Individual SNL sketches will be sold as $2

Internet downloading and MP3 players are creating a generation of people who do not seriously appreciate songs or musical performances, British researchers said.
 
"The accessibility of music has meant that it is taken for granted and does not require a deep emotional commitment once associated with music appreciation," said music

In the beginning, there was .Net. Next up is NXT.
 
NXT is the name of Microsoft's latest independent-software-vendor- targeted initiative. Via NXT, Microsoft is hoping to attract and incent ISVs with more than $5 million in revenue "who are ready to migrate or cross-platform to a Microsoft operating system or

Apple Computer Inc. said on Tuesday that it had introduced new computers based on Intel chips, the first to result from its move to switch from IBM PowerPC chips it had used for years.
 
Apple Co-Founder and Chief Executive Steve Jobs told the annual Macworld trade show here that the

BANGALORE, India — Starting work in June 2004 about 500 technical staff based at Intel’s Bangalore office designed parts of Intel’s Centrino Duo processor, formerly known as Yonah. The processor is Intel’s dual-core processor designed for implementation in 65-nanometer manufacturing process.

The Centrino Duo “platform” comprises the Centrino Duo processor, the 945

Online company AOL on Tuesday said it had closed a deal in December to purchase Truveo Inc., a video search company.
 
Financial terms of the deal were not provided.

The deal was the largest purchase by the Time Warner Inc. division in 2005 and smaller than the $435 million

The latest in flash drive fashion is a 256MB flash wristband from Imation Corp.

Imation's Flash Wristband, unveiled Monday, is available in black or blue, plugs into itself and fits around a wearer’s wrist. Unplugged, it fits into USB ports, Imation said.

A rubberized exterior protects the drive from damage.

BOMBAY, India - U.S. business-software maker Oracle Corp. plans to add 1,400 employees to its sales, consulting and support operations in India as it focuses on expanding business among small and mid-sized companies in the country's towns and rural areas, a company executive said Tuesday.
 
Oracle already operates in six

SAN JOSE, Calif. — While China’s domestic chip production remains relatively small, the nation’s semiconductor market grew by 32 percent to $40.8 billion in terms of overall consumption in 2005, making it the world’s largest regional IC market for the first time ever, according to a report from IC Insights Inc.

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