Many online retailers offer free holiday shipping
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USATODAY.com - The majority of online retailers hope to entice shoppers this holiday season by offering free shipping, and almost half will offer it without conditions, a National Retail Federation study out Wednesday shows.
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Indictments in huge hacking & theft case
A federal grand jury returned indictments today on 11 defendants in one of the largest hacking and online theft cases ever. The Department of Justice charged 11 individuals from around the world with stealing 40 million credit and debit card numbers, cracking the networks of nine retailers and stealing an...
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Microsoft makes daring vulnerability sharing move
LAS VEGAS -- Starting in October, Microsoft will start sharing details on software vulnerabilities with security vendors ahead of Patch Tuesday under a daring new program aimed at reducing the window of exposure to hacker attacks. The new Microsoft Active Protections Program MAPP, which will be formally...
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Microsoft Goes Far Afield to Study Emerging Markets
A nine-person team at Microsoft Research India approaches the technology of emerging markets in unconventional ways. Most often, they rely on a mix of sociology and empirical testing to see whether quirky ideas can make technology useful to those who have heretofore lived without it.
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