Google to buy Postini for US$625 million

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News: Google to buy Postini for US$625 million
News: Clinton urges Indian businesses to invest in U.S.
Related Reading: GE's CEO says India won't grow at the expense of US
News: Dell will sell Linux on PCs outside of U.S.
News: Average zero-day bug has 348-day lifespan, exec says
News: Taiwan companies team up on Microsoft smartphones
News: Google trails in Asian markets
News: Microsoft to study Japan's digital lifestyle
News: Google Earth captures China's new ballistic-missile sub
News: Yahoo sites hit by availability problems
News: Fraudsters use charities to test credit cards
News: Insurer may jump in to cover iPhones
News: Court dismisses lawsuit against US wiretapping
News: Kremlin accused of DDOS cyberbullying
Go Figure: Study: Smaller UK firms reject working at home
ITWhirled: Postal worker unmasked as Netflix scourge!


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Google to buy Postini for US$625 million
Google Inc. has agreed to buy messaging security company Postini Inc. for US$625 million in a move to increase the appeal of Google's hosted applications among big businesses, the companies announced on Monday.


Clinton urges Indian businesses to invest in U.S.
U.S. Senator and presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton said the U.S. is not just a market for foreign companies to sell into but to invest in as well.

Related Reading: GE's CEO says India won't grow at the expense of US
General Electric Co. CEO Jeffrey Immelt warned an audience of Indian business leaders Friday that India's strong economic growth wouldn't come at the expense of the economic health of countries like the U.S.


Dell will sell Linux on PCs outside of U.S.
Dell Inc. plans to sell computers with preinstalled Linux outside the U.S. as well as offer the Ubuntu Linux distribution to small business customers.


Average zero-day bug has 348-day lifespan, exec says
The average zero-day bug has a lifespan of 348 days before it is discovered or patched, but some vulnerabilities live on for much longer, according to security vendor Immunity Inc.'s chief executive officer.


Taiwan companies team up on Microsoft smartphones
Two Taiwanese companies have signed a technology agreement to develop 3G (third generation telecommunications) and 3.5G smartphones around the Windows Mobile OS, adding to the growing pool of companies developing mobile phones based on Microsoft Corp. software.


Google trails in Asian markets
Google Inc.'s dominance may seem unassailable in North America, but it's the search giant that is playing catch-up in Asia, according to new survey results released Sunday.


Microsoft to study Japan's digital lifestyle
Microsoft Corp.'s Japan unit plans to study more closely the use of digital technology in the lives of average Japanese to gain insight that it might use overseas, the head of its Japanese unit said Monday.


Google Earth captures China's new ballistic-missile sub
Google Inc. is offering a rare public glimpse of China's new ballistic-missile submarine, according to a researcher at the Federation of American Scientists.


Yahoo sites hit by availability problems
Yahoo Inc. suffered availability problems on Friday that affected its home page as well as other of its Web sites and services for a sustained period of time.


Fraudsters use charities to test credit cards
Credit card thieves are becoming big-time charity donors, but it's not out of the goodness of their hearts.


Insurer may jump in to cover iPhones
A company that insures laptops and smartphones may save the day for iPhone owners worried about their pricey handsets getting stolen or damaged.


Court dismisses lawsuit against US wiretapping
A U.S. appeals court has ordered that a lawsuit against the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) for a wiretapping program be dismissed because the plaintiffs haven't been hurt by the agency's actions.


Kremlin accused of DDOS cyberbullying
Russia has been used as the launch-pad for a new wave of cyberattacks aimed at a number of political and media organizations within the country.


GO FIGURE

40%
The share of SMBs that allow telecommuting, compared with 75 percent of large companies, according to a survey by Citrix.
SOURCE: Techworld.com


ITWHIRLED

Postal worker unmasked as Netflix scourge!
DVD delivery services began to flourish once it became clear that people weren't going to start paying to download full-length movies in bulk anytime soon. But there are weak points in the system: a Houston postal clerk was busted after stealing nearly 6,000 Netflix DVDs -- and close to 1,500 Blockbuster DVDs for good measure.