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NETWORK WORLD–Of all the virtual currencies out there, BitCoin is the most interesting from a technical perspective – and the least interesting from the business…

Virtual currencies jump the fence from in-game tokens to real-world rewards Which would you rather get as a reward for doing business with a particular…

It’s free, easier to use than ever, IT staffers know it and love it, and it has fewer viruses and Trojans than  Windows. It’s already…

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An emerging technology called Near Field Communication will soon give new meaning to the phrase “tapped out.” Once NFC systems become widespread, which could happen…

How Apple is winning over the enterprise without even trying

Avaya and others offer easy-to-use, low-cost, browser-based virtual environments for corporate meetings

Several companies are offering business-friendly virtual meeting platforms that work right in a Web browser, no software download required, with prices starting at around $50…

Apple’s new application-level encryption paves the way for companies to run business apps on the iPad

1. Encrypt, encrypt, encrypt. There are two parts to the data encryption challenge – encrypting stored data, and encrypting data that’s moving over public networks,…

OppenheimerFunds used to have a data entry efficiency problem. Address changes that customers made on its Web site had to be manually re-entered into a…

In an attempt to reduce online credit-card fraud, Visa U.S.A. in San Francisco announced 10 “commandments” for online merchants to guard its cardholders’ information. And,…

A hacker doesn’t have to break into a bank’s computer to steal account numbers and access codes. It may be enough to set up a…