Net Security writes that “[m]ore than half of computer users who think they are protected against online threats like spyware, viruses and hackers actually have inadequate or no online protection, according to an independent research study conducted for Verizon. Verizon's study, conducted with 545 U.S. Internet subscribers by the independent [...]

CNetNews.com has dug up the “Silicon Alley 100” list for 2007 before its official debut.  You can view the list of NY’s 100 most important tech influencers here. In a different article on CNetNews.com, iMEGA chairman Joe Brennan today discusses the “recent antagonistic stance that government in the United States [...]

Reuters reports that “European Union telecom ministers backed proposals on Thursday to open radio frequencies allocated exclusively for GSM mobile phone services to other technologies, such as third-generation (3G) mobile data.  The European Commission had in July proposed freeing access to the 900 MHz frequency, saying that doing so would [...]

Yahoo!News reports that “European competition regulators said Tuesday that [they] have stopped the clock in their in-depth investigation into IBM’s planned $745 million takeover of Swedish software maker Telelogic. The European Commission, Europe’s top competition authority, has asked the companies for more information about the deal in order to assess [...]

The Seattle Times has an interesting article today about “the legacy of innovation” that tech bubbles leave. The Seattle Times also reports on a new phenomenon in social networking – “[a]s in, everywhere I go lately, I meet someone starting a company targeting the older population.”  According to the publication, [...]