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Networking equipment manufacturer Juniper Networks Inc announced it has reached a settlement with the regulatory authorities for the settlement of allegations of improper backdating of stock options by the company.
The SEC had alleged that Juniper Networks had not disclosed expenses of over millions of dollars during the four-year period from mid-1999 through mid-2003.
Juniper [...]

Creative’s latest ZEN media player will beas thin as a credit card with capacity available as large as 16 GB.  The device comes with a 2.5-inch screen and has a built-in FM radio, voice recorder, and a PDA calendar application.
The Creative ZEN supports AAC, MP3, and WMA music formats, and it supports video formats like WMV9, MJPEG, MPEG4, DivX, and XviD.

Security vendor F-Secure reported that Sony’s Microvault USB memory key has a built-in fingerprint reader.  The Sony MicroVault USM-F fingerprint reader software that comes with the USB stick installs a driver that is hiding a directory under “c:\windows\”.
A rootkit is a collection of tools (programs) that enables administrator-level access to a computer or computer network.
The security news site also noted [...]

SAP AG has said that it will launch a new set of business management software next month that will be delivered to customers over the Internet.
Codenamed A1S, the new product is targeted at mid-size businesses and will be released on September 19. With this the world’s largest business software maker is entering the on-demand space [...]

HP introduced a breakthrough printing technology, new web-based printing services, an expanded portfolio of printers and imaging products, and a host of alliances and relationships that serve the growing markets outlined in the company’s Print 2.0 strategy.
HP’s Print 2.0 strategy focuses on three areas: delivering a next-generation digital printing platform that increases print speeds and [...]

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that paper flight tickets will soon become a thing of the past, and ticketing will be based entirely on electronic ticketing from June 1, 2008.
IATA sell over 400 million tickets annually. It represents over 240 airlines and 94% of all international scheduled air traffic.  The move has significant environmental benefits, saving [...]

Taiwan’s Acer said it will buy Gateway for $710-million.  Gateway Inc is the third-largest PC company in the US and a leading retail PC provider.  The combination of Acer and Gateway will create a multi-branded PC company with revenue of over $15 billion and shipments of more than 20 million PCs per year.
The acquisition has been [...]

Intel Corporation further reinforced desktop PC security by unveiling the newest generation of Intel vPro processor technology for businesses and IT with new innovations that add better protection against hacking, viruses and other threats.
Intel vPro processor technology packages a powerful new Intel Core 2 Duo processor, Intel Q35 Express chipset and several technology innovations [...]

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. announced the estimated direct costs related to product advisory on Nokia-branded BL-5C lithium-ion battery pack units manufactured between December 2005 and November 2006 by Matsushita Battery Industrial Co., Ltd., its consolidated subsidiary will amount to $172 million (approximately 10 billion yen and 20 billion yen).
As announced by Nokia on [...]

Yahoo offers more functionality to their Yahoo Mail service by allowing the users of the Yahoo Mail service to send text messages to mobile phones.
Yahoo would begin by offering this service to Yahoo Mail users in United States, Canada, India and the Philippines.