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Cisco, Intel and Adobe have been named the best technology corporate citizens by Corporate Responsibility Officer magazine.   The rankings are part of the magazine’s look at the 10 best corporate citizens in 11 industries.
In the field of hardware technology, Intel and Cisco tied for the number one spot. Intel was lauded for its philanthropy and [...]

Japan’s Hitachi Ltd, Canon Inc. and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd.announced that they have reached a basic agreement on liquid crystal display or LCD panel businesses and technologies.
Under the terms of this agreement, Canon and Matsushita will each acquire 24.9% of the shares of Hitachi’s subsidiary Hitachi Displays Co., Ltd. by March 31, 2008. As [...]

Apple is developing an automatic volume control device for iPods amid growing fears that its users are at risk of hearing damage from listening to loud music.
The next iPods and iPhones could automatically calculate how long a person has been listening and at what volume, before gradually reducing the sound level.
The device will also [...]

Sharp Corporation and Toshiba Corporation announced that the two companies have agreed to collaborate closely in LCDs, a move that is expected to enhance the companies’ corporate value, profitability and global competitiveness. The alliance will allow each company to make full and effective use of its respective strengths and resources, particularly Sharp’s capabilities in LCDs [...]

A new ad-hijacking Trojan that hijacks Google text advertisements, replacing them with ads containing malware has been detected.  The threat, identified as “Trojan.Qhost.WU”, modifies the infected computer’s host file, and redirects queries sent to Google servers to rogue servers that display ads from third parties instead of from Google.
Users are affected because advertisements and/or linked sites [...]

Viacom has signed a $500m advertising and content deal with Microsoft, a development that will see Viacom dropping Google’s DoubleClick.
The five-year deal, which the companies said has a “projected base value” of $500m, will see Microsoft’s Atlas system replace DoubleClick to deliver ads across Viacom’s extensive range of US websites.

Microsoft announced that the first beta version of Internet Explorer 8 would be launched in the first half of 2008.  Microsoft assured users that its new version browser has been put through necessary tests to ensure it doesn’t ‘break’ the Web.
IE8 passed the Acid2 Browser Test from the Web Standards Project, which means [...]

The Justice Department said that software giant Microsoft Corp., Internet search engines Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc. have agreed to pay $31.5 million to settle charges that the three companies promoted illegal Internet gambling. The companies will pay money to the Justice Department and will also publicly advertise against illegal Internet gambling targeted [...]

Palm Inc. reported a second quarter loss of $9.6 million, or 9 cents a share, compared to the year-ago quarter’s net income of $12.8 million, or 12 cents a share.
Palm Inc. further said that they expect to lose $30 million to $33 million, or 31 to 33 cents per share, on revenue of $310 million to [...]

Symantec announced that they are soon going to make available the test edition of their upcoming Norton 360 Version 2 release.
Symantec said that the updated version would include new Web security and identity-theft protection features.  It will also come with a “smart firewall” that will use behavior-based analysis techniques to identify emerging threats.
The new version would also be able to [...]