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InfoTech: Software scammers get back into business

There are certain signs that economies are changing including the nature of crimes that are committed. Spam Scammers push fraudulent mortgages or dodgy lending deals as property markets rise; they push sexual performance enhancing drugs and tranquillisers as economies struggle and people suffer stress and they push illegal copies of software as businesses struggle - and as hopefuls start new businesses at the bottom of a cycle. Adobe Systems' software is, today, at the top of the scammers' list.



InfoTech : Venture Capitalist Vector makes another high profile disposal

In November 2005, Vector Capital worked with the Register.com management team to take the company private. Yesterday it announced that the company has been sold to Web.Com with completion planned...

Software IP: 18 months' jail for copyright infringement

Robert Cimino, 60, of Syracuse, N.Y., has been sentenced to 18 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Anthony J. Trenga in the Eastern District of Virginia for his sales of more than USD250,000...

Tech: Cimatron appoints MyGrowTech to cover Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand

Israeli - backed Cimatron Limited, a NASDAQ listed company, has entered into an agreement with Malaysian company MyGrowTech s/b under which the latter will become an authorised reseller and tech...

InfoTech: Amazon's great news for publishers - until you read the contract

Some years ago, I wrote a book and, having worked out the economics of it, self-published. Amazon.com refused to stock it or, to be more precise, put so many restrictions on stocking it that as a...

InfoTech: did LSE glitch prevent a new global meltdown?

The London Stock Exchange broke this morning. From just after 10:30 until 14:00 no trading was possible. Given the turmoil in the market, this might have been a lucky break.

InfoTech: when is "seeding" fraud?

A fascinating case brought by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) draws attention to the practice of seeding websites to attract business.Shying away from alleging fraud, th...

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