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Federal bank and thrift regulatory agencies issued proposed guidelines Tuesday to require financial institutions to develop programs to respond to incidents of unauthorized access to customer information, including procedures for notifying customers under certain circumstances. The proposed guidelines interpret the interagency customer information security guidelines, issued in February 2001, that require financial institutions to implement […]

The Bush administration is appealing to the Supreme Court a Pennsylvania appeals court March ruling barring the enforcement of the Child Online Protection Act (COPA), the controversial 1998 law intended to make it a crime to place sexually explicit material on the Internet where minors could view it. The law requires commercial Web site operators […]

Yahoo! moved Tuesday to expand and extend its financial services in separate deals with Bank One and Nationwide Advantage Mortgage Company (NAMC), the mortgage affiliate of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company. Already in a long-term deal with Bank One, Yahoo! said it was expanding the agreement to allow for additional promotional opportunities for both companies, including […]

The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded a $2 million contract to Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) and Qualcomm to test a wireless system to track untethered truck trailers used in high-value or high-security loads. The field operational test will quantify the costs and benefits associated with systems designed to track trailers when they are […]

Spurred by strong government demand, total geographic information systems (GIS) core-business revenue for 2003 will grow 8 percent to $1.75 billion in 2003, according to Daratech. The Cambridge, Mass.-based research firm says this compares to a 2.4 percent growth (to $1.6 billion in core-business revenues) in 2002 over the prior year. GIS manipulate, analyze and […]

Mountain View, Calif.-based Securify will help secure U.S. Navy legacy networks during the Department of the Navy’s transition to the Navy Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI). Terms of the contract were not disclosed by EDS, the prime contractor on the NMCI. Under terms of the new contract, EDS will deploy the full suite of Securify’s SecurVantage […]

In conjunction with the launch its redesigned auto channel, America Online has signed a marketing deal with Edmunds.com, a car information service. In addition, AOL has signed a new agreement with Kelley Blue Book to assist car buyers in finding standard new and used car prices. Available on the flagship AOL service, CompuServe, and Netscape, […]

Veridian Corp. stockholders approved Monday the proposed $1.5 billion cash sale of the company to fellow defense contractor General Dynamics. Veridian stockholders will receive $35 in cash for each outstanding share of Veridian stock. General Dynamics will also assume Veridian’s $270 million of debt. The acquisition has been approved by the boards of directors of […]

A federal grand jury in Pittsburgh has indicted the owners of a Los Angeles adult video production company for violating federal obscenity laws by offering videos depicting violence against women over the Internet and through the mail. U.S. Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan said possession of obscene material is not illegal, but the production and distribution […]

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has launched a site for taxpayers to check the status of their child tax credits. After entering a social security number, filing status and the number of claimed exemptions, the service will calculate the amount of the refund. Similar to the IRS’ Popular “Where’s My Refund? site, the program can […]

Peregrine Systems emerges from Chapter 11 bankruptcy Thursday after a tumultuous year in which the software maker reorganized its business in core areas of strength in enterprise software and settled with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over charges of fraudulent accounting. The San Diego-based company’s restructuring plan provides full recovery by many creditors, […]

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said Wednesday 88 percent of all U.S. zip codes have at least one high-speed Internet connection, a 28 percent growth rate over the last three years. The study also showed 39 percent of all zip codes had at least four high-speed providers while in 1999, the number was 10 percent. […]