* Web firms include Facebook, Google, Microsoft

* Bank of America, Fidelity, PayPal also involved

* New approach fights spoofing of corporate emails

BOSTON, Jan 30(Reuters) – Some of the world’s biggest
Internet companies and financial services firms have developed a
new approach to fighting email spam that they hope will reduce
online scams.

Facebook, Google Inc (GOOG.O: Quote, Profile, Research) and Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research)
have joined with financial firms Bank of America Corp (BAC.N: Quote, Profile, Research),
Fidelity Investments and eBay Inc’s (EBAY.O: Quote, Profile, Research) PayPal to create a
set of industry standards for preventing criminals from sending
out spam emails that appear to come from corporate email
addresses.

BOSTON, Jan 26 (Reuters) – Security software maker
McAfee rejected a claim that several large corporate customers
had recently switched over to using products from rival Symantec
Corp (SYMC.O: Quote, Profile, Research).

Symantec Chief Financial Officer James Beer told Reuters in
an interview late on Wednesday that his company was taking share
in the anti-virus software market away from McAfee, which was
purchased by chipmaker Intel Corp (INTC.O: Quote, Profile, Research) in
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By Jim Finkle

(Reuters) – Symantec Corp advised customers to stop using its pcAnywhere software for accessing remote PCs, saying they are at increased risk of getting hacked because the blueprints to that software have been stolen.

The announcement is the company’s most direct acknowledgement to date that a 2006 theft of its source code put customers at risk of attack.

By Jim Finkle

(Reuters) – Symantec Corp advised customers to stop using its pcAnywhere software for accessing remote PCs, saying they are at increased risk of getting hacked because the blueprints to that software have been stolen.

The announcement is the company’s most direct acknowledgement to date that a 2006 theft of its source code put customers at risk of attack.

By Jim Finkle

(Reuters) – EMC Corp (EMC.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), the world’s biggest maker of corporate data storage equipment, on Tuesday forecast that earnings will grow about 9 percent this year as it reported quarterly results ahead of Wall Street forecasts, sending shares up 6 percent.

Long-time Chief Executive Joe Tucci said he will stay in his post through next year to guide the company in a “choppy” global economy, setting up a battle among his lieutenants for control of one of the world’s biggest technology companies.

Jan 24 (Reuters) – EMC Corp (EMC.N: Quote, Profile, Research), the world’s
biggest maker of corporate data storage equipment, forecast that
sales and revenue will grow at a healthy clip this year as it
reported quarterly earnings and revenue ahead of Wall Street
forecasts, sending shares higher.

The company expect profit, excluding certain items, to rise
about 9 percent this year, while revenue will climb about 10
percent, more than double the rate that industry experts expect
technology spending to grow.

BOSTON, Jan 23 (Reuters) – Software maker VMware Inc
(VMW.N: Quote, Profile, Research) reported profit ahead of Wall Street expectations,
releasing an outlook ahead of some forecasts that raised hopes
that technology spending will grow this year, even as some warn
that the economic outlook is grim.

The results surprised some investors who were concerned that
VMware might miss forecasts after recent disappointments by
rivals Oracle Corp (ORCL.O: Quote, Profile, Research) and Salesforce.com Inc (CRM.N: Quote, Profile, Research).