A national rent-to-own chain settled charges Tuesday with the Federal Trade Commission that it illegally installed spying software on rental computers, often without the customers’ knowledge.

When Michael Meduri says “we,” it is hard to know just whom or what he is referring to. He could mean himself and George Reitsma, the former accountant who lured Meduri away from his brother Anthony”s ...

"I would estimate that most rental businesses use only about half the capabilities of their rental software system," says Jack Shea, president of Solutions by Computer. "Others push the limits in ...

Rent-to-own companies may have a right to use software to track the computers they lease out — and disable them remotely if a customer stops making payments. But they don't have the right to spy on ...

Whether startups or well established firms, IT infrastructure is an integral part of their functioning. But rather than investing on purchasing them, the trend is moving towards renting IT ...