MADRID (AFP) - - Campaigners are stepping up efforts to curb online tracking of Internet use by firms that deliver adverts tailored to the specific interests of consumers, as polls reveal widespread unease with the practice. More »
MADRID (AFP) - - Campaigners are stepping up efforts to curb online tracking of Internet use by firms that deliver adverts tailored to the specific interests of consumers, as polls reveal widespread unease with the practice. More »
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - - "Modern Warfare 2" strikes on Tuesday in a worldwide assault eagerly anticipated by lovers of the blockbuster role-playing battle videogame franchise.
HAVANA (AFP) - - Secret police agents abducted and beat award-winning blogger Yoani Sanchez, whose online reports chronicle the dark side of everyday life in communist Cuba, on her way to a march for non-violence, she said Saturday.
WASHINGTON (AFP) - - Massive power outages in Brazil in 2005 and 2007 that impacted millions were caused by cyber hackers attacking control systems, the US television network CBS said Sunday.
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - - US online music service Bluebeat said it plans to fight British recording label EMI over rights to stream and sell versions of Beatles songs.
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - - Industry tracker comScore on Friday released a study showing that Internet users in September spent more time at Microsoft websites that at any other online properties.
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By Gabriel Madway and Franklin Paul
OSLO (AFP) - - A court in Norway on Friday rejected calls from the entertainment industry to force communications giant Telenor to block its customers from accessing popular file sharing website The Pirate Bay.
By Lionel Laurent
MADRID (AFP) - - Experts from 50 nations meeting in Madrid have reached a draft agreement on international standards for the protection of privacy and personal data, participants said Friday.
By Jonathan Lynn
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Intel <INTC.O>, the world's largest chip maker, is planning to participate in bids invited by Indian state-owned telecom equipment maker ITI Ltd <ITEL.BO> to set up joint ventures, the Business Standard reported on Friday.
MADRID (AFP) - - The new "smart meters" utilities are installing in homes around the world to reduce energy use raise fresh privacy issues because of the wealth of information about consumer habits they reveal, experts said Friday.
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - - A Motorola Droid smart phone goes on sale Friday, joining the growing ranks of smart phones on the open-source operating system backed by Google.
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - - Microsoft's new-generation Windows 7 operating system hit the ground running, with US sales in its opening days blasting past those of its Vista predecessor, according to NPD Group.
By Gabriel Madway
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - - Google on Thursday opened a window for users to see what records the Internet giant keeps regarding their activities at YouTube, Gmail, Reader and other accounts.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission approved AT&T Inc's <T.N> $944 million bid to buy Centennial Communications Corp <CYCL.O>, two sources familiar with the decision said on Thursday.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Verizon Wireless said on Thursday that it would sell an HTC Corp <2498.TW> phone based on Google Inc's <GOOG.O> Android system for $99.99, potentially putting pressure on smaller carrier Sprint Nextel Corp <S.N>.
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