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EU assembly adopts Internet, phone user rights

Technology / Telecom

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(AP) -- The European Parliament has endorsed new telecom rules that would give phone and Internet users more rights and allow them to appeal to national courts if they are cut off for illegal file-sharing.





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French publishing house Le Seuil claimed that up to 4,000 of its works have been digitised by Google without consent

French court orders Google to stop scanning French books

Technology / Internet

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A French court on Friday told Google that it cannot digitise French books without publishers' approval and ordered the online giant to pay 300,000 euros (430,000 dollars) in damages.


Hackers steal SKorean-US military secrets (AP)

Hackers steal SKorean-US military secrets

Technology / Internet

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- South Korea's military said Friday it was investigating a hacking attack that netted secret defense plans with the United States and may have been carried out by North Korea.


HP researchers try to tell you who your friends are

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Most people have scores of contacts, scattered around their mobile phone, e-mail address book and multiple social networking sites. Scientists at Hewlett-Packard can tell you which of those contacts are your closest friends.


IBM Reveals Five Innovations that Will Change Cities in the Next Five Years (w/ Video)

Technology / Hi Tech

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Today, IBM unveiled a list of innovations that have the potential to change how people live, work and play in cities around the globe over the next five to ten years.


Microsoft, Google in battle to win over students

Technology / Business

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

As they plunged into a project on ancient Egypt this fall, Jay Martino's Cupertino (Calif.) Middle School students probably didn't realize they were on the front lines of a high stakes battle between Google and Microsoft.


Internet giant Google on Wednesday added another 24 media partners to its online news reader "Fast Flip"

Google adds new media partners to 'Fast Flip'

Technology / Internet

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Internet giant Google on Wednesday added another 24 media partners to its online news reader "Fast Flip," including the Tribune and McClatchy newspaper groups, the Huffington Post and Politico.


Clinton: US would help raise billions on climate (AP)

Clinton: US would help raise billions on climate

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (7) | comments 2

(AP) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sought to put new life into flagging U.N. climate talks Thursday by announcing the U.S. would join others in raising $100 billion a year by 2020 to help ...


No More 'Social Media,' More Single Log-ins for Multiple Platforms

Technology / Internet

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- As more people use social media platforms, they will begin moving away from using the term 'social media' in the new year, predicts Dr. Karla Gower, associate professor of advertising and public relations.


EU drops Microsoft browser charges (AP)

Microsoft to let Europeans pick browser in EU deal

Technology / Software

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 1

(AP) -- More than 100 million Europeans will get to pick a Web browser after Microsoft agreed to offer Internet users a choice to avoid fresh fines - a move that could represent a real thawing of long-standing ...


YouTube has tripled the number of "monetized views" and earns ad revenue on more than a billion online videos

YouTube leads Google charge in display ad market

Technology / Internet

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google on Tuesday outlined a strategy for seizing a bigger share of online display advertising that has long been a key stronghold for rival Yahoo!



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