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EU agrees on new Internet user rights
Nov 05, 2009 |
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(AP) -- EU lawmakers and governments agreed on new rights for Internet users Thursday, aiming to protect them from arbitrary crackdowns on those who illegally download music and movies on the Internet.
Study shows cell phone users miss the obvious, like a unicycling clown
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 04, 2009 |
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How blind to their surroundings can people be when they're talking on their cell phones?
Chinese agencies fight for control of Web game
Nov 04, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Chinese regulators are fighting over the right to oversee "World of Warcraft," a popular online game, in a bizarre battle that has thrust bureaucratic rivalry for control of the Internet into the open.
Swedish court overturns landmark file sharing ruling
Oct 13, 2009 |
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A Swedish appeals court on Tuesday overturned a landmark file sharing ruling that forced an Internet service provider to reveal an Internet user's identity to five publishers.
People are still the weakest link in computer and internet security, study finds
Oct 13, 2009 |
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Two decades ago, studies showed that computer users were violating best practices for setting up hack-proof passwords, and not much has changed since then. What's clear, say researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison ...
China launches crackdown on online gaming
Oct 09, 2009 |
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China has launched a campaign to crack down on online games operating illegally and featuring content deemed to be unhealthy, state media reported Friday, in the nation's latest Internet clean-up effort.
UK incidence of children living with substance-misusing parents considerably underestimated
Oct 08, 2009 |
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Current figures underestimate the number of children who may be at risk of harm from parental substance use. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Public Health have generated new estimates using five nation ...
SKorea unveils new guidelines on mobile fees
Sep 27, 2009 |
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South Korea's telecoms watchdog on Sunday unveiled new guidelines on mobile phone fees following mounting complaints over high charges.
Online payment startup Zuora wants to rescue newspapers
Sep 24, 2009 |
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Tien Tzuo on Wednesday called on fellow technology entrepreneurs to join him on a quest to rescue newspapers that are dying as their readers get stories free on the Internet.
Google introduces new commenting tool 'Sidewiki'
Sep 23, 2009 |
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Google unveiled a new tool on Wednesday which allows notes and comments to be posted alongside Web pages for others to read.
Samsung Extends Reach to Youth Audience with Launch of the Corby Family
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 23, 2009 |
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Samsung Electronics has followed the successful launch of the Samsung Corby (model: S3650) by announcing two new mobile phones designed around the Corby concept, which aims to deliver stylish devices to support ...
France approves Internet piracy bill
Sep 15, 2009 |
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(AP) -- France's lower house of parliament has approved a pioneering bill allowing authorities to cut off Internet access to people who download illegally.
Google users loyal: comScore
Aug 15, 2009 |
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The planned Microsoft-Yahoo! online search tie-up has promise but must overcome people's fierce loyalty to market king Google, industry tracker comScore said Friday.
Newspaper sites draw 36 percent of Web audience in June
Aug 06, 2009 |
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Newspaper Web sites attracted 70.3 million unique visitors in June, representing about 36 percent of all Internet users, according to a new Nielsen Online study commissioned by an industry trade group.
Microsoft sees size as search answer in Yahoo deal
Aug 03, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Microsoft is hoping that a long-term partnership with rival Yahoo will give it the size and insight it needs to bring in more traffic, more advertisers and ultimately more revenue.
