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Italian Court Convicts Google of Privacy Violation
Milan: A court ruling has found three Google employees guilty of privacy violation and accused the search engine giant of profiting and hosting an online video showing an autistic teenager being bullied by his classmates. In a court decision, Judge Oscar Magi said Google privacy counsel Peter Fleischer,... 
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Underage Children with Facebook Account Increasing
A new study by media watchdog Ofcom showed that the number of children, aged 12 years old and below, who have Facebook and other social networking accounts increased in the past couple of years. According to the report, many of these children have ignored the age restrictions by the social networking... 
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Credit Card Data Hacker Gets 20 years behind Bars
A United States District Court sentenced a 28-year-old computer hacker to 20 years in prison after pleading “guilty” to charges of orchestrating one of the largest credit and debit card data theft in history. US District Judge Patti Saris, in his order, said that Albert Gonzalez will spend 15 to... 
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Google Stops Web Censoring in China after Four Years
World’s largest online search engine Google Inc has ended four years of censoring to China’s Internet searches when it finally pulled the plug to the mainland on Monday. But despite the parting of ways with the Chinese government, Google said that it will still maintain other operations in the country. Many... 
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Microsoft Bing Gains Strength in February
Seattle: Microsoft Bing has gained strength after the number of online consumers using the search engine tool has significantly increased in February, according to a research group. The Nielsen Co. on Tuesday said Bing currently ranks in the third position as the most used search engine tools in US,... 
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China Tells Google to Obey Its Law
Beijing: After Google Inc. has threatened China that it will stop its operation in the country, the government on Tuesday warned the technology giant to continue filtering its search engine results or face “consequences”. In a press conference, Commerce Ministry spokesman Yao Jian said that Google... 
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TiVo Eyes Internet, TV Combination
The world’s pioneer in digital video recording TiVo Inc announced on Friday that it will now be innovating itself from the DVR technology to the broadband Internet broadcasting, which aims to combine high-speed online connection with live television programs. In line with this, TiVo has unveiled the... 
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Massive “botnet” Attacks Discovered
Internet security experts on Friday announced that they have discovered a massive botnet attack, which has infected more than 75, 000 computers and stole information from corporations and government agencies for the past several days. In a data released by the NetWitness Corp, at least 2, 400 organizations... 
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Privacy Watchdogs File Complaints to FTC over Google Buzz
Google Inc has met another set back with the implementation of its new Gmail Buzz feature after privacy watchdog Electronic Privacy Information Center filed a complaint before the Federal Trade Commission, saying that the new e-mail/social networking service violates consumer protection law. The complaint... 
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Nokia, Intel Join Forces to Develop New Phone Software
World’s biggest mobile phone maker Nokia Inc. and software giant Intel Corp. announce on Monday a deal that would help both companies develop top-class Smartphone software that can directly compete against Microsoft, Apple, and Google. Based on the initial agreement Nokia’s Linux Maemo software platform...