News tagged with internet site
Google clears key mapping software for Syria
Google announced Wednesday that its mapping software and other products would be available in Syria after getting export approval by the US government.
May 23, 2012 |
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Jack Ma: English teacher turned Internet billionaire
After being knocked back by American venture capitalists in 1999, Jack Ma -- a cash-strapped entrepreneur -- convinced friends to give him $60,000 to start Chinese online retailer Alibaba.com.
May 21, 2012 |
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Online scams cost $485 mn in US in 2011: survey
Online scams including identity theft schemes, "advance fee" and "romance fraud" cost Americans some $485 million in 2011, a report prepared for the FBI said Thursday.
May 10, 2012 |
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EU court: Web sites need not check for IP breaches
A European Union court ruled Thursday that social networking sites cannot be compelled to install general filters to prevent the illegal trading of music and other copyrighted material.
Feb 16, 2012 |
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Congress weighs landmark change in Web ad privacy
(AP) -- The Web sites we visit, the online links we click, the search queries we conduct, the products we put in virtual shopping carts, the personal details we reveal on social networking pages - all of this can give companies ...
Sep 07, 2009 |
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Anonymous says it hacked Chinese government sites
(AP) -- China was struggling Thursday to restore several government websites that international hacking group Anonymous says it attacked in an apparent protest against Chinese Internet restrictions.
Apr 05, 2012 |
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Feds shut down Megaupload.com file-sharing website (Update)
One of the world's largest file-sharing sites was shut down Thursday, and its founder and several company executives were charged with violating piracy laws, federal prosecutors said.
Jan 19, 2012 |
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Protest targets US cyber intelligence legislation
Civil liberties groups on Monday launched protests targeting proposed US cyber intelligence law that they fear would let police freely dip into people's private online information.
Apr 16, 2012 |
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Siri a challenge to Google search: Eric Schmidt
The voice-activated Siri assistant on Apple's iPhone 4S is a direct challenge to Google's search engine, chairman Eric Schmidt said.
Nov 06, 2011 |
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Report: Widespread data sharing, 'Web bugs'
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley's School of Information released a report late Monday (June 1) showing that the most popular Web sites in the United States all share ...
Jun 02, 2009 |
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China web firms vow to curb 'harmful' information
The heads of China's largest Internet and technology firms have vowed to stop the "spread of harmful information" on the web after attending a three-day government workshop, state media said Sunday.
Nov 06, 2011 |
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Yahoo fires Bartz as CEO, names CFO to fill void
Yahoo Inc. fired Carol Bartz as CEO Tuesday after more than 2 1/2 years of financial lethargy that had convinced investors that she couldn't steer the Internet company to a long-promised turnaround.
Sep 07, 2011 |
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Excessive Internet use is linked to depression
People who spend a lot of time browsing the net are more likely to show depressive symptoms, according to the first large-scale study of its kind in the West by University of Leeds psychologists.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 03, 2010 |
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EU data protection reform to replace national laws
The European Union wants to replace a mishmash of national laws on data protection with one bloc-wide reform, updating laws put in place long before Facebook and other social networking sites even existed.
Nov 28, 2011 |
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Carrier Pigeon Faster Than Broadband Internet
(PhysOrg.com) -- In South Africa, a carrier pigeon carrying a 4GB memory stick proved to be faster than the ADSL service from the country's biggest web firm, Telkom. Winston the pigeon took one hour and eight ...
Sep 11, 2009 |
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