http://phys.org/technology-news/internet/ en-us PhysOrg Team Phys.Org provides the latest news on the internet, world wide web, web 2.0 and science technology. Google has agreed to buy the online messaging firm Meebo, a move expanding the Internet giant's capabilities for instant sharing of Web pages using social networks. http://phys.org/news258050244.html Technology - Internet 2012-06-04T17:37:40-07:00 Facebook is working on technology that would permit children under the age of 13 to use the social network site with parental supervision, people familiar with the effort said Monday. http://phys.org/news258028016.html Technology - Internet 2012-06-04T11:27:01-07:00 Last week's New York Times adapted a portion of David Sanger's forthcoming "Confront and Conceal: Obama's Secret Wars and Surprising Use of American Power," which reveals that the United States has secretly conducted cyberattacks against Iran for several years. Indiana University Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research Fellow and Maurer School of Law Professor David P. Fidler said the article raises important questions. His commentary follows: http://phys.org/news258017068.html Technology - Internet 2012-06-04T09:00:01-07:00 (Phys.org) -- The Internet browser headache in having to initiate an opt-out exit from advertisers who keep landing on your pages because they think they have a plausible target has turned a corner. Microsoft has moved to turn the practice upside down, or rather inside out. Users will have to opt-in to invite advertisers in the latest version of Internet Explorer, IE10. Microsoft has made the 'Do Not Track' feature, which stops companies from being able to trace a user’s web behavior, the default setting. In doing so, Microsoft has made IE10 the only web browser to present the tracking feature as an opt-in, not an opt-out, proposition. http://phys.org/news258003671.html Technology - Internet 2012-06-04T05:30:01-07:00 A South Korean has been arrested and accused of distributing illegal computer game programmes infected with malignant codes developed by North Korea, police said Monday. http://phys.org/news258002998.html Technology - Internet 2012-06-04T04:30:52-07:00 The Internet is set for a major upgrade in the coming week, but if all goes well, users won't even know it's happening. http://phys.org/news257921874.html Technology - Internet 2012-06-03T05:58:10-07:00 Pre-emptive cyber strikes against perceived national security threats are a "civilised option" to neutralise potential attacks, Britain's armed forces minister said Sunday. http://phys.org/news257921794.html Technology - Internet 2012-06-03T05:56:40-07:00 (AP) — The Obama administration is warning American businesses about an unusually potent computer virus that infected Iran's oil industry even as suspicions persist that the United States is responsible for secretly creating and unleashing cyberweapons against foreign countries. http://phys.org/news257862067.html Technology - Internet 2012-06-02T13:21:19-07:00 US Senator John McCain on Saturday accused President Barack Obama's administration of leaking details of a reported cyber attack on Iran and other secret operations to bolster the president's image in an election year. http://phys.org/news257829694.html Technology - Internet 2012-06-02T04:21:42-07:00 Megaupload has filed papers in US District Court to dismiss the federal government's massive online piracy case against the file-sharing website and its founder, Kim Dotcom. http://phys.org/news257829560.html Technology - Internet 2012-06-02T04:19:37-07:00 The United States and Iran are locked in a long-running cyber war that appears to be escalating amid a stalemate over Tehran's disputed nuclear program. http://phys.org/news257829218.html Technology - Internet 2012-06-02T04:13:54-07:00 Microsoft on Friday rolled out a revamped Bing that includes insights from Facebook and Twitter in the biggest overhaul of the search service since its launch three years ago. http://phys.org/news257798139.html Technology - Internet 2012-06-01T19:35:46-07:00 (AP) — Facebook is letting its nearly 1 billion users vote on changes to its privacy policy. http://phys.org/news257774906.html Technology - Internet 2012-06-01T13:08:34-07:00 Cyber-minded fans heading to Euro 2012 in Poland are set to find life easier at the championship after organisers launched smartphone applications to help them navigate their way around. http://phys.org/news257774322.html Technology - Internet 2012-06-01T12:58:50-07:00 US President Barack Obama accelerated cyberattacks on Iran's nuclear program and expanded the assault even after the Stuxnet virus accidentally escaped in 2010, the New York Times reported Friday. http://phys.org/news257758733.html Technology - Internet 2012-06-01T08:40:51-07:00 (AP) — A federal judge in New York has granted class certification to authors challenging Internet search leader Google over its plans for the world's largest digital library. http://phys.org/news257743985.html Technology - Internet 2012-06-01T04:50:01-07:00 A massive online piracy case against file-sharing website Megaupload was "flawed" and likely to be dismissed in a US court within a month, the site's chief lawyer has said. http://phys.org/news257743809.html Technology - Internet 2012-06-01T04:30:27-07:00 Microsoft's Skype Internet telephone service hopes to quadruple the number of users to get to one billion, division president Tony Bates said Thursday. http://phys.org/news257705828.html Technology - Internet 2012-05-31T17:57:14-07:00 One out of seven Americans who go online use Twitter and eight percent do it every day, a survey showed Thursday. http://phys.org/news257688061.html Technology - Internet 2012-05-31T13:01:28-07:00 Google on Thursday tuned its search engine in mainland China to tip people off when they try to use characters that evidently prompt censors to derail queries. http://phys.org/news257688001.html Technology - Internet 2012-05-31T13:00:12-07:00 Pop diva Lady Gaga set a social media record Thursday when she became the first person on Twitter to amass more than 25 million followers, more than anyone else on the micro-blogging website. http://phys.org/news257681018.html Technology - Internet 2012-05-31T11:03:44-07:00 US officials, lawmakers and technology leaders voiced firm opposition Thursday to efforts to bring the Internet under UN control, saying it could hurt free expression and commerce. http://phys.org/news257681003.html Technology - Internet 2012-05-31T11:03:29-07:00 Experts from 20 countries gathered Wednesday at the Mexican resort town of Cancun to discuss a strategy for battling organized crime, in an effort mandated by the recent Summit of the Americas. http://phys.org/news257657275.html Technology - Internet 2012-05-31T05:00:03-07:00 The Flame computer virus that smoldered undetected for years in Middle Eastern energy facilities confirmed fears that the world has entered a new age of cyber espionage and sabotage. http://phys.org/news257656784.html Technology - Internet 2012-05-31T04:19:59-07:00 Google on Wednesday added the Zagat restaurant review content to its Google+ social network, as it rolled out a new local search feature that takes on services such as Yelp. http://phys.org/news257596749.html Technology - Internet 2012-05-30T11:50:01-07:00 The boom in the number of mobile Internet devices and tablet computers in use will help quadruple Web traffic in the coming years, a study said Wednesday. http://phys.org/news257596626.html Technology - Internet 2012-05-30T11:37:16-07:00 The White House and industry groups Wednesday unveiled new initiatives to combat so-called "botnets," or networks of computers controlled by hackers through virus infections. http://phys.org/news257595635.html Technology - Internet 2012-05-30T11:20:51-07:00 (AP) — Computer technicians battling to contain a complex virus last month resorted to the ultimate firewall measures — cutting off Internet links to Iran's Oil Ministry, rigs and the hub for nearly all the country's crude exports. http://phys.org/news257571482.html Technology - Internet 2012-05-30T04:38:13-07:00 The agency in charge of website addresses has picked June 13 as the day it will reveal proposed new names for online neighborhoods breaking the ".com" mold. http://phys.org/news257570693.html Technology - Internet 2012-05-30T04:25:01-07:00 The global group of computer hackers known as Anonymous threw its support behind Quebec students protesting hikes in tuition fees by threatening to disrupt the Montreal Grand Prix. http://phys.org/news257570369.html Technology - Internet 2012-05-30T04:19:38-07:00