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Google is launching its own free, open source web browser. Google Chrome, as the browser is called, will only be available for Windows operating systems for a while, but the team is working on developing the product for Mac and Linux users as well. Since Google is undoubtedly ruling the search market, many wonde... |
2 September 2008
03:33 GMT |
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Google's two popular projects, Google Earth and Google Maps, will benefit from images of a much better quality than that of those currently employed. The company has signed a contract with GeoEye, a satellite imagery provider, which will offer, according to Reuters as cited by the Washington Post, the most ... |
29 August 2008
10:57 GMT |
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Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 is just around the corner. There are, at this point in time, just five days until the end of August 2008, and the delivery deadline for the second Beta release of IE8 is approaching at fact pace. But even with Microsoft gearing up to take IE8 Beta 2 out of the Redmond ovens, with baking tim... |
26 August 2008
07:27 GMT |
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Google's Street View is being accused, once again, of having infringed privacy rights. Betty Webba, a resident of Sonoma, Humboldt County, US, told PressDemocrat that one of the cars carrying a camera meant to shoot the imagery necessary for the development of the Street View network trespassed on her property. ... |
25 August 2008
08:23 GMT |
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The British Government wants all necessary information in order to track the activity of all Internet users in the country. This means that authorities would know, at any time, the content, place and time of any given chat conversation. Also, state officials would have access to details about the equipment used to na... |
14 August 2008
07:20 GMT |
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A new anti-piracy tool called "Logistep Data Management Tool" was spotted parked a few days ago on the eparken domain name. Since it was noticed, the tool has been surprisingly taken offline. All the info points to the famous Logistep company that was tracking information on p2p users across Europe.Logistep is a comp... |
12 August 2008
11:19 GMT |
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People don't know much about Internet privacy, although they do claim to be very careful about what they divulge when registering to certain websites or answering questionnaires. A study conducted by AOL, which included research, questioning various managers and asking for the opinion of 1,000 respondents, led t... |
12 August 2008
06:05 GMT |
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The Australian Law Reform Commission has decided to forward a bill aimed at making people feel secure as far as their privacy is concerned, without the need of cutting off access to nearly all Internet resources. "People appreciate that other interests often come into the balance - such as freedom of speech, child pr... |
11 August 2008
10:13 GMT |
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An article written by Rajas Moonka, Senior Business Product Manager, and posted today on the Google blog, announces that in the upcoming months the Google content network (AdSense) will benefit from several enhancements based on DoubleClick technology.Several months ago, Google purchased the DoubleClick ad management... |
8 August 2008
04:40 GMT |
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Although Google has always said that people's privacy is one of the main reasons for concern for the company, Google Street View somehow comes to contradict that statement. Aaron and Christine Boring, a couple from Pennsylvania, filed a lawsuit against the search giant because their house appeared, without their... |
1 August 2008
11:50 GMT |
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It seems like the Del.icio.us team doesn't want to lose its subscribers, as it might happen after the launch of the new version of the website. While this assertion may seem a bit contradictory, as people are usually attracted towards anything that includes a new launch or improvement, do read on for more detail... |
28 July 2008
07:23 GMT |
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Today, a team of engineers who have previously worked at Google, IBM, eBay, Altavista and the Stanford University, announced the launching of the "biggest search engine on the web." The fact that its database adds up to more than 120 billion pages makes it indeed large - three times bigger than any other known search... |
28 July 2008
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Arxan, a company that provides software solutions that ensure applications are not tampered with, has recently joined the Federation Against Software Theft and by doing so it became the proud member of one of the first organizations in the world to fight against online piracy. The main goal of the Federation is to pr... |
11 July 2008
09:33 GMT |
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Google's pressure point regarding users' privacy is infamous. Even when it is not collecting data on purpose, something has to come up with and trouble the waters, such as is the case with the trial with Viacom. Regardless of that, the officials stand up to defend their reliable privacy policy whenever the ... |
11 July 2008
07:36 GMT |
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A few days ago, we were reporting that the EU Parliament would submit Telecom Package to voting. The law in itself was not such a big threat to online privacy, but the amendments were and consequently, numerous privacy watchdogs promptly reacted. Well, it seems that the members of the Parliament voted in favor of th... |
9 July 2008
11:20 GMT |
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An online petition was launched a few days ago by some YouTube users who call themselves generically "users of the web." What initiated it is their concern regarding the judges' decision to force YouTube to hand over all of its users' private data to Viacom, a major American company that has accused it of c... |
8 July 2008
06:05 GMT |
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According to a study conducted by Trend Micro, a company that specializes in providing flexible and customizable Internet security solutions, data leaks are rapidly becoming a security threat similar to that of viruses and malware. The study was conducted on 1,600 corporate PC users and it shows that the most affect... |
8 July 2008
02:11 GMT |
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Today the European Parliament will vote on the Telecom Packet, as the law is commonly referred to. Although the law itself is meant to regulate the European telecommunications market, the amendments to the law target online piracy; if on three separate occasions you are caught downloading or uploading copyrighted mat... |
7 July 2008
09:19 GMT |
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Earlier this month we were reporting that the French version of Google's Street View had to deal with some privacy related issued before it could be released. While people were more than happy about being able to scour all parts of the world at street level, they were not happy about having their picture seen b... |
7 July 2008
08:31 GMT |
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Google Maps Street View is the subject of quite a few vivid debates in the circles of human rights associations. The company has already launched the application that offers street-level images in France, for those who want another perspective on the Tour de France. Google is now planning to extend the experiment to... |
7 July 2008
08:07 GMT |
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Just like Google, LinkedIn is also facing criticism in regards to failure of keeping private data safe. But while Google lost sensitive information due to burglary or court order, LinkedIn is accused of making a profit from user data. The company was founded five years ago and provided business networking services. ... |
5 July 2008
07:11 GMT |
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Earlier this week, the French StreetView edition was launched; it is part of Google maps and it allows an Internet user to browse through the maps at street level. The French edition though has a long way to go as only the route for the Tour de France has been covered by Google. Out of privacy reasons, the faces of ... |
5 July 2008
05:58 GMT |
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You may not have noticed, but starting with the 3rd of July, Google has modified its main page. Just bellow the "About Google" tab, there used to be "© 2008 Google". Now that link has been swapped for this one "© 2008 - Privacy". Larry Page and Sergey Brin, the two founders of Google, opted for the term "privacy" no... |
5 July 2008
04:03 GMT |
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the European Commission are close to coming to a conclusion in an agreement that would allow the American organization to access private EU citizen data such as credit card history and frequently visited web pages. Privacy organizations are strongly contesting this agreement a... |
1 July 2008
07:11 GMT |
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Google and Microsoft are unlikely partners, as the two companies have conflicting interests especially in terms of the search engine and online advertising markets. Still, the Mountain View search giant and the Redmond software company do manage to find common ground. In this regard, user privacy is one area where th... |
27 May 2008
07:05 GMT |
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Similar discussions surfaced in the past so it shouldn't be too surprising that Google disclosed private details concerning a user as part of a police investigation. According to Network World, the Pune police arrested Rahul Krishnakumar Vaid a few days ago under charges of publishing obscene content on the Inte... |
20 May 2008
04:47 GMT |
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Since Google rolled out Street View, there has been a lot of controversy around it as people appearing in those high-resolution photos captured by Google pointed to their privacy rights and requested the removal of the pictures. The Mountain View-based company has always been opened to talks and accepted to delete th... |
13 May 2008
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During the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives meeting held on Wednesday, the US Federal Bureau of Investigations has offered a sneak preview of its upcoming actions to fight crime in the cyberspace. During the meeting, the US congressman Darrell Issa tackled the topic of online crimes and of how the ... |
25 April 2008
06:12 GMT |
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Google has always said that users' privacy is extremely important and its efforts to protect it were applauded even by international authorities. However, the Mountain View-based company has just handed over private information about some users to the Brazilian authorities, as part of an investigation supposed t... |
24 April 2008
06:33 GMT |
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Google and a few other web companies allow their registered members to access all the services built by them with the same username and password. Some people think this is quite a useful function while other raise concerns over the privacy of the account. A WebmasterWorld user nicknamed MyNewPC said that using the sa... |
23 April 2008
18:06 GMT |
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Privacy is extremely important and nobody could ever think that when signing a contract with a certain company you could end by searching for your documents on the street. According to The Inquirer, Carphone Warehouse, also known as The Phone House, threw all kinds of documents including billing authorizations, certi... |
22 April 2008
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Two days ago, Google launched Google Earth 4.3, one of the most expected editions of the downloadable mapping tool, mostly because it includes multiple important updates such as Street View. As I'm sure you know, Street View was previously integrated into Google Maps, the web-based version of Google Earth which ... |
17 April 2008
04:03 GMT |
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In a recent move designed to protect Internet users, Microsoft has steered clear of the online Big-Brother path. Despite the fact that it plays the role of the underdog when it comes down to the online advertising market in comparison to Google, the Redmond company is aiming to make its own self-regulatory strategy o... |
11 April 2008
11:35 GMT |
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"Did you do it?""No!""FBI, we have the documentation right here!""Oh, all right, I might have…"That's the short version of the announcement the Federal Bureau of Investigation made today, paving the way for the audit to be issued on the 9th of March this year. The abuse allegedly was a result of investigations a... |
6 March 2008
06:37 GMT |
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Germany's Constitutional Court ruled on Wednesday that the authorities wouldn't any longer be at large to collect data from the Internet users' personal computers whenever and however they please. Certain limitations were imposed upon the state-controlled agencies, such as the need for judicial permiss... |
28 February 2008
05:26 GMT |
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The EU came forth last week with some disturbing news for the search engines, that IP addresses should be considered personal information and thus should not be stored. Instantly, that covers the whole cookies problem that many people have, storing preferences and settings against their will.Google's Privacy Pol... |
25 February 2008
03:44 GMT |
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By the next meeting of the working party of EU regulators dealing with online privacy, there will be some guidelines ready to be set down. I'm not sure news could get any worse for Microsoft and Yahoo!, the decision to be made will affect them directly in the core of their search platforms, based on cookies and ... |
11 February 2008
17:41 GMT |
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The legal aspect of the Internet is still in between the white and black, somewhere in that hazy grey area. As a result, many of the claims being made by one or another, regarding crimes on the web, have a long and difficult documentation process before actually going to court.Reuters reports that the European Court ... |
29 January 2008
14:31 GMT |
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The acquisition of DoubleClick by Google was certain to be a lengthy process the moment that the Microsoft giant took Yahoo!'s hand and filed a complaint that if it went through, it would spell Monopolistic move with capita Ms. So far, the Commissions both in Australia and the U.S. have approved of it and all th... |
28 January 2008
16:21 GMT |
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After spending so much time gathering all the information possible on everybody in order to learn what ads to deliver to them, Google has decided that a "here's what to do in order to protect your privacy" move would benefit it in the public eyes, especially after the Facebook Beacon privacy issue that had such... |
20 December 2007
04:08 GMT |
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The path Google is walking on is a tricky one, the Internet users are still fresh after the Facebook problem that they've seen escalate and, eventually, come to a very abrupt ending with the CEO of the social network apologizing. Perhaps this might not be the best moment to push forward the "Google Profiles" ide... |
17 December 2007
14:46 GMT |
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Users' privacy has always been one of the most discussed matters when it came to search engines, because some of them are able to store information about the past activity, IP and obviously, search queries. Because of that, the giant search engines struggled to improve the privacy using several methods. Google, ... |
11 December 2007
05:42 GMT |
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The privacy of ones email is, among others, one of the most important features by which you choose your @company.com mail address. As such, it is very important for you to trust the provider of the mail service to not snoop into any of your messages, be them work related or emotional and intimate. And then came Googl... |
10 December 2007
15:46 GMT |
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"We've made a lot of mistakes building this feature, but we've made even more with how we've handled them. We simply did a bad job with this release, and I apologize for it. . . . Instead of acting quickly, we took too long to decide on the right solution. I'm not proud of the way we've handl... |
6 December 2007
06:52 GMT |
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Ok, so you got your Facebook, you got your Coca-Cola partnership that was going swell. What would you do, if you had an option to continue the association when confronted with upcoming changes? I don't know about you, but I would most definitely ask my good friend and partner about the options he would consider ... |
4 December 2007
06:56 GMT |
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The children's online security has always been a problem, even if their computers were protected with all sorts of software solutions. And nobody can guarantee 100 percent that the kids are secure, since dangerous websites appear every day and new threats rise up every hour. But even so, the parents are not able... |
1 December 2007
03:36 GMT |
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The campaign conducted by MoveOn.org and its 12000 members of the Facebook group made all the difference when it came to the great social networking site's privacy policy. As of last night, users are able to opt-in to share purchases via Beacon. Facebook turned tail and ran for the hills when faced with the huge... |
30 November 2007
05:19 GMT |
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The talks held last afternoon and lasting late into the night, according to "BusinessWeek", were set on discussing the changes that could be made in order to stop all the upswell of concern relating to Facebook's Beacon advertising program. The executives of the insanely popular social network have decided that ... |
29 November 2007
04:42 GMT |
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It is utterly infuriating to see someone say that they will do this and that and on the first occasion see them do the opposite by their own free will and not pushed by anyone or anything. Google is the culprit in this case as it handed over a blogger's IP to the Israeli authorities, and mark my words, without b... |
28 November 2007
08:25 GMT |
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Several Amazon buyers who connected to the service to buy books could be invited to the police station for investigations after the federal prosecutors demanded private details about their activity on the Amazon website. However, the prosecutors decided today to cancel the request after a judge considered that it may... |
28 November 2007
04:19 GMT |
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