IOC being grilled on Internet censorship August 04, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- IOC president Jacques Rogge was accused of backtracking on promises of press freedoms Saturday and some Internet sites remained blocked less than a week before the Beijing Games begin. | |
300 dates in 24 hours? No sweat August 03, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Francesca Salcido went on 300 dates in 24 hours without breaking a sweat. Her encounters with aspiring beaus happened online at SpeedDate.com, a US start-up built on a belief that it doesn't take more than 90 seconds to find ... | |
Lawmakers demand info on Web tracking practices August 02, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- A congressional committee wants the nation's largest telecommunications and Internet companies to explain whether they target online advertising based on consumers' search queries and Web surfing habits. | |
 Defiant China hits out at US, stands firm on Internet July 31, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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A defiant China stood firm on controversies swirling around the Olympics on Thursday, hitting back at the United States over human rights criticism and insisting Internet censorship would remain. | |
 Ex-Google engineers debut 'Cuil' way to search July 28, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 57 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Anna Patterson's last Internet search engine was so impressive that industry leader Google Inc. bought the technology in 2004 to upgrade its own system. She believes her latest invention is even more ... | |
 China to censor Internet during Games: organisers July 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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The Beijing Olympics were plunged into another controversy on Wednesday as China announced a backflip on Internet freedoms for the thousands of foreign reporters covering the Games. | |
Music purchased from Yahoo could stop working soon July 30, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Some users of Yahoo's music-download service will find songs they bought inaccessible after Sept. 30, adding fuel to criticisms over copy-protection measures known as digital rights management. | |
Scrabulous returns with a new name and new rules July 31, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- Scrabulous is back on Facebook, but now it has a new name, new rules and circular tiles that could help its makers skirt legal claims from the owners of Scrabble. | |
Facebook fends off attack of the clones July 28, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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(AP) -- In its bid to go global, Facebook is facing off against itself. Clones of the wunderkind social-networking Web site - some of which resemble Facebook right down to color, font and layout - have popped up in local ... | |
 Thomson Reuters revises IM service in legal battle (Update) July 30, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- Thomson Reuters Corp. has overhauled its instant messaging service to avoid a communications breakdown that threatened to alienate brokerages and banks that rely on the system to complete stock trades ... | |
 Yahoo in 'cloud computing' research with HP-Intel July 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Yahoo and technology giants Intel and Hewlett Packard on Tuesday announced an alliance to advance "cloud computing," backing a trend that would reduce reliance on packaged software. | |
Popular Scrabble knockoff suspended on Facebook July 29, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- The creators of a Scrabble knockoff responsible for countless hours at the online hangout Facebook suspended their word game Tuesday after being hit with a lawsuit, disappointing fans who logged on expecting to make ... | |
Online threats materializing faster, study shows July 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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(AP) -- The bad guys on the Internet are narrowing the time frame they need to unleash computer attacks that take advantage of publicly disclosed security holes, new research shows. | |
 China drops some Internet curbs ahead of Games August 01, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
China on Friday rolled back a few high-profile planks of its Internet censorship system in an apparent effort to defuse an embarrassing dispute over media freedom just days ahead of the Olympics. | |
 Google unveils reference tool after 7-month test July 23, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 29 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Google Inc. is taking the wraps off an Internet encyclopedia designed to give people a chance to show off - and profit from - their expertise on any topic. | |
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