British PM ups pressure on Internet firms over child porn
British Prime Minister David Cameron will on Monday demand Internet search engines take action to block queries about child sex abuse, threatening legislation if they fail to comply.
Hulu owners opt to keep online video service
The entertainment studios behind Hulu took the online video service off the auction block Friday, opting instead to pump an additional $750 million into the Netflix rival.
14 July 2013
Google ditches location-sharing feature in map apps
Google released an upgraded version of its popular maps app for Android-powered smartphones and tablets that ditches a Latitude feature that let people share locations with family or friends.
12 July 2013
Venezuelans told to 'unfriend' Facebook over US spying
A government minister in Venezuela, which has offered fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden asylum, is urging her countrymen to cancel their Facebook accounts lest they be targeted by US snooping.
11 July 2013
Bidders vie for online video website Hulu
The Wall Street Journal on Monday reported that several bidders have stepped up to vie for Hulu, an online video website that Internet pioneer Yahoo was said to be eyeing as an acquisition.
10 July 2013
Zynga chief replaced by Microsoft videogame executive
Zynga co-founder Mark Pincus on Monday said he is handing over the helm of the struggling social games company to Microsoft entertainment division chief Don Mattrick.
02 July 2013
US online child privacy rules set to get stricter
Toughened US regulations on online privacy for children take effect Monday, offering new protections amid the growing use of mobile apps and social networks by youngsters.
30 June 2013
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Pricey but worth it: Cubans finally surf the Web
Cuban teacher Nancy Garcia would love to surf the Web at home. But since that is restricted in this communist country, she now logs on from new hotspots -- at a price few can afford.
28 June 2013
'Fast, cheap' Internet satellites launched
The first four of 12 satellites in a new constellation to provide affordable, high-speed Internet to people in nearly 180 "under-connected" countries were blasted into Space.
'Password fatigue' haunts Internet masses
Looking for a safe password? You can give HQbgbiZVu9AWcqoSZmChwgtMYTrM7HE3ObVWGepMeOsJf4iHMyNXMT1BrySA4d7 a try. Good luck memorizing it.
25 June 2013
'Phishing' scams explode worldwide: researchers
Those insidious email scams known as phishing, in which a hacker uses a disguised address to get an Internet user to install malware, rose 87 percent worldwide in the past year.
23 June 2013
'Privacy' search engines see jump after NSA row
Internet users are taking a fresh look at "privacy" search engines that do not store data or track online activity, in light of the flap over US government surveillance.
Facebook adds video sharing to Instagram
Facebook on Thursday added smartphone video-sharing to its Instagram photo-based social network, in a move challenging Twitter's popular Vine service.
22 June 2013
World rights groups say Jordan trying to censor online media
International rights groups and media freedom defenders expressed concern on Wednesday about a recent Jordanian government decision to block unlicensed local news websites saying it was a censorship attempt.
20 June 2013
Kim Dotcom slams Megaupload 'data massacre'
Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom Thursday condemned a Dutch company's decision to delete million of files belonging to users of his defunct website.