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Thursday over on CTO Edge , Charlene O'Hanlon wrote about Apple overtaking Microsoft as the most valuable technology company in the world. It's time, she said, because Apple has become technology'... More >
The general reaction to Facebook privacy changes may be positive, but the privacy advocates who have been putting so much pressure on the social networking site aren't quite convinced . According ... More >
After receiving letters from privacy advocates about Google's collection of "fragmentary" data from unsecured wireless networks, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has a sked Google not to destroy t... More >
In between writing posts about Facebook and Google and their respective privacy issues, I've been wondering if all the fuss has caused employers to rethink their approach to social media in the w... More >
The Google Street View saga continues. The company told privacy officials in Hamburg, Germany, that it could not turn over data it had inadvertently collected from unsecured Wi-Fi networks while ... More >
The U.S. House Financial Services Committee chairman, Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., told audience members at Compliance Week 's annual conference this week that a final version of the financial refor... More >
The concept of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement is a good one, considering the Internet has made piracy much more of a global problem. The Congressional International Anti-Piracy Caucus emph... More >
At 10:30 a.m. PT Wednesday, Facebook held a press conference to reveal its cyber criminals set their sights on vulnerable SMBs , which CEO Mark Zuckerberg says will roll out over the next few days. ... More >
When news broke last week that Microsoft had filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Salesforce.com, I tried like every other journalist to find a statement or some sort of reaction from Salesf... More >
The "much simpler" privacy tools at which post about IBM X-Force's 2011 Mid-Year Trend and Risk Report for weeks and which CEO Mark Zuckerberg promised were coming are expected to debut Wednesda... More >
On the heels of the Federal Communications Commission's decision to partially reclassify broadband services under Title II of the Communications Act as a means of restoring its authority to impleme... More >
In case you missed it, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote an op-ed piece in Monday's Washington Post admitting that the company has made mistakes when it comes to user privacy. He also promised t... More >
Two days after Google CEO Eric Schmidt vowed to fight for the company's deal to acquire mobile advertising specialist AdMob , the Federal Trade Commission gave the deal a green light. Accordi... More >
The U.S. Senate passed its version of a financial regulatory overhaul bill last Thursday with a vote of 59 to 39, according to The Wall Street Journal . The legislation, reportedly the most... More >
User privacy has been the bane of Facebook's existence for the last few months. Both U.S. and European regulators have been on the company's case, as have privacy advocates, and an increasingly unh... More >
The hits just keep coming for Facebook. The Wall Street Journal reported Friday the social networking site, along with MySpace, Xanga, Digg, and others, had been sending information to adver... More >
Thursday morning I wrote about final action on the Senate's financial regulatory reform bill being delayed. Three more votes would have gotten Senate Democrats the 60 votes they needed to end debat... More >
Facebook's month just keeps getting worse. First the public outcry and government response over the social-networking site's privacy practices, then an "all-hands" meeting to hash out new user p... More >
While U.S. officials are working with their counterparts in other countries on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, members of the Congressional International Anti-Piracy Caucus issued their 20... More >
Google's in hot water with European privacy regulators after its Street View camera cars inadvertently intercepted private data from home Wi-Fi networks, and privacy advocates in the United States ... More >
Wednesday, members of the Senate were only three votes short of 60 votes needed to end debate on the sweeping financial regulatory reform bill sponsored by Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn. The Associated ... More >
In November last year, Google domestic market has long been seen as a big opportunity for Indian services providers for $750 million, but the deal has not yet closed. Considering how many cloud co... More >
At the end of last week, Facebook called an "all hands meeting" to discuss privacy strategy. This week, the company announced it will soon be unveiling "simplistic" privacy choices and tools. Ma... More >
Tuesday, Microsoft filed what Ars Technica is calling a "rare" patent infringement lawsuit against.Salesforce.com. The software juggernaut argues that the customer relationship management softwar... More >
Remember last month when news broke that German privacy regulators were upset that Google was collecting information about the location of wireless routers in preparing to roll out its Street View ... More >
Did officials learn nothing from Sarah Palin's e-mail woes during the 2008 presidential campaign? Apparently the federal government's deputy CTO didn't. InformationWeek reports Tuesday that the W... More >
Last week the judge who issued the search warrant for Gizmodo blogger Jason Chen's home office Arthur Cole describes VFCache at the request of Gizmodo parent company Gawker Media and several othe... More >
In February, when French digital rights group La Quadrature du Net published the working draft of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement being negotiated by the United States and several other cou... More >
A group of students from New York University are poised to capitalize on publlic dissatisfaction with Facebook and its seeming disregard for user privacy. Venture Beat reports they have raised m... More >
The judge who issued a search warrant for Gizmodo blogger Jason Chen's home office after he published an exclusive story and photos of an iPhone 4G prototype decided to unseal the supporting affida... More >
Despite the common claim that online privacy is dead , Google's privacy practices have been under pretty heavy scrutiny lately. Users were vocal when Google's Buzz automatically made people in the... More >
Facebook is getting much the same response from European regulators about its latest privacy changes as Google did not long ago on the Buzz controversy. The Register reported Friday the Article ... More >
Was it just two days ago that I gave Google grief for treating the user privacy question like a public relations problem instead of actually providing some answers or taking action on it? ... More >
Sometimes one of IT's biggest challenges is convincing upper management a particular technology purchase or deployment would be the best thing for a company. Especially if that purchase requires a lo... More >
When Apple filed a patent infringement lawsuit against HTC involving technology used in the iPhone, HTC said it would not sit back and be bullied. Wednesday, the Taiwanese handset maker followed ... More >
Much like it did with wireless providers' early-termination fees, the Federal Communications Commission is taking a closer look at the wireless industry 's broader billing practices. intern... More >
It's the end of the road for Microsoft in its patent fight against Canadian software shop i4i. The U.S. Patent and Trademark office has rejected Microsoft's challenge to i4i's patent concerning "a ... More >
Wow. The Google officials in charge of privacy must really have guts. Either that or they have their heads in the sand. When privacy regulators from 10 different countries get together to se... More >
In the continuing saga of the leaked iPhone 4G prototype, it appears prosecutors in San Mateo County, Calif., don't want to release the information upon which they based their application for a w... More >
What the Federal Communications Commission touted as "a third way" to accomplish net neutrality apparently isn't different enough from the original options to suit broadband carriers. InformationW... More >
Nokia just keeps piling on the infrigment claims in its intellectual property lawsuit against Apple . Bloomberg reported Friday the handset maker has added a fifth patent complaint to the mix - th... More >
Nobody is satisfied with the online privacy bill Reps Rick Boucher (D-Va.) and Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.) are working on . Privacy advocates like the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Consumer Watchdog, ... More >
Here's a shocker: A new report says the school district at the center of a Web cam spying lawsuit did not have official guidelines or a set protocol on using the tracking software installed in la... More >
Financial services firms are in a rather tough spot as they wait for Congress to act on the financial regulatory overhaul legislation. It's hard to plan strategically, and it's even harder to budge... More >
Whether it was an attempt to divert attention from the iPhone prototype leak or the beginning of a defense for antitrust investigators, Apple CEO Steve Jobs' less-than-favorable comments about Ad... More >
Interesting? Confusing? Par for the course? Whatever you decide to call it, the results are the same. After reports Tuesday that Federal Communications Commission chairman Julius Genachowski w... More >
On Monday, consumer privacy advocates were lobbying on Capitol Hill for legislation that would better protect consumers from targeted advertising and other privacy-averse practices. On Tuesday, Reps.... More >
Apple may be facing an antitrust investigation, according to Network World . And interestingly enough, the changes to its iPhone developers agreement were the proverbial straws that broke the came... More >
At the same time the Open Internet Coalition is calling on the Federal Communications Commission to act quickly to clarify its authority to keep the Internet open, The Washington Post is reportin... More >
The 22-year-old son of a Tennessee state senator was convicted last week on one felony charge and one misdemeanor charge arising from his hacking into Sarah Palin's Yahoo mail account during the 2008... More >
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