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Europe Calls For Global Internet Treaty
The Council of Europe has proposed a global Internet Treaty designed to protect the Internet from political interference. The treaty operates on 12 Principles...
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Code That Tracks sers' Browsing Prompts Lawsuits
Sandra Person Burns used to love browsing and shopping online. Until she realized she was being tracked by software on her computer that she thought she had erased...
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'Cookies' Cause Bitter Backlash
Spate of lawsuits shows user discomfort with latest innovations in online-tracking technology.
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ICANN Warns Against Government Control of the Internet
ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom, speaking at the recent Internet Governance Forum, said that all Internet stakeholders must strive to keep Internet governance out of the...
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.s. Cybersecurity Plans Lagging, Critics Say
More than a year after President Obama made a White House speech proclaiming that the protection of computer networks was a national priority, the federal government...
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Commissioner Kroes Wants to Include Developing Countries in Internet Governance
European Union digital agenda commissioner Neelie Kroes wants countries with emerging economies to have more say in Internet governance since they will soon have...
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A Professor
At this time of year, students are buying textbooks and looking for ways to avoid reading them.
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Nano-Based Marker Designed to Thwart Counterfeit Products
Nanotechnology advances at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock have been licensed to two new businesses that will market a solution to a $600 billion global...
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Officials In The Dark About Voting Machine Glitches
Problems with voting machines are still popping up 10 years after the controversial presidential vote in Florida.
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Anticensorship Tool Proves Too Good to Be True
Experts warn that the software could identify those it claims to protect.
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Cern Collides With a Patent Reality
Previously reluctant to patent the inventions, the CERN particle physics laboratory recently struck a deal with the World Intellectual Property Organization to...
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Darpa Wants You To Build An Anti-Secrecy App
Usually the Pentagon expends time and technological effort to protect information. But now the far-out researchers at Darpa are looking for a few good futurists...
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Fcc Likely to Open Airwaves to Wireless
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is expected to approve the use of "white spaces"—unlicensed, TV-band airwaves that could lead to stronger, faster wireless...
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Obama Calls For Permanent R&d Tax Credit
U.S. President Barack Obama has urged Congress to make permanent an R&D tax credit for U.S. companies. The plan would enlarge the tax credit from about $7 billion...
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What Info Can ncle Sam Dig p About You?
Got any secrets you're hiding from Uncle Sam? The answer had better be no, because in the digital age, your life is more of an open book than ever before.
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Apple Answers Questions About App Rejections, Raises Others
Apple on Thursday published a set of rules about the types of content that aren't allowed in the iOS App Store, answering questions that have been bugging software...
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Texas Ag Probing Google's Searches
The Texas attorney general's office is conducting an antitrust review of Google Inc.'s core search-engine business, a sign of widening government scrutiny of...
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Once a Dynamo, the Tech Sector Is Slow to Hire
For years the technology sector has been considered the most dynamic, promising and globally envied industry in the United States. It escaped the recession relatively...
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A Strong Password Isn't the Strongest Security
Make your password strong, with a unique jumble of letters, numbers and punctuation marks. But memorize it—never write it down. And, oh yes, change it every few...
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