US attorneys general pressure Google on privacy

Attorneys general from across the United States urged Google on Wednesday to put the brakes on plans for a major change to its privacy policy.

Attorneys general from across the United States urged Google on Wednesday to put the brakes on plans for a major change to its privacy policy.

Apple Inc. defended its right to use the iPad trademark in China in a heated court hearing Wednesday that pitted the electronics giant against a struggling Chinese electronics company that denies having sold the mainland China rights to the popular tablet computer’s name.

The founder of the file-sharing website Megaupload was granted bail and released on Wednesday after a New Zealand judge determined that authorities have seized any funds he might have used to flee the country.

New Yorkers may be able to surf and ride at the same time if a plan to put iPads, or a similar device, in the back of taxis takes off.

Privacy advocates, lawyers and powerful rival Microsoft were piling on Google on Tuesday for sidestepping Web browsing software to tailor ads for people signed into its online services.

YouTube is enlisting Hollywood’s help to reach a generation of viewers more familiar with smartphones than TV remotes.

French pre-schoolers near Bordeaux are posting daily updates to the micro-blogging website Twitter under their class’s handle @camusmat04, despite not yet knowing how to read or write.
After Batanes, the country’s northernmost province, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has dispatched its mobile e-passport processing, or consular outreach teams to Ifugao in the Cordillera Administrative Region, Ilocos Norte and Catanduanes in the Bicol region.
Google was under fire Friday after it was revealed the Internet giant’s ad-targeting “cookies” bypassed track-blocking software on Apple’s web browser for iPhones and computers.

It’s Linsanity. The NBA’s newest star, Jeremy Lin, is not just a phenomenon on court. He’s one online too. The New York Knicks’ point guard has been racking up Twitter followers, Facebook fans and YouTube views as fast as he has been scoring points and dishing out assists.
A British student who stole sensitive information from Facebook’s internal network was sentenced to eight months in prison Friday in what prosecutors described as the most serious case of social media hacking ever brought before the country’s courts.

Bringing together the power of innovation and education, HP ushers in its pioneering A+ campaign that empowers Filipino students to achieve academic excellence in school with the help of HP’s latest innovative imaging and printing technologies. Together with a full roster of year-long, youth-enriching activities, the campaign will leverage the HP Ink Advantage printers in cultivating children’s potential and improving their learning experience through affordable, reliable and high-quality prints for their school projects and other academic requirements.

Twitter on Thursday announced it has finished rolling out overhauled pages crafted to boost the appeal of the message-sharing service to users around the world.