Google are expanding their dominance in the search engine market, unwilling to eliminate competition but to improve their services. This is the conclusion of the Federal Office of U.S. Trade (FTC) after 20 months of investigation into whether Google skews competition results. The American firm wants to improve their search results and user experience and have a desire to […]
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Apple has sued South Korean rival, Samsung, to antitrust authorities in South Korea for alleged abuse of its dominant position in the market. The technology giants has filed a complaint with the Fair Trade Commission (FTC for its acronym in English), which claims that Samsung is abusing its position in China in the field of telecommunications technology […]
Sep 6 2012 | Posted in
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Anonymous has been attracting attention of late. Especially after attacking Federal Trade Commission’s website twice within a month’s time and websites of other government agencies like Federal Bureau of Investigation and Nasdaq. The social networking websites have helped the hacking group gain the fame in the last couple of years, although it has been in […]
Feb 27 2012 | Posted in
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Yet they were winning—easily—against targets as noteworthy as the U.S. Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Central Intelligence Agency, the White House and Citigroup. The victories underscore what is perhaps both the main point of the global Anonymous movement and the secret of its success—that the people in charge, whether they be […]
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There was a time when just drawing the window shades ensured a private sanctuary. But the digital age is less shade and more glaring light, and it is shining brightly on personal data. “There has never been another time in history where privacy was under the kind of assault it is today,” said Rainey Reitman, […]
Jan 31 2012 | Posted in
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But its not just Google and Facebook mixing data to find trends and make decisions, it’s data collected by any technology and used by automobiles, high-tech home sensors, insurance providers, employers, retail sites and political parties. Lately, however, it is social sites, fed with user-created content, dominating the privacy news. Those sites have a thirst […]
Jan 31 2012 | Posted in
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This week, the European Commission proposed new online privacy rules that give users among other protections the right to ask for the deletion of information about them on sites such as Facebook and Google. The proposal, which if passed into law would go into effect in 2014, would have global implications. “Companies will have to […]
Jan 31 2012 | Posted in
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Simpson is working with the World Wide Web Consortium on a “do not track” standard. Giving that sense of control back to users might just be a wave that could catch on. This week in the wake of Google’s new privacy policy, an informal Washington Post survey of nearly 14,000 readers showed nearly 66% were […]
Jan 31 2012 | Posted in
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What could be worst for Facebook on the brink of announcing Initial Public Offering? Federal Trade Commission (FTC) warned Facebook to straighten things up before leaping ahead in the corporate world. The FTC gave the social network a nudging wake-up call after concluding their 2-year long investigation into their privacy mechanism. It was more of […]
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