 Experts meet to hash out web privacy rules Hundreds of privacy experts from around the world met in Madrid on Wednesday for a three-day conference which aims to arrive at a global standard for the protection of personal data. [...] November 4, 2009 11:54 AM Internet Outrage at photo of naked woman in China prostitute bust A photo showing a plainclothes policeman pulling a naked woman by the hair during a prostitution bust in central China has caused outrage on the Internet, where it has been widely circulated. [...] November 4, 2009 06:17 AM Internet PayPal courts outside developers PayPal has opened its software platform to outside developers in a move designed to unleash a flood of creative uses for the online financial transaction service. The company owned by online... November 4, 2009 01:42 AM Internet Box office boost shows 3D is here to stay Attendees are seen wearing 3D glasses to watch images during ShoWest, the official convention of the National Association of Theatre Owners, in Las Vegas, Nevada, in March. Once regarded as a... November 4, 2009 01:21 AM Internet Touchscreen smartphones being snatched up in US US smartphone buyers can't wait to get their hands on touchscreen devices, according to figures released Tuesday by industry tracker comScore. [...] November 3, 2009 07:57 PM Internet Cisco-EMC-VMware alliance in 350-bln-dollar market Technology titans Cisco, EMC and VMware on Tuesday announced an alliance to peddle the wonders of cloud computing and virtualization in a 350-billion-dollar business market. The US firms said they... November 3, 2009 06:58 PM Internet US company offers Twitter-dedicated mobile device A US company which makes mobile devices is offering a gadget solely dedicated to sending and receiving Twitter messages. The "TwitterPeek," made by New York-based Peek, costs 100 dollars with six... November 3, 2009 06:54 PM Internet Cisco buys China cable box maker DVN US computer networking colossus Cisco has inked a deal to buy Hong Kong-based DVN Holdings Limited, bolstering its place in the China market and adding to a growing list of acquisitions. [...] November 3, 2009 05:39 PM Internet Apple, Orange drop exclusive iPhone sales: regulator The US computer group Apple and French mobile-telephone operator Orange are abandoning an exclusive sales deal for the iPhone in France, the French competition authority said on Tuesday. The... November 3, 2009 04:29 PM Internet Four years in US prison for BetOnSports founder The founder of online gambling company BetOnSports PLC has been sentenced to more than four years in prison after agreeing to forfeit more than 43 million dollars. [...] November 3, 2009 04:11 PM Internet Experts to hash out global data privacy rules in Spain Experts from around the world gather from Wednesday in Madrid for a three-day conference that aims to hash out international standards for the protection of privacy and personal data. [...] November 3, 2009 04:04 PM Internet China regulator rejects World of Warcraft game: official Chinese players of World of Warcraft, one of the world's most popular online games, may be out of luck after a government regulator rejected an application from the game's new licensed operator. [...] November 3, 2009 04:02 PM Internet Robots primed for 'are you being served' role A laboratory in the UAE has built what it says is the world's first Arabic-speaking robot which could soon go into mass production to serve as staff in shopping malls. [...] November 3, 2009 02:42 PM Internet China police chief urges harsher Internet controls China's police chief has called for a reinforced nationwide Internet security system, in the nation's latest effort to oversee the activities of the world's largest online population. [...] November 3, 2009 05:16 AM Internet 575-million-dollar fund targets technology startups Silicon Valley venture capital firm Greylock Partners said Monday it has 575 million dollars in a new fund to back promising technology startups. Greylock also announced that LinkedIn co-founder... November 2, 2009 11:25 PM Internet Worms infesting computers worldwide: Microsoft A Microsoft security report released Monday warns that cyber crooks are digging into computers for weak spots to penetrate with worms -- malicious software that steals control or data. [...] November 2, 2009 07:42 PM Internet Google voice search learns Chinese Google's voice search tool now understands Chinese. The Internet giant announced on Monday that users of Nokia S60 series mobile phones could now search the Internet using voice commands in... November 2, 2009 05:33 PM Internet S.Korea seeks Chinese help to track cyber attacks South Korean police said Monday they would request help from China to track the origins of cyber attacks that briefly crippled US and South Korean government and commercial websites in July. "We... November 2, 2009 10:06 AM Internet Global crisis hitting IT spending: Microsoft chief Companies worldwide are slashing spending on information technology because of the global downturn and will have to learn to do more with less, Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer said Monday.... November 2, 2009 06:42 AM Internet Japan aims to bury greenhouse gas emissions Kensuke Suzuki, an engineer for Japan's high-tech giant Toshiba, displaying the pilot site of a coal plant with carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology at the Mikawa power station at Omuta,... 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