• Stand up to the enemies of Internet freedom

  

  May 11, 2010 18:41

  In 2015, 3-1/2 billion people – half of mankind – will have access to the Internet. There has never been such a revolution...

   

• High-energy X-ray confirms feathered dinosaur

  Scientists at Stanford have aimed a high-energy X-ray beam at a fossil specimen of Archaeopteryx, the famed “flying...

   

• PIRACY PLAN ‘IS ILLEGAL’

  Brendan Abbott PLANS to suspend the internet accounts of “copyright pirates” who illegally download and swap films and...

   

• Government replies to EU legal challenge on Phorm

  The government has replied to a legal challenge from the European Commission (EC) over the online advertising technology...

   

• Transferring money – The next cellphone trick

  In an unprecedented show of collaboration, Canada’s three main wireless companies will unveil a service Monday that will...

   

• The Navy’s New 100 KiloWatt Laser Weapons

  

  Jun 16, 2009 9:19

  The Office of Naval Research has awarded Raytheon a year-long contract to develop the preliminary design of a 100 kilowatt...

   

• Web Bugs & Your Privacy

  Web bugs are small bits of code embedded in Websites that add functionality and share information. They’re almost impossible...

   

• How To Protect Your Privacy In IE8

  There will always be times when you don’t want other people to know which sites you’ve been visiting, whatever...

   

• Street View to reshoot Japan after complaints

  

  May 14, 2009 13:06

  By Lester Haines | Google’s Street View has agreed to reshoot all the images captured by its Japan-based spymobiles...

   

• Google’s Street View rejected in Greece over privacy

  A privacy watchdog has banned Google Inc. from gathering detailed, street-level images in Greece for a planned expansion...

   

• EC takes action against the UK over its handling of personal data protection

  The European Commission (EC) last week launched an infringement proceeding against the UK over e-privacy and personal data...

   

• The innocent do have something to fear

  The crashing of Jacqui Smith’s privacy shows that data ‘security’ is garbage. Yet gullible MPs still vote...

   

• Wired editor: Google has us all in its web

  Google’s new Street View service – which displays 360-degree photographs of streetscapes in 25 British towns...

   

• Privacy campaigners pressure web firms to boycott Phorm

  Privacy campaigners have written an open letter to leading web companies demanding they resist the introduction of the Phorm...

   

• UK’s DNA database and ID register are illegal

  The UK’s controversial DNA database and ID cards register are in breach of European data protection and rights laws,...

   

• Google Street View – an invasion of privacy?

  By Alice Wyllie | IT HAS already revolutionised the way we search for information, find images or plan routes, but now Google...

   

• New Search Tool for Mining Government Documents

  New Search Engine Highlights EFF’s Transparency Efforts During Sunshine Week San Francisco – In celebration of...

   

• Phorm is like a “TV camera in your room”

  Sir Tim Berners-Lee has compared BT’s decision to roll out Phorm as like “allowing them to put a television camera...

   

• Facebook backtracks on TOS; Privacy changes still coming later

  By Larry Dignan  Facebook has reverted to its old terms of service after a backlash from users. Over the weekend a ruckus...

   

• Government fails its data security training target

  By Siobhan Chapman Government departments are failing to meet IT security training requirements, according to responses to...

   

• Military seeks better use of finger, eye scans

  By LOLITA C. BALDOR WASHINGTON — On the front lines in Iraq, U.S. troops can scan someone’s eye or finger to...

   

• From Fuel Cell to Jail Cell

  Or how we learned to stop encouraging scientific innovators and start prosecuting them.  By Phil Leggiere The DCExaminer.com...

   

• Google Flu Trends tool raises privacy concerns

  Privacy groups want Google to ensure that aggregate search data about flu outbreaks cannot be used to re-identify the people...

   

• A catalogue of NHS data breaches

  By Leo King | The NHS has lost confidential medical records and personal details of thousands of patients it has emerged...

   

• A Privacy And Security Pandora’s Box?

  ScienceDaily | A research article published in the current issue of the International Journal of Intellectual Property Management...