internet

Article: Race Is On to 'Fingerprint' Phones, PCs

David Norris wants to collect the digital equivalent of fingerprints from every computer, cellphone and TV set-top box in the world.Companies are developing digital fingerprint technology to identify how we use our computers, mobile...

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Article: EU Parliament approves once-secret ACTA copyright treaty

After 11 rounds of international negotiations, the final text of the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) has overcome its biggest hurdle yet when it was welcomed as a step in the right direction by the European Parliament,...

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Article: Homeland Security shuts down dozens of Web sites without court order

The Homeland Security Department's customs enforcement division has gone on a Web site shutdown spree, closing down at least 76 domains this week, according to online reports.While many of the web domains were sites that trafficked in...

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Article: Apple Collecting User Info on Apple devices

Apple Inc. has changed a clause in it’s privacy policy agreement that allows the Californian...

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Article: Obama Shut Internet for 4 Months Under New Lieberman Introduced Bill

President Obama will be handed the power to shut down the Internet for at least four...

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