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Japan finishes world's tallest communications tower
Feb 29, 2012 (AFP)
Construction of the Tokyo Sky Tree, the world's tallest communications tower and second-highest building, finished Wednesday, two months late because of the qua...
Megaupload boss sweats on bail decision: reports
Feb 28, 2012 (AFP)
Megaupload boss Kim Dotcom is set to learn Wednesday if he will remain free on bail in New Zealand while US authorities seek his extradition on online piracy ch...
Brazil has 47.5 million active Internet users
Feb 27, 2012 (AFP)
The number of active Internet users in Brazil rose two percent in January and more than 11 percent over the past 12 months to reach 47.5 million, IBOPE Nielsen ...
France works with Microsoft to cultivate startups
Feb 25, 2012 (AFP)
French minister Frederic Lefebvre and Microsoft on Saturday announced a partnership to cultivate promising Internet startups in France. The US technology titan ...
US hedge fund seeks five seats on AOL board
Feb 24, 2012 (AFP)
A US hedge fund with a large stake in AOL laid claim on Friday to five seats on the board of directors of the Internet company and criticized the strategy of th...
White House unveils 'one click' online privacy plan
Feb 23, 2012 (AFP)
The White House unveiled an online privacy proposal Thursday intended to allow Web users to easily opt out of being tracked on the Internet. The "Consumer Priva...
Megaupload's Kim Dotcom granted bail in N. Zealand
Feb 22, 2012 (AFP)
Megaupload boss Kim Dotcom was freed on bail in a surprise move Wednesday, after a New Zealand judge dismissed fears the internet tycoon would flee the country ...
Broadband internet for everyone
Feb 21, 2012 (SPX)
In the developing world, 96 percent of all households have no internet access. Even in Germany, many regions are still without broadband connectivity. But in fu...
Browser bypasses put Google in privacy cross hairs
Feb 21, 2012 (AFP)
Privacy advocates, lawyers and powerful rival Microsoft were piling on Google on Tuesday for sidestepping Web browsing software to tailor ads for people signed ...
China's Alibaba offers $2.3 bln to take listed unit private
Feb 21, 2012 (AFP)
Chinese online giant Alibaba Tuesday said it plans to take private its Hong Kong-listed portal Alibaba.com for $2.3 billion, as the firm posted a drop in quarte...
SciTechTalk: Internet 'give and take'?
Feb 19, 2012 (UPI)
Recent actions by Google and Twitter show a willingness on their part to engage in some give-and-take as they push their efforts at Internet and social media do...
British student jailed for hacking Facebook
Feb 17, 2012 (AFP)
A student who infiltrated Facebook in what prosecutors called "the most extensive and flagrant" case of social media hacking ever heard in a British court was j...
Twitter revamps to connect the world
Feb 16, 2012 (AFP)
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....
Lawmakers concerned by US social media monitoring
Feb 16, 2012 (AFP)
US lawmakers expressed concern on Thursday over the monitoring of social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter by the Department of Homeland Security. D...
India won't censor social media: minister
Feb 14, 2012 (AFP)
India does not intend to censor online social networks such as Facebook, a minister said Tuesday, but he demanded that they obey the same rules governing the pr...
Music service gives Myspace second wind
Feb 13, 2012 (AFP)
Faded online social network Myspace said Monday it was getting a second wind due to the popularity of a freshly launched online music player. More than a millio...
Google users warned of threat to smartphone wallets
Feb 10, 2012 (AFP)
Users of Google smartphone wallets were being warned on Friday that there is a way to crack pass codes intended to thwart thieves from going on illicit shopping...
FBI releases background check file on Steve Jobs
Feb 09, 2012 (AFP)
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation on Thursday released a 191-page file on Steve Jobs that paints an occasionally unflattering portrait of the late Apple fo...
China's Alibaba raising $3bn for Yahoo! stake: report
Feb 09, 2012 (AFP)
Chinese online commerce giant Alibaba plans to borrow $3 billion to buy back the stake Yahoo! owns in the company, a report said Thursday, as the struggling US ...
Amazon tests waters in India
Feb 08, 2012 (AFP)
US online retail giant Amazon has made its first foray into India with launch of a shopping website, Junglee.com, as it tests the waters for a possible full ent...
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