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Spyware opponents win another battle
Insight The U.S. Federal Trade Commission won an important victory last week in its fight to protect consumers from spyware.
Sprint Nextel sues over sale of call records
News Company files its second lawsuit to prevent Web sites from obtaining and selling customer billing information.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Privacy
Feds create new post of cybersecurity czar
News New official in the Department of Homeland Security will lead fight against "cyber and telecommunications attacks."
Tags: Business security, Security, Security Management
Obama meets with technology CEOs
News A handful of chief executives in the industry, including IBM's Sam Palmisano and Motorola's Greg Brown, meet with U.S. President Barack Obama to discuss the economy.
Tags: Federal Government, Hardware, Software, Investments, Entrepreneurship, Venture capital, Business plans, Motorola Inc., Applied Materials Inc., Samuel J. Palmisano
Microsoft calls on U.S. Congress to reconsider bailout
News In a statement, general counsel Brad Smith says the measure was "vitally important to the health and preservation of jobs in all sectors of the economy".
Tags: Government, Microsoft Corp., Democrat, Nancy Pelosi, Brad Smith, U.S. House of Representatives, general counsel, DJIA, financial, job
EU seeks opinions on Google Books
News European Commission asks authors and publishers in Europe for opinion on Google plan to digitize and publish out of print books that have copyright protections.
Tags: Content management, Google Inc., European Union, U.S. Department Of Justice, Spokesperson, Settlement, U.S. House of Representatives, Associated Press, copyright law, CNET Networks Inc.
Google, Yahoo to appear before US Congress on ad data
News Facebook will join the two search leaders and privacy advocates to explain to U.S. Congress how they collect and protect data gathered as part of behavioral advertising.
Tags: Politics, Data security, Internet Advertising, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Princeton University, Advertisement, U.S. House of Representatives, Internet, U.S. Congress
P2P bill could regulate Web browsers, FTP clients
News Legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives to regulate peer-to-peer networks goes a bit further than its sponsors may have intended.
Tags: Peer to peer, Web browsers, Legal, Web Browser, P2P, computer, software, IM, network, East Coast
US House of Representatives OKs climate bill
News The bill's cap on greenhouse gases, along with a renewable electricity mandate and Clean Energy Bank, is designed to promote clean energy technologies.
Tags: Green IT, Cap, Allowance, Carbon Emission, Geothermal Energy, Renewable Energy, greenhouse gas, Global Warming, pollution, power generation
Yahoo's delicate dance in Vietnam
News Search firm is expanding in the Asian country but is taking pains to avoid being drawn into government efforts to curb citizens' use of the Web.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Government, Vietnam, Borders Books & Music, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Singapore, Berkman Center, China
US govt to isolate itself from P2P risks
News The U.S. House of Representatives decided that government computers will be set up in such a way that they are not exposed to security risks associated with P2P networks.
Ballmer: Congress must 'stabilize' financial crisis
News Speaking in Europe, Microsoft's chief executive says he is hopeful that politicos in the United States can come up with a "resolution" before the end of the week.
Tags: Financial, Steve Ballmer, Financial Crisis, Oslo, White House, bank, U.S., industry, financial market, agency
Yahoo to release anti-spyware upgrade
News The Web portal on Thursday is expected to release an upgrade for its downloadable toolbar to help people detect and remove spyware, or malicious files, on their PCs.
Tags: Personal applications
Trojan pretends to do good
News Symantec warns Net users of Trojan horse that removes adware but alters security settings in computers.
Tags: Hacking
Yang asks U.S. to seek release of jailed Chinese writers
News Yahoo chief executive Jerry Yang is asking U.S. officials to secure the release of political dissidents jailed for using the Internet to share information about life in China.
Tags: Web sites
