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1 ‘censored’ bar won’t stop online prostitution

admin — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:05:45 +0000

(AP) — Craiglist’s “adult services” section has been shut down in the U.S., but prostitution on the Internet is alive and well – even, quite possibly, on Craigslist. ©2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Related Posts Craigslist removes adult services section State AGs: Craigslist should [...]

Internet an equalizer for people with disabilities

admin — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:05:36 +0000

A customer surfing the internet at a store. Internet gadgets and software are creating a virtual world of equality and opportunity for a large segment of the population once marginalized due to physical or mental impairments. Sally Harrison is developmentally disabled, but on Facebook the 35-year-old woman is just like anyone else. (c) 2010 AFP Related Posts Using Internet [...]

Craigslist removes adult services section

admin — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:05:35 +0000

This screen shot made on Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010 shows the opening page of Craigslist’s website for Hartford, Conn., featuring a “censored” logo over what used to be the adult services section. Craigslist apparently closed the section two weeks after 17 state attorneys general demanded it be shut down. Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, one [...]

Facebook adds ‘liked’ news stories to search results

admin — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:50:40 +0000

Facebook is taking a page out of Google’s playbook. The social network updated its search this week to include articles that a user’s friend has “liked.” So, when a person inputs a query into the Facebook search field, any article related to that query that someone in the person’s network has liked will be included. All [...]

Google settles Buzz lawsuit for $8.5M

admin — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:50:31 +0000

A price has been put on Google’s mistakes surrounding the launch of Google Buzz: $8.5 million. That’s what Google will pay to settle a privacy lawsuit filed in the wake of the Google Buzz launch. The social-media service was heavily criticized for automatically including users’ frequent Gmail contacts on public Buzz profiles when it first went [...]

German court rules against YouTube over copyright

admin — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:05:40 +0000

(AP) — A German court ruled Friday that Google Inc.’s subsidiary YouTube LLC must pay compensation after users uploaded several videos of performances by singer Sarah Brightman in violation of copyright laws. ©2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Related Posts German court orders wireless [...]

Google to pay 8.5 million dollars to settle Buzz case

admin — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:05:35 +0000

A sign is posted outside of the Google headquarters January 2010 in Mountain View, California. Google has agreed to pay 8.5 million dollars (US) to settle a privacy lawsuit over a Buzz social networking tool added to free email service Gmail in February, according to court documents. Google has agreed to pay 8.5 million dollars (US) [...]

Texas opens inquiry into Google search results

admin — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:05:29 +0000

(AP) — Google says Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is investigating whether its Web search rankings are fair. ©2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Related Posts Conn. AG: Google gathered public Wi-Fi data to map Google opens Web store for business applications Google denies use of [...]

Microsoft upgrades free app security tool

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:20:29 +0000

Microsoft released this week an upgrade to a tool that helps secure applications for the Internet without having to recode them. The company’s EMET (Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit) 2.0 is a free tool designed to prevent current exploitation techniques used throughout the Internet, the company said. EMET 2.0 is accessible on Microsoft’s Website. The tool helps [...]

Google updates privacy policy

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:05:32 +0000

Google updated its privacy policy on Friday, a day after a video cartoon featuring the Internet firm’s chief Eric Schmidt, pictured, giving away ice cream to snoop on children aired on a giant screen in Times Square. Google updated its privacy policy on Friday, a day after a video cartoon featuring the Internet firm’s chief giving [...]