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Article | 24/08/2012 Arduino gets new remote management possibilities

Users of the Arduino open-source platform for home electronics do-it-yourselfers can now sign up for a communication service from the Spanish mobile p...

Article | 24/08/2012 White House offers 'We The People' petition app under open source license

The source code of "We The People," the online system that can be used by citizens to submit their petitions to the White House, is being offered as o...

Article | 23/08/2012 SEC rule will require tech companies to disclose use of minerals from conflict zones

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted a regulation on Wednesday requiring companies to publicly disclose if they used minerals tha...

Article | 22/08/2012 ISP has to block 25 domains promoting counterfeit goods, Dutch judge rules

AltusHost, an ISP based in Belize, has to take 25 domains offline that are used to sell and promote counterfeit fashion goods, a court in The Hague ru...

Article | 22/08/2012 Hotmail more popular than Gmail in Europe, comScore says

Microsoft's Hotmail is the top Web-based email client in Europe with 108.2 million unique users during June, a spokeswoman for research firm comScore ...

Article | 21/08/2012 German man sentenced to seven years in prison for online swindling

A 23-year-old German man was sentenced to seven years in prison for an online swindle with fake Web shops that caused €1.1 million (US$1.36 million) i...

Article | 21/08/2012 ICANN expects gTLD applications processing to start December

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) said it would take up to December to come up with a process for handling the large num...

Article | 20/08/2012 LibreOffice to tackle critical bugs with HardHacks program

LibreOffice plans to more swiftly quash its toughest software bugs through a new program that aims to improve cooperation between its quality assuranc...

Article | 20/08/2012 McAfee focuses on privacy in mobile security software package for Android

McAfee is expanding its mobile security software for Android tablets and smartphones, as it sees an increase in threats targeting Android devices, the...

Article | 17/08/2012 Google Voice Search for Android supports 13 new languages

Google made its Voice Search for Android available in 13 new languages, bringing the total to 42 languages and accents in 46 countries, the company sa...

Article | 16/08/2012 ITU opens public consultation on the future of Internet regulation

The United Nations' International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has called for a public consultation on a draft document ahead of a December meeting t...

Article | 15/08/2012 Activist files complaint against German ban on anonymous SIM card use

Civil rights activist Patrick Breyer filed a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights over a German court ruling that identification be requi...

Article | 15/08/2012 Germany reopens proceedings against Facebook's facial recognition

The Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information reopened proceedings against Facebook's facial recognition technology on Wedne...

Article | 15/08/2012 UK clears Facebook acquisition of Instagram

The U.K Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has reviewed the anticipated acquisition of photo sharing service Instagram by Facebook and decided to approve th...

Article | 14/08/2012 German ISPs must hand over file sharer info to rights holders, high court rules

German ISPs must hand over to content rights holders the names and address of people connected to an IP address used for sharing material illegally, t...