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Article | 16/05/2013 EU to investigate telecommunications equipment imports from China
The European Union is preparing to investigate the imports of mobile networking gear from China for anti-competitive practices, a move that's likely t...
Article | 16/05/2013 Mt. Gox accused of violating US money transfer regulations
The seizure of funds of the largest bitcoin exchange, Mt. Gox, was triggered by an alleged failure of the company to comply with U.S. financial regula...
Article | 15/05/2013 Specter of ACTA hangs over TTIP negotiations
European civil liberties representatives on Wednesday advised the European Commission's trade department that the intellectual property chapter should...
Article | 15/05/2013 Pirate Bay co-founder Peter Sunde to run for EU parliament
Pirate Bay co-founder Peter Sunde is planning to run for the European Parliament in 2014.
Article | 14/05/2013 US agencies can't track savings from data center closings
The U.S. government's effort to close 1,253 of its data centers is falling short of its goal, and agencies haven't been able to track projected cost s...
Article | 14/05/2013 Google rival Foundem urges EU to reject remedies
A Google competitor that filed a complaint against the search giant said on Tuesday that the company's proposals to address the European Commission's ...
Article | 14/05/2013 China still safe for IT outsourcing, despite US security concerns, says vendor
China's reputation for security may have been marred by recent U.S. accusations of state-sponsored hacking but the nation is still a safe place as a t...
Article | 14/05/2013 Court orders names to be withheld before release of Aaron Swartz records
A U.S. federal court has modified a protective order to allow disclosure of the court records of Internet activist Aaron Swartz, but ruled that names ...
Article | 13/05/2013 Survey: US residents oppose Internet sales tax
The U.S. Senate has, by a wide margin, supported a bill allowing an Internet sales tax, but the legislation appears to be a tougher sell to the public...
Article | 9/05/2013 Obama plays up 3D printing's military applications under new manufacturing plans
3D printing has been attracting more attention in recent months as a tool to create gadgets, toys and miniature works of art. Now President Barack Oba...
Article | 9/05/2013 US lawmakers introduce apps privacy bill
New legislation introduced by a group of U.S. lawmakers would require mobile application developers to obtain consent from consumers before collecting...
Article | 9/05/2013 FCC moves toward new airplane broadband service
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has taken a major step toward helping more airlines offer in-cabin wireless broadband, with the agency voti...
Article | 9/05/2013 Obama administration expands open data access
U.S. President Barack Obama has signed an executive order requiring that government data be made available in open, machine-readable formats, expandin...
Article | 9/05/2013 California may outlaw 3-D printed guns
Proposed legislation in California aims to ban guns made using 3-D printing, after an organization Defense Distributed fired a handgun made with the t...
Article | 8/05/2013 San Francisco axes cellphone warning law in settlement with CTIA
San Francisco killed its cellphone radiation warning law on Tuesday by agreeing to settle a lawsuit by the mobile industry group CTIA.