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Article | 25/02/2011 China blocks LinkedIn, ramps up Internet censorship
The social networking site LinkedIn has been blocked in China, a move that analysts say is tied to Chinese government efforts to suppress mention of a...
Article | 25/02/2011 India plans to tighten rules for cyber-cafes
New rules proposed by the Indian government would require users at cyber-cafes to establish their identities, while placing the onus on cyber-cafe ope...
Article | 24/02/2011 FTC asks court to shut down text spammer
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has asked a judge to shut down an alleged text-messaging spam operation that sent out 85 text messages per minute at...
Article | 24/02/2011 EU refuses to reveal bank data transfers to US
The European Commission and Europol have once again refused to reveal any information about how the Terrorist Finance Tracking Agreement between the E...
Article | 23/02/2011 Net neutrality rules face uncertain future after House vote
Late last week, the U.S. House of Representatives approved a budget bill that included a prohibition on the U.S. Federal Communications Commission enf...
Article | 23/02/2011 RIM says competition taking advantage of India problems
Research In Motion has accused unnamed competitors of trying to compound and profit from its problems in India by "suggesting or implying" that RIM's ...
Article | 23/02/2011 India's Parliament to investigate 2G scandal
India is appointing a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC), consisting of representatives of the government and the opposition, to probe into an allege...
Article | 21/02/2011 China blocks microblogs for 'Jasmine Revolution'
China has suspended searches for content on the country's popular microblog, an apparent move to stifle mention of a "Jasmine Revolution" that was to ...
Article | 19/02/2011 China's Huawei to reverse controversial deal for 3Leaf
Chinese network equipment supplier Huawei has reversed its stance and has accepted a U.S. panel's recommendation to voluntarily divest from a business...
Article | 19/02/2011 US bill would prohibit Internet 'kill switch'
Three U.S. senators criticized for past legislation that would allow the president to potentially quarantine or shut down parts of the Internet during...
Article | 18/02/2011 Report: US regulators interested in Apple subscriptions
U.S. regulators are looking at the conditions Apple has set for media companies that want to distribute subscription content through its iPad and othe...
Article | 18/02/2011 House passes defunding of Net neutrality rules
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed an amendment to its annual government funding bill that would prohibit the Federal Communications Commiss...
Article | 18/02/2011 FBI: Web-based services hurting wiretapping efforts
Web-based e-mail, social-networking and peer-to-peer services are frustrating law enforcement wiretapping efforts, a lawyer for the U.S. Federal Burea...
Article | 17/02/2011 China microblog blocks searches for Hillary Clinton
A top microblog in China has blocked searches for the Chinese words for "Hillary Clinton" and "Hillary", just a day after the U.S. Secretary of State ...
Article | 17/02/2011 Republican lawmakers rip net neutrality rules
Republican members of the House of Representatives on Wednesday called on the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to rescind its network neutrality...