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US appeals court upholds 'Open Internet' rules
AFP, Published on 14/06/2016
» WASHINGTON - A US appeals court panel on Tuesday upheld hotly contested "Open Internet" regulations that prohibit broadband carriers from playing favorites or blocking competing online services.
South African woman fined $10,000 for racist Facebook rant
AFP, Published on 11/06/2016
» JOHANNESBURG - A South African court Friday fined a white estate agent $10,000 for comparing black beachgoers to monkeys in a Facebook post that sparked outrage over racist attitudes more than 20 years after apartheid ended.
EU, US sign data protection deal
AFP, Published on 02/06/2016
» BRUSSELS - The European Union and the United States on Thursday signed a deal to protect personal data transferred across the Atlantic in a bid to fight crime and terrorism.
Oracle shares sink as lawsuit alleges sales were hyped
AFP, Published on 02/06/2016
» NEW YORK - Shares in Silicon Valley titan Oracle fell more than four percent Thursday after a former accountant alleged in a whistle-blower lawsuit that she was pressed to exaggerate cloud-computing sales data.
Google wins in retrial of Oracle copyright lawsuit
AFP, Published on 27/05/2016
» SAN FRANCISCO - A jury on Thursday ruled that Google did not unfairly appropriate parts of the Java programming language, saving the tech giant from a possible multibillion-dollar verdict in a lawsuit brought by business software firm Oracle.
EU lawmakers see 'deficiencies' in US data deal
AFP, Published on 27/05/2016
» BRUSSELS - The European Parliament called Thursday on Brussels to pursue talks with Washington to remove "deficiencies" from a deal to curb government spying on the personal Internet data of EU citizens.
Japan regulates virtual currency after Bitcoin scandal
AFP, Published on 26/05/2016
» TOKYO - Japan has passed a law regulating virtual currency, after the country found itself at the epicentre of a multi-million dollar embezzlement scandal following the spectacular collapse of the Tokyo-based MtGox Bitcoin exchange.
China's Huawei sues Samsung over wireless patents
AFP, Published on 25/05/2016
» WASHINGTON - Chinese technology titan Huawei said Tuesday it filed suit in the United States against Samsung, claiming its South Korean rival has infringed on patents on wireless connectivity for mobile devices.
Yahoo takes hit with loss of AT&T contract
AFP, Published on 05/05/2016
» SAN FRANCISCO - Yahoo's struggling Internet business took a hit with the loss of a long-time contract to manage the Internet portal and search for US telecommunication giant AT&T.
Brazil judge blocks WhatsApp for 72 hours
AFP, Published on 03/05/2016
» SAO PAULO - A Brazilian judge issued an order Monday blocking the popular WhatsApp smartphone messaging application nationwide, the second such shut-down in six months.