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Facebook Boosts Privacy Controls

Users now have greater control over what their friends – and their friends – can see.

TSA Wants Better Laptop Bags

The TSA wants suppliers to come out with laptop bags that can be X-rayed to cut down on security line times.

Ofcom Clamps Down On Mobile Mis-Sellers

The UK government agency is proposing rules to alter misleading selling practices in the mobile market.

Blu-ray For Xbox? No.

Microsoft has said it has no plans to develop a Blu-ray add-on for its Xbox 360, and will focus on digital downloads instead.

YouTube Leads January Video Sites

One-third of all videos watched online in January were on YouTube, according to a new survey.

Is Phorm Legal?

A group argues that the online ad service might well be breaking UK laws.

Microsoft-Yahoo Bad For The Internet

Google chief executive slams the idea of Microsoft taking over Yahoo as creating problems for Internet openness.

BBC iPlayer Fixed, Hacked Again

The BBC prevents DRM-free downloads, and immediately a hacker makes the service available not only for Windows but also Mac and Linux.

Manhunt 2 Wins Final UK Release

After months of on-again, off-again, Manhunt 2 wins the battle for a full UK release.

HD DVD Dies, Blu-ray Prices Rise

As HD DVD bit the dust, the average prices on Blu-ray players rose last month.

UK Online Banking Fraud Drops

An Apacs survey finds that online banking fraud in the UK has fallen by a third in the last year.

McAfee Identifies Massive Cyber Attack

Over 20,000 pages have been hacked to redirect surfers to a site loaded with malware.

BlackBerry Faces India Ban

Unless BlackBerry maker RIM gives the Indian government access to its algorithms it could face a ban in the country from the end of March.

Asus Will Ship Most Eee PCs With XP

The manufacturer has announced it will ship 60% of its Eee PCs with Windows XP installed.

U.S. IT Jobs Rise

IT adds 40,000 jobs in February, a 9.1% rise over the same month last year.

Phorm Creates A Storm

Phorm’s ad system is proving very controversial in the UK, and it hasn’t even started yet.

Wikipedia Boss In Money For Edit Furor

Wikipedia boss Jimmy Wales is accused of editing a page in the online encyclopedia in exchange for a $5,000 donation.

Cyber Demos Protest Online Censorship

Reporters Without Borders organize a day of protests against Net censorship in a number of virtual locations to celebrate Online Free Expression Day.

Windows Home Server to be Fixed in June

Microsoft has announced that there won’t be a quick fix for the bug in Windows Home Server.

Qualcomm Buys Xiam

The mobile phone company has acquired a developer of wireless personalization content.

eBay Hits Out At Romanian Phishers

eBay says that countries like Romania are doing little to punish cyber criminals within their borders.

Online Service Gives Airlines Problems

Even as airlines move toward more online services for passengers, they admit that it’s creating problems for them.

Talk Talk Makes Phorm An Opt-In

UK broadband provider TalkTalk has decided to make Phorm’s new Webwise online tracker an opt-in, not automatic.

Political Blogs Not A Big Deal?

A new survey finds that more than half of Americans don’t read those supposedly influential political blogs.

Beijing Olympics Pirating Games?

The Beijing Olympics Committee has removed a game from its site following allegations it borrows very heavily from another copyrighted game.

Google Hits Slow Ads

Slow-loading ads will be penalized on their Quality Score and minimum bid, Google says.

Technology Beats Sex

An MP3 player beats a goodnight cuddle in Britain, according to a new survey.

Police Raid CeBIT Expo

Geman police raided the CeBIT Expo in Hanover, Germany, on its last day due to complaints of copyright infringement.

NATO Sees Cyber Warfare Threat

NATO considers cyber warfare as being as great a threat as a missile attack, officials say at a conference.

Do iPods Spur Crime?

It might seem unlikely, but a think tank believes the demand for iPods might be one of the reasons – if not the main reason – behind an upturn in crime.

Yahoo Bid Hits Gates’s Wealth

Microsoft's rejected bid for Yahoo cause its share prices to fall. As a by-blow of the loss of wealth, Bill Gates is now worth less and has ended his 13-year streak as the world's richest man

Gaming Co. Hit By Major DDoS Attack

Gala Coral’s gambling sites were taken down for half an hour by a new type of botnet attack that shows a lot of planning.

Padded Lampposts For Texters

One area of London pads its lampposts to stop injuries to texters who bump into them while walking.

Americans Need Their Technology

A new survey shows that Americans love to be connected, especially with a cell phone.