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Internet privacy appeared on the big stage last week when the Obama administration unveiled its plans on the subject, which included a bill of rights for consumer privacy ...

Google's privacy practices came under fire again last week for undermining the privacy practices of someone else. Namely, Apple ...

A deal worth billions to Yahoo has reportedly hit a snag ...

Mobile shopping received a setback last week when security researchers discovered flaws in Google Wallet that could potentially expose its PIN to enterprising hackers ...

Google has brought its Chrome Web browser to the Android Market ...

Google last week announced it's beefed up security at the Android Market with a malware sniffing system called "Bouncer." ...

Social networks are popular with lots of folks, including terrorists. That's why the FBI is looking for a contractor that will design an "early warning system" for it based on monitoring chatter on the likes of Facebook, Twitter and Google+ ...

Encrypting data on your computer may protect you from hackers and thieves, but it won't protect you from crime investigators ...

As far as SOPA's critics are concerned, "if something works, break it" seemed to be the motto of the U.S. Congress last week as it rushed to pass a controversial bill that security experts maintained could throw a bomb into the gearbox of the Internet ...

Thin is all the rage in electronics these days, and nowhere is that more evident than in the notebook computer realm, where Intel has created a deafening buzz with its Ultrabook platform ...

Despite the pleas of some regulators and the advertising industry, the overlords of the Internet -- the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) -- plunged forward last week with its plan to drastically expand the number of generic top level domains on the Net ...

Facebook will be among the Internet services that can be accessed in new car models from Mercedes Benz ...

A group of computer enthusiasts have begun working on creating a satellite network that could be used to thwart censorship on the Internet ...

GoDaddy, the Internet's largest registrar of domains, would like the world to forget it ever supported the much-maligned Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) now before Congress. ...

Imagine the paint on your house powering the electric devices inside it ...

Massive data sets -- a season's worth of baseball statistics, for example, or health data from around the world -- can contain some very revealing knowledge. The problem confronting researchers, though, is finding it ...

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The agency charged with making U.S. highways safe for drivers has called for a national ban on the use of personal electronic devices while operating a motor vehicle, including many hands-free devices ...

Online game service OnLive is bringing its cloud magic to smartphones and tablets ...

Cuts in mail service that will add an extra delivery day to most first-class mail aren't expected to have a significant impact on Netflix, at least in the near term ...