Wall Street Journal, By Marisa Taylor, June 23, 2009 The city of Bozeman, Mont. ended a controversial policy of requiring municipal job applicants to provide their usernames and passwords for social-networking sites after it sparked widespread criticism. News of the practice spread quickly after local television...
Gigaom, By Kevin Kelleher June 20, 2009 Ever since Netscape started storing cookies in its browsers, there has been a Jekyll-and-Hyde nature to the web. The Jekyll web promised a more personalized experience, with sites serving ads for products and services that you would actually be...
Associated Press, By Ariel David, June 23, 2009 Testimony begins Tuesday in the Italian trial of four Google executives accused of defamation and violating privacy for allowing a video to be posted online showing an autistic youth being abused. All four deny wrongdoing. The case could...
Roma, 22 giu. - (Adnkronos) - "L'iniziativa mi pare apprezzabile, l'era digitale sposta sempre piu' avanti le frontiere della comunicazione e dei servizi agli utenti. Leggi tutto...
L'informatica come l'energia elettrica. Un domani, a seconda delle proprie esigenze (domestiche, professionali...
Google introduce sistemi di crittografia per proteggere la trasmissione dati sui propri canali. Gmail, Google Docs e Calendar saranno trasmessi in https per tutelare la privacy degli utenti. Leggi tutto...
Un sondaggio commissionato da Mag News a Human Highway analizza la disponibilità degli italiani a comunicare i propri dati in rete. Leggi tutto...
La vita si fa più complicata in Gran Bretagna per migliaia di blogger anonimi che ogni giorno denunciano problemi di varia entità indifferenti ai media ufficiali o anche solo discutono di costume, società, musica. Leggi tutto...
Media Post, By Wendy Davis, June 17, 2009 The Senate Commerce Committee appears to be poised to confirm Julius Genachowski, President Barack Obama's choice to head the Federal Communications Commission. In a hearing that lasted around 90 minutes Tuesday afternoon, Democrat and Republican lawmakers praised Genachowski,...
This six page letter to Google’s CEO, Eric Schmidt, is signed by 38 researchers and academics in the fields of computer science, information security and privacy law. Leggi tutto...