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NewsFactor Network, CA, January 5, 2009   Yahoo has announced that it will no longer hold some personally identifiable search information for more than 90 days. The company is hoping that the new policy will give it a competitive advantage with users who care about privacy. It...

Orlando Sentinel, FL, By Etan Horowitz, January 4, 2009   As we begin 2009, let's take a look back at what 2008 brought us in technology. Here are four positive trends that I hope will continue. This was the year that the cell phone truly started to...

BBC News, UK, By Maggie Shiels, January 5, 2009   Following the American election, a favorite parlour games in the living rooms of Silicon Valley has been asking: Just who will land the job of America's first ever chief technology officer? Well, the wait will soon be...

Microsoft sorprende il mondo di internet con la decisione di portare a sei mesi il limite massimo di conservazione dei logs del proprio motore di ricerca e di provvedere, una volta scaduto questo termine, alla completa anonimizzazione (non parziale, come invece proposto da...

Mass High Tech, MA, By Brendan Lynch, January 2, 2009   The Boston University School of Management has launched its own private version of Facebook to encourage student networking while reducing potentially embarrassing situations. BU business students had requested a site where they could keep business networking...

Barack Obama's run for the White House was one of the most hi-tech in history, with his campaign team using the internet to spread his message, connect with potential voters and raise funds. He also backed up his image as a 21st century politician by...

E’ una vera e propria riforma dell’apparato sanzionatorio del Codice Privacy quella varata dal Governo nel decreto cd. “Milleproroghe”. Un intervento incisivo e mirato che sembra riconducibile a due linee guida: inasprimento delle sanzioni amministrative ed estensione dell’area degli illeciti penali. A riprova del suddetto inasprimento...

Partendo dalla ricerca online, dove Google domina incontrastato, il motore di ricerca vuole adesso farsi largo nel mercato Saas con Google Apps, nella telefonia mobile con Google Android, nel cloud computing e nel mercato browser con Google Chrome. Leggi tutto...