Google promises EU better privacy rules
Google Inc. said Tuesday it will further cut the amount of time it stores data about users' search requests, to meet European privacy demands.
View ArticleGoogle backs cheap Web access for Africa
Google and Europe's biggest bank HSBC have thrown their weight behind a plan to provide cheap, high-speed Web access via satellite to millions in Africa and other emerging markets.
View ArticleNow you can check Gmail on AOL.com
AOL wants you to check your Gmail and see what your Facebook friends are up to — the company just prefers you do these things from its site.
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Creator of Web spots a flaw in IE
Tim Berners-Lee, the British-born inventor of the World Wide Web, says he doesn't like to express preferences among Web browsers. But he does have an issue with one of them: Microsoft Corp.'s Internet...
View ArticleVideoSurf hopes to ride Internet video wave
There are plenty of places to watch online video, but still no easy way to find a particular clip without suffering through a lot of trial and error.
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Facebook gets another facelift
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg thinks he's found a way to ease the journey down a different road so he won't have to issue public apologies like he did in each of the previous two years after...
View ArticleOne in five bosses screens applicants' Web lives
Written references could become old hat for hiring managers with one in five saying they use social networking sites to research job candidates -- and a third of them dismissing the candidate after...
View ArticleVirginia court strikes down anti-spam law
The Virginia Supreme Court declared the state's anti-spam law unconstitutional Friday and reversed the conviction of a man once considered one of the world's most prolific spammers.
View ArticleYahoo's home page to get makeover
Yahoo Inc. is preparing to tweak several popular sections of its Web site, including its home page, during the next few months to accommodate more material from rival services as the Internet company...
View ArticleWall Street Journal launches social network
The Wall Street Journal is borrowing elements from popular Internet hangouts like Facebook as it seeks to boost usage.
View ArticleBest Buy to acquire music-sharer Napster
Napster, the online music community that rose from a dorm room project to became the scourge of the recording industry, is being purchased by Best Buy for nearly $127 million.
View ArticleImdb.com allows free film, TV viewing
Amazon.com said on Monday that its subsidiary, Internet Movie Database, would allow users to watch feature films and TV shows for no charge on its website, imdb.com.
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No music video needed for YouTube success
Instead of releasing a flashy video for Ludacris’ song “Let’s Stay Together,” producer Chaka Zulu just uploaded the track directly to the site with a just picture of the rapper as accompaniment.
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Parental software is aid, not answer
Child-safety experts caution that while parental monitoring and filtering software may help keep kids safer online, the biggest thing they provide may be a false sense of security.
View ArticleAs Internet turns 40, barriers threaten growth
Goofy videos weren't on the minds of Len Kleinrock and his team at UCLA when they began tests 40 years ago on what would become the Internet.
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