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New Mac spyware found on Angolan activist's computer
Previously unknown Mac OS X spyware, signed with a valid Apple Developer ID, has turned up on the laptop of an activist from Angola at a human rights conference in Norway.
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German case on embedding YouTube videos referred to EU court
Embedded YouTube videos don't infringe copyright under current German law, but they could violate European rules, the German Federal Court of Justice said on Thursday.
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German online copyright law to take effect in August
A German online copyright law that will give publishers the exclusive right to the commercial use of their publications on the Internet will come into effect on Aug. 1.
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France should soften Internet 'three strikes' law, says gov't report
France should stop cutting off the Internet access of those accused of illicit file sharing, and close down the agency that polices online copyright breaches, according to a government-commissioned report.
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Queen's Speech: Snooper's Charter is not dead yet
The controversial Communications Data Bill, better known as the ?snooper's charter,? is not dead yet, today's Queen's Speech has revealed.
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Mozilla, Otoy team on JavaScript video codec
The Mozilla Foundation and graphic rendering technology company Otoy have built a video codec, written with JavaScript and WebGL, that would eliminate the need for using plug-ins to view video in a browser.
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Novell offers mobile file sharing for the enterprise
In an effort to help enterprises get a handle on the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) trend, Novell has released enterprise file sharing software that it claims is as easy to use as commercial cloud storage services such as Dropbox, Microsoft Skydrive, and Google Drive.
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Mozilla moves to stop spyware company from spoofing Firefox
Mozilla sent a cease-and-desist letter on Tuesday to a European company that created a piece of spyware masquerading itself as the Firefox browser.
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EFF: Trust Twitter - but not Apple or Verizon - to protect your privacy
Verizon and MySpace scored a zero out of a possible six stars in a test of how far 18 technology service providers will go to protect user data from government data demands.
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UK government dumps controversial web snooping bill
The UK government has abandoned plans to introduce its controversial Communications Data Bill, better known as the ?snooper's charter,? which would have given security services sweeping powers to monitor internet activity.
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