Police scour social websites to tackle brutality and boasts of young criminals: “Social networking websites such as Bebo, YouTube and MySpace have been identified by police as having a big influence over gang culture and…
Dissident websites crippled by Burma on anniversary of revolt: “A year after e-mailed images of its brutal crackdown against democracy demonstrations were transmitted across the world, Burma has launched a ferocious ‘cyber-war’ against dissidents who…
Arrested Malaysian Blogger Freed Following Public Outcry: “It’s hard to figure out what the government of Malaysia is thinking in its ongoing trouble in dealing with critical bloggers (some of whom were so powerful that…
As US Looks To Re-legalize Online Poker, Germany Bans It: “Just as the US seems to be moving forward with efforts to relegalize online poker, it appears that Germany is moving in the opposite direction,…
Post from: TorrentFreak ISP: It’s Impossible For Us to Stop Illegal P2P: “ An ISP which was ordered by a court to stop illegal file-sharing on its network, says it simply can not. The Belgian…
Site glitches blamed for abandoned shopping carts on the web: “Almost nine out of ten people who try to buy online run into problems, a survey has found. The research found that those problems can…
Rejected From College Because Of Your Facebook Profile?: “We’ve all seen the stories about potential dates or employers scanning your social network profiles to decide what they think of you, but what about your potential…
Kuwait to block Youtube over anti-Muslim videos: “ Scan of the memo. Source: Aljarida.com The Kuwait Ministry of Communications has issued an order to local ISPs denying access to Youtube due to video content considered…
Police drop BT-Phorm probe: “ ‘Move along please, nothing to see’ Exclusive City of London Police have decided not to formally investigate BT and Phorm for their allegedly illegal secret ISP-level adware trials, arguing that…
Turkish court bans Dawkins’ website Squawking over Dawkins Comment Once upon a time, it took a Pope or a Stalinist dictator like, um, Stalin to have scientific discourse banned by decree. Nowadays, however, it merely…