Google agrees to change search display in Europe
Google has agreed to change how it displays search results in Europe — including a better labeling of its promoted content and displaying links to ...

US immigration bill could slow Indian outsourcers
Low cost efficiency put India's outsourcing companies at the heart of global business and created a multibillion dollar industry that for years has ...

SAP co-CEO: Cloud computing business profitable
The co-CEO of business software maker SAP says its push into cloud computing is starting to make money — and predicted it would reach profits that ...
ACLU: Slow smartphone updates are privacy threat
One of the leading U.S. civil-rights organizations is taking on an unusual cause: spotty smartphone updates. The American Civil Liberties Union is ...

Google's Android target of new antitrust complaint
A group of companies led by Microsoft have called on European authorities to launch an antitrust investigation into Google's dominance of Internet ...

Google and privacy: 6 EU countries take action
Google's new privacy policy is under legal attack from regulators in its largest European markets, who want the company to overhaul practices they say ...

Google exec urges Myanmar to embrace free speech
Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt on Friday urged Myanmar's government to allow private businesses to develop the country's woeful ...

What you 'like' on Facebook can be revealing
Clicking those friendly blue "like" buttons strewn across the Web may be doing more than marking you as a fan of Coca-Cola or Lady Gaga. It could out ...

Cisco to set up tech training centers in Myanmar
Cisco Systems plans to establish two network training centers in Myanmar, as global technology companies begin to move into one of the least-connected ...

EU fines Microsoft $733M for breaking browser pact
The European Union has fined Microsoft €561 million ($733 million) for breaking a pledge to offer personal computer users a choice of Internet ...
Christie says NJ will appeal sports betting ruling
Gov. Chris Christie indicated Friday he would appeal a judge's decision upholding a ban on sports gambling in New Jersey, a ruling that dealt a ...

Simon Cowell launches online talent contest
Simon Cowell has taken over television screens and radio airwaves around the world. Now he's taking aim at the Internet. Cowell's Syco Entertainment ...

Poland emerging as major European outsourcing hub
The first time Javier Bofarull Marques left Spain for Poland, it was for love. It was 2006, a boom time in Spain, and his friends thought he was crazy

HP to make $169 Android tablet, eschewing Windows
Hewlett-Packard Co. is making a tablet computer that uses Google's Android operating system, steering clear of Microsoft's latest tablet-oriented ...

Sony shows PlayStation 4 capabilities, but no box
Sony showed off what the PlayStation 4 can do, but not what it will look like. The Japanese electronics giant talked about its upcoming game console ...

Soccer faces epic fight against match-fixing
Soccer is falling under a cloud of suspicion as never before, sullied by a multibillion-dollar web of match-fixing that is corrupting increasingly ...
UK: Surveillance devices to monitor Web traffic
The U.K. plans to install an unspecified number of spy devices along the country's telecommunications network to monitor Britons' use of overseas ...
Google to set up $82M fund for French publishers
Google will help French news organizations increase their online advertising revenue and also set up a €60 million ($82 million) fund to finance ...
China companies plan to step up Europe investment
Chinese companies plan to step up investment this year in Europe, which some see as more welcoming than the United States, a European business group ...
New brand costs dent H&M's Q4 profits
Fashion retailer Hennes & Mauritz AB is to press ahead with its global expansion plans with the opening of over 300 stores this year, even though it ...

Neglect, errors to blame in Brazil nightclub fire
There was no fire alarm. There were no sprinklers or fire escapes. And when a band member tried to put out a fire that had been started by ...
Ex-Nokia CEO Kallasvuo heads TV software company
Former Nokia CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo has joined Swedish TV software company Zenterio as chairman of the board. Kallasvuo, who headed the Finnish ...
Software company SAP says Q4 sales up 12 pct
Business software provider SAP AG says sales rose 12 percent in the fourth quarter thanks to strong results from Asia. Revenues rose to €5.02 billion ...
YouTube, German music industry fail to reach deal
The German music industry has broken off talks with Google Inc.'s YouTube service after failing to agree on licensing fees for its members' work.

Debate erupts in France over blocking online ads
France's Digital Economy minister said Monday she persuaded a top Internet access provider to stop its controversial policy of blocking online ...