http://www.mail.com/companies/12218-google-inc.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/companies/12218-google-inc.html http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2161188-obama-relying-untested-oversight-board-nsa.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The obscure oversight board that President Barack Obama wants to scrutinize the National Security Agency's secret surveillance system is little known for good reason. The U.S. Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board has operated fitfully during its eight years of low-profile existence, stymied by congressional infighting and, at times, censorship by gov... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:24:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2161188-obama-relying-untested-oversight-board-nsa.html 2013-06-19T07:24:44Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2159508-hewlett-packard-puts-bradley-strategy-role.html NEW YORK (AP) — Todd Bradley, the head of Hewlett-Packard Co.'s printing and personal computer business, has been appointed to a new position in charge of the company's strategy with a focus on China, the company said Tuesday. HP said Bradley, 54, will be in charge of strategic growth initiatives and will work with CEO Meg Whitman to improve the company's... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:45:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2159508-hewlett-packard-puts-bradley-strategy-role.html 2013-06-18T15:45:46Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2157310-google-settles-suit-clears-way-stock-split.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google has resolved a shareholder lawsuit blocking a long-delayed stock split, clearing the way for the Internet search leader to issue a new class of non-voting shares later this year. The settlement announced Monday came on the eve of a scheduled Delaware chancery court trial that threatened to cast an unflattering light on Google c... Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:56:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2157310-google-settles-suit-clears-way-stock-split.html 2013-06-17T20:56:36Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2151890-microsoft-brings-office-to-iphone-tablets.html NEW YORK (AP) — Even as a pared-down version of Microsoft's Office software package arrived on the iPhone, the company is holding out on extending that to the iPad and Android devices as it tries to boost sales of tablet computers running its own Windows system. Microsoft also isn't selling Office Mobile for iPhone separately. Instead, it comes as part of... Fri, 14 Jun 2013 22:55:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2151890-microsoft-brings-office-to-iphone-tablets.html 2013-06-14T22:55:58Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2148578-prosecutors-push-anti-phone-theft-measures.html NEW YORK (AP) — Law enforcement officials nationwide are demanding the creation of a "kill switch" that would render smartphones inoperable after they are stolen, New York's top prosecutor said Thursday in a clear warning to the world's smartphone manufacturers. Citing statistics showing that 1 in 3 robberies nationwide involve the theft of a mobile phone... Fri, 14 Jun 2013 01:13:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2148578-prosecutors-push-anti-phone-theft-measures.html 2013-06-14T01:13:57Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2148494-lawmaker-accuses-google-dodging-taxes.html LONDON (AP) — An influential committee of British lawmakers accused search company Google of dodging its taxes on Thursday in a scathing report that said the U.S. Internet company took on highly contrived arrangements serving no purpose other than to avoid paying its fair share. The report came after testimony by Google Inc. Vice President Matt Brittin, w... Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:36:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2148494-lawmaker-accuses-google-dodging-taxes.html 2013-06-13T18:36:45Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2149462-forecast-sees-big-payoff-googles-mobile-ads.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google will sell more mobile advertising than the rest of its rivals combined for the second straight year, according to a new forecast that highlights the expansion of the Internet search leader's moneymaking prowess from personal computers to smartphones and tablets. The report released Thursday by the research firm eMarketer projec... Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:39:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2149462-forecast-sees-big-payoff-googles-mobile-ads.html 2013-06-13T14:39:46Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2148360-google-finds-hack-attempts-eve-iran-election.html MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — Google said Wednesday that it has discovered and stopped a series of attempts to hack the accounts of tens of thousands of Iranian users in what the company believes is an attempt to influence the country's upcoming election. "For almost three weeks, we have detected and disrupted multiple email-based phishing campaigns," Eri... Thu, 13 Jun 2013 03:22:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2148360-google-finds-hack-attempts-eve-iran-election.html 2013-06-13T03:22:12Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2147576-yahoo-to-release-ids-inactive-email-accounts.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yahoo is trying to breathe new life into inactive email accounts by giving away the identifications beginning next month. The program announced Wednesday will give Web surfers an opportunity to claim a new handle that had previously been unavailable. It also represents a last chance for Yahoo users who haven't logged in for at least a... Wed, 12 Jun 2013 20:42:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2147576-yahoo-to-release-ids-inactive-email-accounts.html 2013-06-12T20:42:02Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2147578-challenges-to-phone-records-face-legal-obstacles.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The government's massive collection of Americans' phone records is drawing protests and lawsuits from civil liberties groups, but major legal obstacles stand in the way. Among them are government claims that national security secrets will be revealed if the cases are allowed to proceed, and Supreme Court rulings that telephone records, as opposed to convers... Wed, 12 Jun 2013 20:01:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2147578-challenges-to-phone-records-face-legal-obstacles.html 2013-06-12T20:01:16Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2144552-waze-sale-signals-growth-israeli-high-tech.html JERUSALEM (AP) — Google Inc.'s $1.03 billion purchase of Israeli navigation software maker Waze marks an important milestone for the country that affectionately calls itself "Start-Up Nation." The acquisition is not only among the largest-ever purchase prices for an Israeli start-up. It also cements a recent push by the local high-tech industry into the f... Wed, 12 Jun 2013 11:15:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2144552-waze-sale-signals-growth-israeli-high-tech.html 2013-06-12T11:15:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2145090-google-asks-to-publish-us-govt.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is asking the Obama administration for permission to disclose more details about the U.S. government's demands for email and other personal information transmitted online in an effort to distance itself from an Internet dragnet. In a show of unity, Google rivals Microsoft Corp. and Facebook Inc. also supported the attempt to pr... Tue, 11 Jun 2013 21:54:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2145090-google-asks-to-publish-us-govt.html 2013-06-11T21:54:25Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2144264-google-snaps-up-waze-to-add-to-mapping-service.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is buying online mapping service Waze in a $1.03 billion deal that keeps a potentially valuable tool away from its rivals while allowing it to gain technology that could improve the accuracy and usefulness of its own popular navigation system. The acquisition announced Tuesday ends several months of speculation as Waze flirted ... Tue, 11 Jun 2013 20:45:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2144264-google-snaps-up-waze-to-add-to-mapping-service.html 2013-06-11T20:45:47Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2144784-google-asks-to-publish-government.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is asking the Obama administration to allow the Internet company to disclose more details about the U.S. government's closely guarded demands for emails and other information that people transmit online. The request was made Tuesday in a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder and FBI Director Robert Mueller. Google is trying to... Tue, 11 Jun 2013 19:18:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2144784-google-asks-to-publish-government.html 2013-06-11T19:18:35Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2143298-search-1st-web-takes-detour-nc.html For the European physicists who created the World Wide Web, preserving its history is as elusive as unlocking the mysteries of how the universe began. The scientists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, known by its French acronym CERN, are searching for the first Web page. It was at CERN that Tim Berners-Lee invented the Web in 1990 as an u... Tue, 11 Jun 2013 13:19:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2143298-search-1st-web-takes-detour-nc.html 2013-06-11T13:19:06Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2142442-whats-problem-with-prism.html WASHINGTON (AP) — When the federal government went looking for phone numbers tied to terrorists, it grabbed the records of just about everyone in America. Why every phone number? "Well, you have to start someplace," Director of National Intelligence James Clapper told NBC News on Monday. That breadth, that willingness to sweep up enormous information on A... Tue, 11 Jun 2013 07:51:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2142442-whats-problem-with-prism.html 2013-06-11T07:51:52Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2142278-apple-unveils-music-streaming-service.html NEW YORK (AP) — Apple unveiled an Internet radio service called iTunes Radio on Monday and said the service will personalize listeners' music based on what they've listened to and what they've purchased on iTunes. Apple said iTunes Radio will be available this fall in the U.S. It will be free with advertisements included, although subscribers of Apple's i... Tue, 11 Jun 2013 03:03:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2142278-apple-unveils-music-streaming-service.html 2013-06-11T03:03:15Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2142740-sf-ny-officials-wait-to-judge-apple-kill-switch.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The top prosecutors in San Francisco and New York, seeking ways to curb thefts of mobile devices, said Monday they will reserve judgment of Apple's new security feature designed to make it harder to reactivate a stolen iPhone. San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon and New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman have been askin... Tue, 11 Jun 2013 00:48:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2142740-sf-ny-officials-wait-to-judge-apple-kill-switch.html 2013-06-11T00:48:26Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2142254-apple-revamps-iphone-ipad-software.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple is throwing out most of the real-world graphical cues from its iPhone and iPad software, like the casino-green "felt" of its Game Center app, in what it calls the biggest update since the iPhone's launch in 2007. The new operating system, called iOS 7, strives for a clean, simple, translucent impression. Apple is redesigning all... Mon, 10 Jun 2013 23:07:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2142254-apple-revamps-iphone-ipad-software.html 2013-06-10T23:07:43Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2141938-apple-event-software-macbooks-music.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple announced a digital radio service, new MacBook Air laptops and updates to its operating systems for Mac and mobile devices Monday. The announcements came at the company's annual conference for software developers in San Francisco. Among the highlights: Apple showed off a simplified look on iPhones and iPads. It is the most radic... Mon, 10 Jun 2013 19:54:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2141938-apple-event-software-macbooks-music.html 2013-06-10T19:54:49Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2138490-intelligence-chief-defends-internet-spying-program.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Eager to quell a domestic furor over U.S. spying, the nation's top intelligence official stressed Saturday that a previously undisclosed program for tapping into Internet usage is authorized by Congress, falls under strict supervision of a secret court and cannot intentionally target a U.S. citizen. He decried the revelation of that and another intelligence... Sun, 09 Jun 2013 03:51:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2138490-intelligence-chief-defends-internet-spying-program.html 2013-06-09T03:51:23Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2137148-globally-people-resigned-to-privacy-online.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — U.S. government snooping does not surprise global Internet users, who say they already have few expectations of online privacy as governments increasingly monitor people's digital lives and Internet companies often acquiesce. Privacy activists concerned over the U.S. National Security Agency's selective monitoring of Internet tra... Sat, 08 Jun 2013 10:31:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2137148-globally-people-resigned-to-privacy-online.html 2013-06-08T10:31:50Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2137624-denials-surveillance-program-require-decoding.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google CEO Larry Page and Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg are denying reports that depict two of the Internet's most influential companies as willing participants in a secret government program that gives the National Security Agency unfettered access to email and other personal information transmitted on various online services. ... Sat, 08 Jun 2013 02:30:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2137624-denials-surveillance-program-require-decoding.html 2013-06-08T02:30:49Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2136374-tivo-settles-with-cisco-motorola-time-warner.html NEW YORK (AP) — TiVo settled patent disputes with Cisco, Motorola Mobility and Time Warner Cable, averting a trial that was to begin next week and bringing to a close a string of long-running legal squabbles over its pioneering digital video recorder technology. The terms fell well short of what most TiVo investors had expected, however, and shares of TiV... Fri, 07 Jun 2013 22:35:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2136374-tivo-settles-with-cisco-motorola-time-warner.html 2013-06-07T22:35:58Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2137418-ap-photos-where-your-online-data-stored.html Internet companies such as Apple, Facebook and Google have vast amounts of data on you. These include the photos and video you share, the email you send and receive and the musings you broadcast to friends on what you are thinking or eating. Internet companies store all this information at data centers they run around the world. When you're ready to read ... Fri, 07 Jun 2013 21:45:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2137418-ap-photos-where-your-online-data-stored.html 2013-06-07T21:45:51Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2137498-wait-theres-more-domestic-spying-qa.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Wait, there's more? Yes, this was the week that America's intelligence secrets spilled out: Classified court orders. Top secret Power Point slides. Something called PRISM. It's pretty important stuff, once you've made sense of it. Here's what you need to know. ... Fri, 07 Jun 2013 20:18:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2137498-wait-theres-more-domestic-spying-qa.html 2013-06-07T20:18:42Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2136150-club-rich-powerful-meet-secret-london.html LONDON (AP) — It's a busy weekend at the luxury Grove Hotel, favored haunt of British soccer players and their glitz-loving spouses. More than 100 of the world's most powerful people are at the former manor house near London for a secretive annual gathering that has attained legendary status in the eyes of anti-capitalist protesters and conspiracy theorists. Fri, 07 Jun 2013 12:24:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2136150-club-rich-powerful-meet-secret-london.html 2013-06-07T12:24:43Z