German privacy watchdog loses Facebook appeal
A German privacy watchdog has failed in its bid to stop Facebook from forcing users to register with their real names. Schleswig-Holstein state's data ...
Reporter at Murdoch's The Sun charged over bribery
A senior reporter at Rupert Murdoch's The Sun newspaper is being charged with conspiring to pay 23,000 pounds (roughly $35,000) in bribes in return ...

Australian charged with hacking government site
Australian police have arrested a man they say is affiliated with international hacking collective Lulz Security on a charge of attacking and defacing ...
Judge OKs NYC plan for e-hailing yellow cabs
The city can experiment with letting taxi seekers hail rides electronically, a judge said Tuesday in a ruling that could clear the way for riders to ...

Tax-free Internet shopping jeopardized by bill
Tax-free shopping on the Internet could be in jeopardy under a bill making its way through the Senate. The bill would empower states to require online ...
White House: Obama backs Internet sales tax bill
The White House says President Barack Obama supports a bill to give states more authority to collect sales tax from Internet retailers. White House ...

Bombing probe highlights expansion of surveillance
As the investigation of the Boston Marathon bombings illustrates, getting lost in the crowd is no longer an easy feat. There are eyes — and cameras ...
LulzSec hacker gets prison in Sony Pictures attack
A 25-year-old hacker with the group known as LulzSec was sentenced Thursday to a year in prison and ordered to pay $605,663 in restitution for an ...
Senior British journalist charged over bribes
The Sun newspaper's executive editor was charged Thursday with authorizing bribes to a government official, making him one of most senior journalists ...
LulzSec hacker pleads guilty to cyberattacks
A British computer hacker affiliated to the group Lulz Security pleaded guilty Tuesday to cyberattacks on institutions including Sony, Britain's ...
Calif. court: Motorist can't use hand-held map
Steven Spriggs was stopped in a traffic jam near downtown Fresno and thought nothing of whipping out his iPhone 4 and clicking on the map feature to ...
Retired Texas vet challenges Internet restrictions
A retired Texas veterinarian has filed a federal lawsuit challenging state regulations that bar him from evaluating animals and giving veterinary ...
Judge deals blow to high-tech workers' lawsuit
A federal judge on Friday struck down an effort to form a class action lawsuit to go after Apple, Google and five other technology companies for ...

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 ...
NY appeals court OKs Aereo live television service
An Internet company offering inexpensive live broadcast television feeds to computers, tablets and smartphones doesn't violate U.S. copyright law, a ...
Record-breaking cyberattack hits anti-spam group
A record-breaking cyberattack targeting an anti-spam watchdog group has sent ripples of disruption coursing across the Web, experts said Wednesday.
Ex-policeman jailed for selling info to UK paper
A former police officer has been jailed in Britain for selling information to Rupert Murdoch's Sun newspaper. Alan Tierney, who formerly worked at ...

Experts: NKorea training teams of 'cyber warriors'
Investigators have yet to pinpoint the culprit behind a synchronized cyberattack in South Korea last week. But in Seoul, the focus is fixed on North ...

SKorea misidentifies China as cyberattack origin
In an embarrassing twist to a coordinated cyberattack on six major South Korean companies this week, investigators said Friday they wrongly identified ...

A guide to Britain's new media regulation regime
The British government is setting up a new media watchdog to tame the country's scandal-tainted press. The move comes after a phone hacking scandal ...

SKorea ready for more cyberattacks; banks recover
South Korea said Friday it was preparing for the possibility of more cyberattacks as a new team of investigators tried to determine if North Korea was ...

South Korea: Chinese address source of attack
Investigators have traced a coordinated cyberattack that paralyzed tens of thousands of computers at six South Korean banks and media companies to a ...
UK: Senior editor at The Sun charged over payoffs
The deputy editor at The Sun tabloid in Britain has been charged with authorizing thousands of pounds in illegal payoffs to government officials, ...
Justice: Email snooping law no longer makes sense
The Justice Department on Tuesday dropped its support for a controversial provision in a federal law that allows police to review some private emails ...