
Politicians strike deal over UK press regulation
British politicians struck a last-minute deal on press regulation Monday, unveiling new rules that aim to curb the worst abuses of the country's ...

Monitoring your kids on Facebook? That's so 2009.
After Friendster came MySpace. By the time Facebook dominated social media, parents had joined the party, too. But the online scene has changed - ...

Rowling to UK govt: Don't let down hacking victims
Celebrities including J.K. Rowling and Hugh Grant accused the British government on Sunday of letting down the victims of media intrusion and urged ...

LA Times hack: Security breach or harmless prank?
Federal prosecutors say Reuters' deputy social media editor conspired with a notorious hacker network to cause an online security breach that should ...
Carnegie Mellon, NSA seek high school hackers
Bored with classes? Carnegie Mellon University and one of the government's top spy agencies want to interest high school students in a game of ...
Ex-tabloid editor quizzed in phone hacking probe
The former editor of Britain's Daily Mirror tabloid was questioned on Friday by police investigating phone hacking, British media reported. The Press ...

Texas prisons install cellphone-blocking equipment
The nation's largest state prison system is turning to electronic weaponry to combat the persistent headache of illegal cellphones smuggled to inmates

NKorea accuses US, SKorea of cyberattacks
North Korea on Friday blamed South Korea and the United States for cyberattacks that temporarily shut down websites this week at a time of elevated ...

Cameron confronts opposition over media regulation
British Prime Minister David Cameron said Thursday he would champion self-regulation for Britain's scandal-tainted press, bucking a key recommendation ...
UK phone hacking arrests at new media: Mirror
British police made four arrests for suspected phone hacking Thursday, the first time that top editors and journalists at the Mirror group have been ...

Fla lt gov quits; tied to firm under investigation
Florida Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll announced her resignation Wednesday, a day after she was questioned by authorities investigating possible illegal ...
Google pays $7M fine to settle Wi-Fi privacy case
Google will pay a $7 million fine to settle a multistate investigation into a snoopy software program that enabled the Internet search leader to ...

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 ...

UK ex-policeman, prison officer sold info to paper
A former police officer and a prison officer have admitted selling information to a British tabloid belonging to Rupert Murdoch, pleading guilty ...
Evernote hacked: 50 million passwords reset
Online note-taking service Evernote Corp. has been hacked and is resetting all its 50 million users' passwords as a precaution. The Redwood City, ...
Samsung's $1B bill in Apple case reduced by $450M
The two biggest — and bitterest — rivals in the smartphone market will have to endure another bruising trial after a federal judge ruled that jurors ...
In death, Facebook photos could fade away forever
A grieving Oregon mother who battled Facebook for full access to her deceased son's account has been pushing for years for something that would ...
Music, movie industry to warn copyright infringers
Internet users who illegally share music, movies or TV shows online may soon get warning notices from their service providers that they are violating ...

Christie signs NJ Internet gambling bill into law
Get ready for betting in your jammies, at work, from the kitchen table, or at the beach: New Jerseyans — and possibly many others — will soon be able ...

For 1st time since 1999, music revenues inch up
More than a decade after online file swapping tipped the music industry into turmoil, record executives may finally be getting a sliver of good news.
Net providers begin warning of illegal downloads
Internet users who illegally share music, movies or television shows online could soon receive warning notices from the nation's five major Internet ...
Microsoft joins list of companies recently hacked
Microsoft has joined the list of prominent technology companies confirming they have been hit by a recent computer hacking attack. In a blog posting ...

Commercial cyberspying, theft promise rich payoff
For state-backed cyberspies such as a Chinese military unit implicated by a U.S. security firm in a computer crime wave, hacking foreign companies can ...

US ready to strike back against China cyberattacks
As public evidence mounts that the Chinese military is responsible for stealing massive amounts of U.S. government data and corporate trade secrets, ...
A look at Mandiant, allegations on China hacking
A private technology security firm on Tuesday described in extraordinary detail efforts it blamed on a Chinese military unit to hack into 141 ...