Internet

'Hatchet-wielding' Internet star arrested for murder

Agence France-Presse | Saturday May 18, 2013

An unemployed drifter who became an Internet sensation in February after he brandished a hatchet to stop an assault has been charged with murder following his arrest in Philadelphia, police said.

Yahoo may be nearing $1.1 billion acquisition of Tumblr: report

Saturday May 18, 2013

Yahoo may be on the verge of closing its biggest acquisition during the 10-month reign of CEO Marissa Mayer as she tries to attract more traffic and advertisers to the internet company's website and mobile applications.

Saudi reports attacks on government websites

Agence France-Presse | Saturday May 18, 2013

Several government Internet sites have come under "coordinated and simultaneous" cyber attack, an information security spokesman in the oil-rich kingdom reported on Friday.

Police deploy in French schools after mass killing threat

Agence France-Presse | Friday May 17, 2013

Police on Friday deployed across high schools in the eastern French region of Strasbourg following Internet threats by a young man to stage mass killings and shoot himself, a day after a gruesome suicide at a Paris primary school.

Personal cybersecurity a challenge even for top experts

Reuters | Friday May 17, 2013

In professional lives, cybersecurity experts use the latest technological but when it comes to personal protection, low-tech tactics are frequent.

eBay working on potential applications for Google Glass

Reuters | Friday May 17, 2013

Some of eBay's existing mobile apps already let shoppers point smart phone cameras at products to check online prices and buy related items.

Google's products dig deeper into people's lives

Associated Press | Friday May 17, 2013

Google is rolling out another wave of products and services that will test how much more people want computers to control their lives.

After Google, Amazon to be grilled on UK tax presence

Friday May 17, 2013

Internet retailer Amazon.com Inc. will be called back to the British parliament to clarify how its activities in the UK justify its low corporate income tax bill, two lawmakers told Reuters.

LulzSec hackers who "wreaked havoc" at Sony jailed in UK

Reuters | Friday May 17, 2013

LulzSec hackers, cost Sony $20 million in revenue during an online crime spree.

Yahoo in talks to acquire popular blogging platform Tumblr: Report

Anupam Saxena | Friday May 17, 2013

Yahoo is reportedly in talks to acquire Tumblr

Fresh anger over Amazon's UK tax bill

Agence France-Presse | Thursday May 16, 2013

Amazon used a subsidiary registered in Luxembourg to limit its British corporation tax bill.

'Copyright owners can't sue Google's YouTube as a group'

Reuters | Thursday May 16, 2013

The ruling marked the second major defeat in recent weeks for litigants suing Google over the unauthorized hosting of copyrighted material on YouTube.

Google introduces new search tools to try to read our minds

Claire Cain Miller, The New York Times | Thursday May 16, 2013

A Semantic search product that aims to understand the meaning of things, not just keywords.

IPL 6 sees 52 percent growth in online viewership

Press Trust of India | Thursday May 16, 2013

The number of viewers increased to 75.2 million this year compared to 49.3 million Internet users that saw the series last year.

New Zealand Supreme Court to hear Megaupload evidence appeal

Reuters | Thursday May 16, 2013

Kim Dotcom has won the right to demand the United States hand over all the evidence in its online piracy case against the Internet entrepreneur.