Yahoo!Tech reveals that “[t]he European Commission is about to launch an investigation into how consumers' online data is being used by search companies, social networking Web sites and Internet service providers.  […]  Officials are particularly concerned about the growing use of deep packet inspection techniques that allow broadband providers to [...]

The Wall Street Journal has a worthwhile piece discussing the origins of the word “cloud computing” and what the term actually means.  Yahoo!Tech reports that, according to a new report by industry consulting firm Ovum, “[b]roadband-service providers will see their revenue from mobile services jump to 137 billion dollars worldwide [...]

CNetNews.com reports that “[t]he top Republican on the Senate Homeland Security Committee is requesting detailed information, including financial figures, from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to explain why the department has been seemingly unable to fulfill its cybersecurity responsibilities.  In a letter sent to DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano on [...]

The Register reveals that “[t]he [British] communications regulator has found that fewer than half the UK population has used online government services.  In a report published on 20 March 2009, Ofcom says that 42 per cent of those interviewed had used the internet to search for information about government or [...]

The New York Times writes that “[a]fter repeated pledges by world leaders to avoid erecting trade barriers, protectionism is on the march, provoking nasty trade disputes and undermining efforts to plot a coordinated response to the deepest global economic downturn since World War II.  From a looming battle with China [...]