According to Yahoo!Tech, “[t]he European Commission began legal action against the U.K. Tuesday over its failure to protect Internet users from Phorm -- a covert behavioral advertising technology tested by the U.K.'s biggest fixed line operator, BT, in 2006 and 2007. The move signals growing concern in Brussels over the [...]
According to the Financial Times, “cross-border research projects in Europe could be set for billions of euros in tax breaks under proposals that will be considered by European Union ministers in coming weeks. As part of a broader plan to step up EU investment in research, Brussels is proposing to [...]
The Register reports that the French National Assembly has now voted through its “three strikes law” designed to clamp down on file-sharing and illegal downloads. Yahoo!News reveals that “IBM cut its offer for Sun Microsystems Inc to $9.55 a share after a thorough vetting and may soon unveil details of [...]
Yahoo!Tech reveals that “[s]hopping on eBay just got a bit more rewarding, at least for some users of the online auctioneer's site. On Wednesday, eBay Inc. launched a ‘beta’ test version of eBay Bucks, a program that lets participants earn a 2 percent reward on certain items they buy through [...]
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 [...]