EU regulators ask Google to ‘pause’ its privacy changes, need more time to investigate
Google has gone to great lengths to clarify its revamped privacy policy , but a regulatory body in the European Union thinks the company is moving a little too fast. Today, European regulators formally requested that Google “pause” its rollout, in order to give the EU more time to investigate its forthcoming changes.
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Pirate Bay founders lose final appeal in Sweden, prison looms on the horizon
It looks like Pirate Bay ‘s legal drama has finally come to a close in Sweden, where the Supreme Court today turned down the site’s final appeal. At the center of the case are the file sharing site’s founders — Fredrik Neij, Peter Sunde and Carl Lundström — who have been battling Swedish prosecutors for quite a few years now. After being convicted of facilitating copyright infringement, the trio was initially sentenced to prison.
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Rhapsody officially acquires Napster International, eyes European launch
After having already acquired Napster here in the US, Rhapsody has taken its expansion one step further, with the acquisition of Napster International.
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European Commission unveils new online privacy rules, aims to protect consumer data
As SOPA ‘s aftershocks continue to ripple across the US, a slightly different brand of techno-political drama is unfolding over in Europe, where the European Commission today announced a new set of online privacy regulations. The new legislation, unveiled this morning , was crafted with the intent of giving consumers more control over their online data, and places more pressure upon private companies to protect user information
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PlayStation 3 video editor to hit Europe in Q1, 10 euros at launch
While Mr. Blurrycam already spotted the upcoming PlayStation 3 video editor at CES, he was unable to divulge any details on release dates
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EU online spending estimated to grow 16 percent, reach €232 billion in 2012
Pardon us Americans as we act surprised, but it turns out that we have one more thing in common with our Euro brethren: a growing number of us dislike shopping in stores. According to Kelkoo estimates, online spending in the European Union is projected to continue its upward trend, which is said to reach somewhere in the neighborhood of $232 billion before year’s end
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Say ‘ta ta’ to the Tata eMO: the $20,000 EV you’ll never set eyes on
This story ends before it even starts, but it’s nice to look at what could have been, should destiny — or a corporate boardroom — have taken a different course.
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Say ‘ta ta’ to the Tata eMO: the $20,000 EV you’ll never set eyes on
Xcom Global revolutionizes global data: one MiFi to serve 195 countries
Chances are you’ll see a metric ton of new gizmos surfacing at CES next week, and if we’re lucky, two or three of them will be bona fide game changers. Lucky for you, Xcom Global is serving one up ahead of the mayhem, with a single WWAN device that enables you to suck down 3G data in nearly every country on the planet
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Google pulls Android Market malware that exploits SMS hole
Google’s reportedly pulled 22 malicious apps after two security firms tipped them off that the malware was tricking users into sending SMS messages to premium-rate phone lines. Android.RuFraud poses as popular games like Angry Birds , Assassins Creed or Tetris and can affect users across Europe and Russia. Fortunately the apps are easily spotted and deleted, but were downloaded 14,000 times before being pulled — so if you see anyone experiencing similar issues, you can let ‘em know how to solve it.
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Rara.com: a new music service for the techno techno technophobe (video)
Music lovin’ grampas here and in Europe will be doing The Charleston when they hear about Rara.com, a cloud-based music service with them in mind, which launched today. Powered by Omnifone , the same whitelabel service behind Sony’s Music Unlimited , Rara hopes to appeal to the 70 percent of people its research shows “do not ‘do’ digital music.” There’s access to the same ten-million-strong music library as other services, and pricing starts at a frugal 99c/p for the first three months (rising to 4.99 from there on in) for the web-only option.
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