Russian Parliament's upper house approves Internet 'censorship' bill
The upper house of the Russian Parliament passed a bill on Wednesday that the Russian IT industry believes has high potential to lead to Internet censorship.
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Visa and MasterCard funding returns to WikiLeaks via French payment gateway
Using Visa or MasterCard for donations to WikiLeaks was made possible again Wednesday when the French organization Defense Fund Net Neutrality (FDNN) started accepting payments via those credit card providers through the French Carte Bleue systems.
Open Mobile Alliance proposes standard 2D barcode handling system for mobile phones
The Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) has developed a standard for handling 2D barcodes that it hopes will direct mobile phone users to websites more easily. By standardizing the specification for encoding, decoding and resolution of 2D barcodes, OMA wants to stimulate the usage of the codes, it said.
Motorola's Xoom tablet does not infringe on Apple's designs, German court rules
Motorola's Xoom tablet does not infringe on some of Apple's community designs, the regional court of Düsseldorf ruled on Tuesday. Apple wanted a Europe-wide ban on the Motorola tablet, a court spokesman said.
Samsung to buy UK chip maker's handset business, gains 21 connectivity patents
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Germany, French courts disagree on responsibility of ISPs for illegal content
Courts in France and Germany differ about the way ISPs and online file-hosting services should deal with take-down requests, with Germany putting more responsibility on service providers to police content.
Global grid helps CERN find 'God particle'
A worldwide network of data centers played a key role in CERN's discovery of what may be the long-sought Higgs boson, or "God particle," thought to be part of the explanation for why matter has mass.
Wikileaks donations via Visa and MasterCard may resume, Icelandic court rules
Icelandic payments processor Valitor must reopen a gateway handling Visa and MasterCard donations to Wikileaks, a judge ruled Thursday. However, the gateway will probably remain closed while Valitor appeals the case, an attorney for DataCell, the Icelandic company hosting WikiLeaks' donations website, said on Friday.
Tech companies continue protests after Russia adopts online 'censorship' bill
The Russian legislature's lower house on Wednesday adopted a bill that, according to tech companies in the country, could lead to Internet censorship.
Amazon, Google and Apple among the least transparent companies in the world
Apple, Amazon.com and Google are among the least transparent companies in the world, according to a survey of 105 publicly traded multinationals published by Transparency International on Tuesday.
Wikipedia Russia, other sites protest proposed Internet 'censorship' law
According to Medeyko, the protests are also backed by the Russian Google branch and one of the largest Russian domain names registrars, RU-Center
Smart energy grids need protection from cyber attacks, ENISA says
Smart grids, upgraded versions of electricity networks with two-way digital communication, should make the European energy system more efficient. But their dependency on computer networks, applications and the Internet makes society more vulnerable to malicious cyber attacks with potentially devastating results, European Network and Information Security Agency said in a report published on Tuesday.
Samsung tablets not 'cool' enough to infringe Apple design, says UK judge
Samsung tablets do not infringe on a registered Apple design because "they are not as cool" and the Galaxy Tablets "do not have the same understated and extreme simplicity which is possessed by the Apple design," a U.K. judge said in a ruling on Monday.
From tech to toilet paper, Berliner tries to live completely open source for one year
Open source computer, open source mobile phone, open source toothbrush, open source jeans, open source video codec, open source camera, open source beer and even open source toilet paper: these are just a few things you need if you decide to make every aspect of your life open source for a year. A 28-year-old filmmaker from New Zealand living in Berlin is going to try just that.
KPN closes portal after two-thirds of corporate customers found using default password
KPN closed a self-service portal for corporate ADSL customers on Tuesday after it discovered that 120,000 of its 180,000 business clients were still using default passwords, all variants of "welkom01," a company spokesman said Friday.