 Telegraph.co.uk | Google fined $25000 for impeding US investigation into StreetView Telegraph.co.uk Google has been fined $25000 for impeding a US investigation into data collection for its Street View project, which allows users to see street level images when they map a location. The Federal Communications Commission imposed the fine late on Friday ... Unanswered Questions in FCC's Google Case Google fined for impeding FCC investigation FCC Proposes $25000 Fine on Google |
 Wall Street Journal | Google, Oracle Head to Showdown Wall Street Journal By JOHN LETZING and STEVEN D. JONES Many companies are tangling in court over mobile-phone technology these days, but the showdown between Oracle Corp. and Google Inc. has unusual dimensionsâ€"particularly the vastly different estimates of the money at ... Oracle to Face Google in Android Operating System Trial Android faces first big court challenge Oracle and Google's Android copyright row trial begins |
 AFP | FCC seeks to fine Google $25000 Boston Globe By Brian Womack and Todd Shields SAN FRANCISCO - The Federal Communications Commission is seeking a $25000 fine from Google Inc. for not cooperating with an investigation into the company's collection of personal data over wireless networks. Unanswered Questions in FCC's Google Case FCC fines Google for hindering probe into street-mapping program FCC fines Google $25000 for its Street View project |
 Sydney Morning Herald | Google's Brin Bashes Hollywood, China, Facebook as Enemies of Internet Freedom PC Magazine By Damon Poeter Google co-founder Sergey Brin unloaded on Facebook, Apple, anti-piracy advocates, and government censors in an exclusive interview with the UK's Guardian newspaper published Sunday. Brin referenced "very powerful forces that have lined ... Google's Sergey Brin: China, SOPA, Facebook Threaten the 'Open Web' Google's latest wheeze: Work out these blurry house numbers for us Web freedom faces greatest threat ever, warns Google's Sergey Brin |
 New York Times | Unanswered Questions in FCC's Google Case New York Times One of the most audacious projects ever to come out of Google was the plan to photograph and map the inhabited world, one block at a time. But a report over the weekend from federal regulators has rekindled questions over exactly what the company was ... FCC fines Google for hindering probe into street-mapping program FCC drops Google 'Street View' investigation Google fined $25000 for impeding FCC investigation |
Sydney Morning Herald | Google's Sergey Brin: China, SOPA, Facebook Threaten the 'Open Web' Wired News By Tim Carmody Google's search engine was created when most of the web's information was open and available to anyone willing to capture it. In today's more restrictive environment, Sergey Brin and Google CEO Larry Page may not have even tried. Google co-founder rips Hollywood on anti-piracy efforts Google's Sergey Brin: Facebook and Apple a threat to Internet freedom Web freedom facing greatest threat: Google founder |
 Telegraph.co.uk | Google co-founder rips Hollywood on anti-piracy efforts msnbc.com Hollywood and the entertainment industry are "shooting themselves in the foot, or maybe worse than the foot" by pushing the current anti-piracy legislation, according to Google co-founder Sergey Brin. Since being ranked in the Guinness Book of World ... Google's Sergey Brin: Facebook and Apple a threat to Internet freedom Is This Google's Most Evil Move Yet? Google co-founder: Internet openness under threat |
 Bloomberg | Google Disputes FCC Privacy Probe Filing, Says Law Not Violated BusinessWeek By Lisa Rapaport on April 15, 2012 Google Inc. (GOOG) (GOOG) said it wasn't “found to have violated any laws†in an investigation by the US Federal Communications Commission of the company's data collection practices. “As the FCC notes in their report, ... Google Is Faulted for Impeding US Inquiry on Data Collection Google slides off the hook for Wi-Fi sniffing with $25000 FCC fine FCC Proposes $25000 Fine on Google |
 Digitaltrends.com | Google slides off the hook for Wi-Fi sniffing with $25000 FCC fine Digitaltrends.com While Google's questionable act of collecting payload data from encrypted Wi-Fi networks was found to be legal, the FCC has fined the company $25000 for impeding the investigation. Two years ago, Google admitted its Street View cars were collecting ... Google Is Faulted for Impeding US Inquiry on Data Collection FCC Proposes $25000 Fine on Google FCC to Fine Google $25K Over Street View Affair |
Telegraph.co.uk | Google accused of invading privacy with pictures of house numbers Telegraph.co.uk Google has sparked a new privacy row by forcing users to decipher blurred photos of private house numbers to access their own accounts. By James Hall, Consumer Affairs Editor Internet users are being asked to read random property numbers snapped by ... Google slides off the hook for Wi-Fi sniffing with $25000 FCC fine Google Is Faulted for Impeding US Inquiry on Data Collection FCC Proposes $25000 Fine on Google |
 New York Times | Daring to Cut Off Amazon New York Times TULSA, Okla. â€" Plenty of people are upset at Amazon these days, but it took a small publishing company whose best-known volume is a toilet-training tome to give the mighty Internet store the boot. The Educational Development Corporation, saying it was ... Apple ebook case won't solve publishing's problems What's the future of e-book pricing? Jeff Bezos: 'Even Well-Meaning Gatekeepers Slow Innovation' |
 The Guardian | Apple ebook case won't solve publishing's problems The Guardian Watching regulatory bodies deal with issues around fast-moving technologies has always been an agonising business. Not so much an embarrassing uncle dancing at a wedding, more a high-court judge trying to describe dubstep. Latest in the line of such ... Apple claims e-book and iBookstore prices were not rigged What's the future of e-book pricing? Jeff Bezos: 'Even Well-Meaning Gatekeepers Slow Innovation' |
 NDTV | FCC to Fine Google $25K Over Street View Affair PC Magazine By Damon Poeter The Federal Communications Commission this weekend alleged that Google "deliberately impeded and delayed" an FCC investigation into the way the search giant collected data from non-password protected Wi-Fi networks in the United States ... Google fined $25000 by FCC for impeding data-collection probe FCC closes case on Google Wi-Fi snooping but charges $25K fine for obstruction Google Is Faulted for Impeding US Inquiry on Data Collection |
NDTV | Google fined $25000 by FCC for impeding data-collection probe Los Angeles Times By Andrea Chang Google is being fined $25000 for refusing to cooperate with a Federal Communications Commission investigation into the tech giant's data-collection practices. The world's largest search engine came under fire two years ago when it was ... FCC closes case on Google Wi-Fi snooping but charges $25K fine for obstruction FCC nails Google with $25K fine for dragging heels in StreetView probe Google Is Faulted for Impeding US Inquiry on Data Collection |
 USA TODAY | FCC nails Google with $25K fine for dragging heels in StreetView probe CNET Frustrated regulators cite Google's slow response to FCC request for information into company's data collection practices. by Charles Cooper April 15, 2012 8:07 AM PDT Follow @coopeydoop Frustrated by the slow response from Google, ... FCC Seeks $25000 Fine From Google FCC Seeks $25000 Fine From Google in Wireless Data Privacy Case Google Is Faulted for Impeding US Inquiry on Data Collection |
USA TODAY | FCC Seeks $25000 Fine From Google in Wireless Data Privacy Case BusinessWeek By Brian Womack on April 15, 2012 The US Federal Communications Commission is seeking a $25000 fine from Google Inc. (GOOG) (GOOG) for not cooperating with an investigation of the company's collection of personal data from wireless networks. Google fined for spinning tangled web FCC Proposes $25000 Fine on Google FCC fines Google $25000 |
 Wall Street Journal | Google fined for spinning tangled web Sydney Morning Herald SAN FRANCISCO: When Google first revealed in 2010 that cars it was using to map streets were also sweeping up sensitive personal information from wireless home networks, it called the data collection a mistake. Now, federal regulators have charged that ... FCC fines Google $25000 FCC Proposes $25000 Fine on Google Google Hit With $25K Fine, But FCC Finds Street View Data Collection Not Illegal |
 Social Barrel | Canon 'examining countermeasures' for 5D Mark IIIs experiencing top LCD light ... Engadget By Joe Pollicino posted Apr 14th 2012 8:03PM Looks like the honeymoon period with Canon's beastly 5D Mark III is officially over. Over the past few weeks some users have noticed that light leaking from its top-mounted LCD can affect exposure readouts, ... Canon 5D Mark III light leak confirmed by company 5D III strip tease: Is beauty more than skin deep? Canon admits 5D Mark III backlight can confuse light sensor, is working on ... |
 USA TODAY | Alarm clock doesn't take snooze for an answer USA TODAY By Ted Shaffrey, AP HOBOKEN, NJ â€" There is no snooze button. If you unplug it, a battery takes over. As wake-up time approaches, you cannot reset the alarm time. AP AP It could be the world's most exasperating alarm clock. Once it goes off, ... This Alarm Clock Is Determined to Wake You Up [VIDEO] Alarm clock requires unique daily pin Five More Minutes? New Alarm Clock Says No! |
 The Associated Press | New Nook lets you read on sunny beaches, in the dark Jackson Clarion Ledger The Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight. The electronic reader was unveiled Thursday by Barnes & Noble. It will be available in May. / The Associated Press NEW YORK â€" Barnes & Noble on Thursday unveiled a Nook electronic reader that it says becomes the ... Barnes & Noble new ereader is the first to include a built-in glow light E-readers come out of the dark with NOOK Simple Touch with GlowLight Barnes & Noble Unveils Nook E-Reader That Glows in Dark |
 UPI.com | SciTechTalk: Rude awakening for Mac owners UPI.com The late Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs pictured in 2005 working on an Apple computer built around an Intel microprocessor at the Apple World Wide Developer Conference in San Francisco. (UPI Photo/Terry Schmitt) By JIM ALGAR, United Press International ... Flashback Malware Puts Apple in Security Spotlight: Experts Weigh In Kaspersky Lab Suspends Buggy Flashback Removal Tool Flashback malware removal tool roundup |
 CBC.ca | Flashback Malware Puts Apple in Security Spotlight: Experts Weigh In PCWorld Increased market share coupled with Apple's lack of transparency are largely to blame for an uptick in Mac security problems, say experts. By Howard Baldwin, PCWorld It was a busy week for Apple malware hunters fighting the Flashback Trojan horse, ... Flashback malware removal tool roundup Kaspersky Lab Suspends Buggy Flashback Removal Tool Kaspersky Lab suspends Flashback-fighting tool |
 BBC News | Dual-focus contact lens prototypes ordered by Pentagon BBC News By LJ Rich Reporter, BBC Click The Pentagon has put in an order for prototype contact lenses that give users a much wider field of vision. The lenses are designed to be paired with compact heads up display (HUD) units - glasses that allow images to be ... Pentagon eyes augmented reality displays These Contact Lenses Give You Superhuman Vision Contact lens of the future may be here |
 USA TODAY | 'Draw Something': Hottest game since 'Angry Birds' USA TODAY By Marc Saltzman, USA TODAY OMGPOP's Draw Something for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad (and Android) is a mobile game that challenges gamers to draw a particular object on the touch-screen device -- such as overalls, a picnic, coffin, penguin or even Lady ... surprising draw of 'Draw Something' Facebook and Zynga's thumbs in the mobile dike Instagram: A billion bucks of fun |
