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A proposed cyber-security bill is stoking fears over the creation of a presidential "Internet kill switch." The Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee unanimously approved the Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act of 2010 (S. 3480), which now moves to the Senate floor for a...

Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg has announced changes designed to stem the barrage of bad publicity the site has been hit with recently. The huge social networking site has been under fire on a number of fronts concerning privacy issues and is trying to head off a drop in the number of users. It...

A venture between Nokia Corp. (NOK) and Siemens AG (SI) mentions in its Code of Conduct that it will respect the rights laid down by the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The statement did not seem to apply to its business in Iran. According to the Wall Street Journal, the...

The entertainment industry seems ready to admit defeat in its attempt to bludgeon the music and video-consuming public into giving up their file sharing habits. Despite thousands of lawsuits against students who download "free" content via sites such as Pirate Bay, the industry is still carping...