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    Google CEO Eric Schmidt revealed yesterday that the US government has made "requests" for the search giant to share information about its users -- and that Google would comply if the requests were legal.

  • Yang speaks on Yahoo's China policy

    Yahoo executives feel "horrible" about political arrests of Internet users in China but believe it's better to operate in that market and cooperate with authorities than not be there at all, Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang said on Wednesday.

  • Privacy issues with Google library search

    A contract between Google and the University of Michigan released publicly on Friday contains no provisions for protecting the privacy of people who will eventually be able to search the school's vast library collection over the Internet.

  • Is Google the future of e-mail?

    Google is hoping to convince us to use its forthcoming Gmail service for our lifetime e-mail needs.

  • Court draws a line for online privacy

    In a ruling that marks a victory for privacy proponents, a federal appeals panel is allowing a group of Web surfers to sue a company that gathered certain data about them without their consent.

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    US vice presidential candidate Joe Biden has a mixed record on technology, spending most of his Senate career allied with the FBI and copyright holders. His anti-privacy legislation was actually responsible for the creation of PGP.

  • What hackers can teach you about security

    He's probably the most infamous hacker of all time. Which is why we should listen when Kevin Mitnick says that traditional network security tools aren't enough to keep our information safe.

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