It may have taken almost two decades, but Tun Thura Thet's investment in one of Asia's poorest countries is finally paying off. "I've been waiting here for 17 years to have this moment," he said, sitting at his office in Yangon, Myanmar. ...
Tags: Tech Industry, Myanmar
Even before bombshell disclosures of the U.S. government's massive collection of Internet and cellphone data, many U.S. residents were concerned about privacy violations. In a survey conducted just days before reports surfaced about ...
Tags: NSA Scandal, Privacy Breaches
The U.S. government has lifted sanctions on the export of a variety of consumer communications devices, software and services including mobile phones to Iran ahead of elections in that country. The U.S. Department of the Treasury, in ...
A proposal in Taiwan to enforce copyright laws by blocking access to top piracy sites is facing concerns that the measures could impinge on Internet freedoms on the island. The intellectual property office of Taiwan's Ministry of Economic ...
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In classical antiquity swimming and bathing were done naked. There are Roman murals which show women playing sports and exercising wearing two-piece suits covering the areas around their breasts and hips in a fashion remarkably similar to ...
Washington's biggest problem when it comes to Bitcoin may just be that policymakers on the Hill don't know enough about it, yet. That was the general consensus of a panel of legal experts speaking Saturday at a Silicon Valley conference ...
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GOOGLE has released data showing that requests by governments to censor the internet giant's content have hit new heights, with Brazil and the United States leading the way. Google received 2285 government requests to remove content from ...
The three-year blockade against donations to WikiLeaks may have just been chiseled away, in Iceland, by a ruling handed down by the European country's Supreme Court. The verdict, handed down Wednesday, says that the Visa subcontractor ...
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The U.S. Senate has voted 74-20 to close debate and move to a final vote on a bill allowing states to collect sales tax from out-of-state Internet and catalog retailers. The Senate's Monday vote sets up an expedited vote on the ...
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Chinese internet giant Baidu is also developing its own Google Glass-like device that will allow for hands-free Internet searches. But the company has yet to decide if the device will ever reach the market.? The device, called Baidu Eye, ...
Tags: Baidu Eye, Computer Products, software, Internet search
Saudi Arabia has threatened action against Internet-based communications applications if they do not meet local rules, suggesting that the kingdom is ready for a showdown with some of these providers over local monitoring of their services. ...
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A U.S. judge has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to punish Chinese Internet company Baidu for blocking pro-democracy works on its search engine. One legal expert said the case was more of a publicity stunt than an actual legal challenge to ...
Tags: U.S.Censorship, Baidu, Internet
The Kenyan government has said that it has no intention of censoring what citizens do online or of closing access to social media networks in the country, despite facing challenges of identifying and tracking down people behind online hate ...
Lovers of the soon-to-be-defunct Google Reader have vented anger over the decision to pull the plug on the RSS service and are petitioning to keep it alive. A "Keep Google Reader Running" petition at change.org had racked up more than ...
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Reporters Without Borders named five countries that regularly spy on journalists and dissidents, a practice the group contends is made possible with advanced technology from private companies. The Paris-based group, which is an ...