Facebook has deleted all European facial recognition data, the Irish data protection commissioner and a German data protection regulator confirmed independently Thursday after reviewing parts of the social network's source code. "We ...
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A bug redirected people from third-party websites integrated with Facebook to Facebook.com. for a short period of time, the social networking website said Thursday. The temporary glitch, which affected users on Thursday afternoon, ...
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The second draft of the controversial Communications Data Bill, which aims to allow unparalleled interception of data about UK citizens' online communications and voice calls, is to be released next month. Government publishes draft ...
Web browser provider Opera has reached 300 million users and has announced plans to drop its own Presto rendering engine in favour of WebKit. It means that future updates to Opera's browser will use the same engine as rivals in the space, ...
New software capable of dredging social media websites, mining people's social networks and "predicting their behaviour", has been developed by defence contractor Raytheon. The software, called Rapid Information Overlay Technology (RIOT), ...
Steve Ballmer should be replaced by a CEO from outside of Microsoft in order to bring fresh ideas to the firm's leadership, an ex-senior VP of Microsoft has told Computing. Joachim Kempin, who worked at Microsoft for two decades ...
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Children as young as 11 years old are developing malicious code to steal personal information from online gamers, according to antivirus software provider AVG. The Q4 2012 Community Powered Threat Report reveals some schoolchildren have ...
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Computer security guru Professor Ross Anderson has criticised the European Union's proposed computer security directive which, he says, represents "yet another unfortunate step towards the militarisation of cyberspace". EU security ...
Yahoo has agreed to acquire the development team of mobile app company Propeld, the third mobile start-up it has bought in four months. As first reported by TechCrunch, Propeld's Alike app allows users to discover and recommend nearby ...
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LinkedIn's Q4 earnings comfortably beat analysts' expectations yesterday for a second quarter running, causing shares to rise by almost 10 per cent. Analysts had predicted revenue for Q4 of $279.5m whereas the actual figure came in at ...
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Launching officially in the US in February 2013, Missguided USA is a fresh face in the world of women’s e-tailers that strives to produce the latest fashion trends as they happen, at an unbeatable price point. The Missguided brand ...
Following its latest threat report, security firm AVG has noted a “disturbing” new trend in the world of cybercrime – children with enough programming skills to code and distribute their own malware. The company said it ...
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A research firm on Friday said that more than a third of surveyed consumers who once used personal computers to access content said they had switched to tablets and smartphones. But unlike others, who, noting the same trends, have said it ...
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The mobile industry might be preparing to show off lots of new gadgets at this month’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, but a mergers and acquisitions specialist says the industry should forget about hyping them up and prepare for ...
A cat is set to replace the classic iron token used in Monopoly. Fans from 185 countries voted for the change on Facebook as part of the Monopoly "Save Your Token" campaign, which featured on the cover of ToyNews' February issue. The ...