Archive for the 'Internet privacy' Category

Palin e-mail: son of Mike Kernell denies hacking Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s email

David Kernell, son of Mike Kernell, a prominent Democratic politician. He denies hacking Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s e-mail
The son of a Democratic politician has been indicted over the hacking of US Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s e-mail account.
At a court in Knoxville, Tennessee, David Kernell, 20, pleaded not guilty to gaining unauthorised access to Mrs [...]

South Koreans played video games and network services highlight US Internet

South Koreans played video games and network services highlight US Internet
South Koreans played video games in Seoul last month. South Korea rose 10 places to ninth in the ranking of network services for the World Economic Forum. The United States was fourth.
Contradicting earlier studies, conventional wisdom and politicians’ rhetoric, European researchers say that the Internet [...]

Internet privacy issues with Phorm and Google: the yin and yang of online privacy

Internet privacy issues with Phorm and Google: the yin and yang of online privacy
It has been a week of regulatory decisions on internet privacy issues.
The UK’s Office of the Information Commissioner has given the go-ahead for Phorm, the targeted advertising company to start trials with BT. While the ICO statement of this is not exactly [...]