New Zealand officials clear Google of Street View crime - September 3, 2010
New Zealand officials have cleared internet search services provider Google of any criminal charges, after it collected data from wireless networks for its 'Street View' mapping service. Earlier in June, the New Zealand Privacy Commissioner called in the police after Google admitted that its cars taking… Read More
Hauser paper on cognitive skills had fabricated data, says ‘Cognition’ editor - August 30, 2010
Harvard University cognitive scientist Marc Hauser may have fabricated data in a 2002 publication, according to Gerry Altmann, editor of the journal Cognition. Altmann posted a statement on his blog saying that his review of information provided to him by Harvard had convinced him that fabrication was the most plausible… Read More
Spain sues Google for illegal data collection - August 18, 2010
A judge in Spain has reportedly opened an investigation into whether internet search services provider Google illegally collected data from unsecured wireless networks while gathering photographs for Google's photo-mapping service Street View. According to a New York Times report, a representative from Google has been ordered… Read More
Germany may introduce legislation to limit Google’s street mapping service - August 13, 2010
Germany may reportedly introduce legislation to limit the activity of internet search services provider Google Inc.'s street mapping service. The Street View service offers detailed pictures of neighborhoods captured by Google cameras. Earlier this week, Google had announced plans to introduce the service in 20 of… Read More
Google to launch Street View service in 20 German cities by year-end - August 11, 2010
Internet search services provider Google, Inc., US, plans to launch its Street View mapping service for 20 German cities by 2010-end, media reports have quoted the company as saying. German officials have reportedly flayed Street View, which offers detailed pictures of neighborhoods captured by Google cameras.… Read More
SkyRiver and Innovative Interfaces’ lawsuit without merit, says OCLC - August 6, 2010
Global library cooperative Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (OCLC), US, has released a statement on a lawsuit filed by cataloging services provider SkyRiver Technology Solutions, US. Larry Alford, Chair, OCLC Board of Trustees, and Jay Jordan, OCLC President and CEO, released the statement which says the… Read More
Google cleared of privacy breach in the UK - August 2, 2010
The UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has cleared internet search services provider Google Inc. of collecting 'meaningful personal details' during the company's Street View wireless data breach, earlier this year. The ICO recently visited Google's premises to assess samples of the 'pay-load' data it inadvertently collected.… Read More
Censorship not obstacle to its Middle East growth, says Google - July 29, 2010
Internet search services provider Google Inc. has reportedly said that it is not hindered in the Middle East by government-backed censorship as it seeks to ride growing opportunities in the region. According to a Bloomberg report, Google is seeking to expand in the Middle East, where… Read More
Review of US Digital Millennium Copyright Act brings new exemptions - July 28, 2010
The United States Copyright Office reportedly completed its statutorily required review of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) recently. Three major exemptions included in the ruling were a renewal on the exemption for cell-phone unlocking, a new exemption for the jail-breaking of smart phones technology, and… Read More
US lawmakers probe Internet firms over privacy protection policies - July 28, 2010
Close on the heels of various online privacy issues, members of a US Senate committee have reportedly grilled Google, Facebook, Apple and AT&T, seeking assurance to protect user information in the future. During a hearing held by the Senate Commerce Committee, the Senators questioned the need… Read More
