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The latest blast of indignation against Google's much maligned social networking tool, Buzz, has arrived in the form of a lawsuit filed on behalf of Eva Hibnick, a Florida resident, in a San Jose federal court. The complaint alleges privacy violations and seeks class action status. Buzz violated sev...

Just as Skype devotees use the Voice over Internet Protocol service to talk to friends and family anywhere in the world, Verizon Wireless used Skype Tuesday to send a loud message of its own to Apple, AT&T and the rest of the competition: We can play the VoIP game too. Beginning in March, Verizo...

Just a week after the launch of Google Buzz, the Electronic Privacy Information Center on Tuesday filed a complaint with the FTC charging that the new service violates federal consumer protection law. "This is a significant breach of consumers' expectations of privacy," said Marc Rotenberg, the grou...

A newly formed international consortium has claimed it can be the glue that unites a fragmented mobile applications market. However, if the Wholesale Applications Community can't deliver on its promise of an open platform that will let developers write apps for all devices -- save perhaps Apple's iP...

Data management itself has never driven financial institutions to undertake a paradigm shift -- it was the realm of the IT person hidden in the basement. However, in today's climate of mistrust, risk management is an even greater priority, and data management programs are having their time in the su...

Google has opted not to attempt further renegotiations of its Digital Books settlement agreement with the Authors Guild despite objections the DoJ lodged earlier this month. Instead, it is gambling that the judge will see its view of the matter. In a court filing, Google asked Judge Denny Chin to ac...

After enjoying a holiday bounce, the U.S. video game industry came crashing back down to Earth in January with post-Christmas double-digit drops in hardware and software sales, according to the latest figures from industry researchers NPD Group. However, new gaming categories for casual, social medi...

Google plunged further into the social media waters on Thursday by acquiring social search site Aardvark. Though it has not yet been formally announced, officials from both companies have confirmed the acquisition is in progress. The deal reportedly is worth $50 million. Formerly known as "Mechanica...

AT&T has picked Ericsson and Alcatel-Lucent to build its new 4G high-speed wireless network. It is a significant win for the two companies, which are developing a similar network for Verizon, as it solidifies their hold on this particular piece of the wireless infrastructure market. For consumer...

AT&T has picked Ericsson and Alcatel-Lucent to build its new 4G high-speed wireless network. It is a significant win for the two companies, which are developing a similar network for Verizon, as it solidifies their hold on this particular piece of the wireless infrastructure market. For consumer...

AT&T has picked Ericsson and Alcatel-Lucent to build its new 4G high-speed wireless network. It is a significant win for the two companies, which are developing a similar network for Verizon, as it solidifies their hold on this particular piece of the wireless infrastructure market. For consumer...

Two Monday technology stories, both involving China: Call them the yin and yang of that country's attempts to repair its image following Google's recent hacking allegations and the search giant's subsequent threats to end its business dealings in the country. Chinese police are trumpeting their shut...

On January 27, a major speech took place: No, it was not the State of the Union address, but Steve Jobs' announcement of the release of the iPad. The iPad has already started to change the landscape of digital publishing: After a few days of a public battle, Amazon was forced to capitulate to a new ...

Apple's new iPad may look like a thin, fragile piece of hardware, but it's apparently strong enough for publishing houses to use as a powerful wedge against Amazon in their negotiations over e-book pricing. Hachette Group became the latest publisher to announce it was going to move to the "agency" r...

The Department of Justice has advised the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York that "significant" copyright and antitrust issues remain in the proposed amended settlement agreement between Google and the Authors Guild. "The amended settlement agreement suffers from the same core...