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NH Supreme Court Hears Case On Protections For Anonymous Sources Online
fulldecent writes 'The New Hampshire Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in a lawsuit that calls into question the legal protections available to independent Web sites that cover news. The case involves mortgage lender Implode-Explode, a Las

Java Developer - eCommerce
, Retail Java Developer required for leading eCommerce company based in Greater London. The successful Java Developer must have an excellent understanding of the Java language including skills such as JSP, Servlets, EJB and candidates with Spring will be

eCommerce Manager - Retail - Near Stoke - £45k
Oct 2009 Reference 7686098 eCommerce Manager - Online Retail Near Stoke on Trent on the Staffordshire / Cheshire borders. to £45,000 + Benefits An exceptional opportunity has arisen for a Senior eCommerce Manager who has experience of working for an

Lawsuit Accuses Facebook of Conspiring to Break Video-Privacy Law
A Texas woman has filed a lawsuit against Facebook, claiming the company conspired with Blockbuster to violate a federal law protecting customer video-rental and sale records. The suit, filed by Cathryn Harris in U.S. District Court in Dallas, accuses

This week's internet reviews
Consumer angst has turned western civilisation into a morass of grumpy old men moaning about shoddy battery life of iPhones or the annoying omnipresence of accident claims adverts when you just want to watch a daytime quiz show. So sometimes, it's nice

Vint Cerf: 'Google doesn't know who you are'
As Mossberg started to complain about Google using Gmail and other sign-in services to tie more and more search data to real live people, Cerf quickly interrupted. 'We still don't know who you are,' said the Google figurehead. Mossberg begged to differ,

Kaspersky finds malicious weblinks on Twitter with Krab Kraw...
Kaspersky Lab has developed a tool for identifying malicious shortened weblinks in tweets posted on the Twitter microblogging service. More than a quarter of tweets posted on Twitter contain links, many of which are shortened using services like bit.ly

Warhammer Online’s Endless Trial Period
Gamers who want to try out Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning now have as long as they’d like to do so. Mythic has extended the duration of the MMO’s free trial period to “endless.” That means that curious players can futz around with the

Lawsuit Accuses Facebook of Conspiring to Break Video Privacy Law
A Texas woman has filed a lawsuit against Facebook claiming the company conspired with Blockbuster to violate a federal law protecting customer video rental and sale records. The suit, filed by Cathryn Harris in the U.S. District Court in Dallas,

Ridiculous new Peeks inspired by TwitterPeek
The single-purpose TwitterPeek is a crazy device. But hey, now that Peek has gone down this road, why stop there? Here are some ideas for the next generation of Peek handheld devices. NotepadPeek Take notes on the go! Never be without your shopping list

Sesame Street, Droid get Google's love
Bert and Ernie shared space on Google's home page on Friday with an ad for Motorola's Droid, the Verizon Wireless smartphone that went on sale on Friday. (Credit: Screenshot by Ina Fried/CNET News) As the newsroom's biggest Sesame Street fan, I'd be

Gilt Groupe’s Lyne takes on AOL
Gilt Groupe CEO Susan Lyne has joined the board of AOL?soon to be spun off from Time Warner (TWX). Does Lyne love trouble, or what? Five years ago, after Martha Stewart began her five-month prison stint in West Virginia, Lyne stepped up from the Martha

Google Dashboard: Transparent, maybe. Private? Not so much
What does Google know about you and when did they know it? Those are the questions Google claims it's trying to answer with the new Google Dashboard unveiled yesterday .

Cleaning Up the Clutter Online
It’s a new button on your Web browser’s toolbar. With one click, it eliminates EVERYTHING from the Web page you’re reading except the text and photos. No ads, blinking, links, banners, promos or anything else. The text is also changed to a

Who's in charge of Android development: Google or developers?
Google says Android is an open development process, but partners say the company is running the show to ensure Android's commercial viability Onlookers say that Google is in charge of Android development, despite pitching the software as a community

Microsoft Office Battles Google in the Cloud
When Microsoft releases the next version of its productivity suite, Office 2010, it will be into a very different competitive landscape than the one Office 2007 faced in late 2006. Back then Google Apps had limited availability, and hardly anyone had

How low can online scammers go?
There are nasty, demented minds out there writing e-mails purporting to be from U.S. Marines stationed in Afghanistan. Gomez received one that went like this: "When on a routine mission of search and destroy, we stumbled upon a concealed barrel with

CNET News Daily Podcast: Skype, eBay move forward
eBay settles with Skype founders, and will sell its controlling interest in the Internet telephony company.

Internet provider is latest Twitter hack victim
Australian internet provider BigPond has become the latest internet company to be targeted by hackers on Twitter, after one of its accounts was hijacked as part of a phishing scam. The company, a subsidiary of Sydney-based telecommunications giant

Mourners Gather Online in Aftermath of Ft. Hood Rampage
A day of mourning has been declared at Fort Hood, Texas, after a deadly shooting rampage that left 13 people dead and 30 wounded. A picture is now emerging of the alleged gunman, ,who reportedly opened fire inside a crowded medical processing center.

Doctor sentenced for massive online Rx factory
A Virginia doctor has been sentenced to serve a year in prison on charges he wrote as many as 100,000 internet prescriptions over a three-year span. Torrino Jennings of Mechanicsville, Virginia, received the sentence after pleading guilty in July to 11

What Does Google Suggest Suggest About Humanity?
CNETNate writes 'You'll laugh, but mostly you'll cry. Some of the questions Google gets asked to deliver results for is beyond worrying. 'Can you put peroxide in your ear?', 'Why would a pregnancy test be negative?', and 'Why can't I own a Canadian?'

Google trying not to cross 'the creepy line'
Real-time satellite imagery of lunch at the Googleplex would be 'creepy,' according to CEO Eric Schmidt. (Credit: Screenshot by Tom Krazit/CNET) Google is trying not to be creepy. That's according to CEO Eric Schmidt, who told Fox Business Thursday that

MS Office battles growing threat from Google in the cloud
Office 2010 will be released into a far different competitive landscape than Office 2007 faced When Microsoft releases the next version of its productivity suite, Office 2010, it will be into a very different competitive landscape than the one Office

Integrated retweet on its way to Twitter
Retweeting has become such an important part of Twitter use that the social network announced on its blog late Thursday that its rollout of integrated retweeting has finally begun. 'We've just activated a feature called retweet on a very small percentage

Skype founders drop licence threat against eBay
A legal row that threatened the existence of Skype has been settled, with the free net phone service's founders regaining a significant portion of the firm from eBay. Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis will get 14 per cent of Skype and seats on its board

eBay's Skype sale gets green light
eBay has announced today that the sale of its controlling stake in VoIP service Skype will go ahead, following the settlement of litigation over the proposed transaction. The settlement restructures the deal with an investor group led by Silver Lake and

Intuit shuts Quicken Online, turns focus to Mint.com
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Skype deal to go ahead, says eBay
EBay has announced that the way has been cleared for the sale of a majority share in its Skype internet telephony service to the investor group led by Silver Lake. Skype founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis are to be board members. They are allowed

Dating and the facebook
ON A lighter note this sombre morning, David Brooks' recent column on the baleful influence of communications technology on dating elicited a really beautiful response from Ezra Klein, recounting his own IM-enabled dating history, and another excellent