Date: 21/01/12 SOPA Is Dead: Smith Pulls Bill
Lamar Smith, the chief sponsor of SOPA, said on Friday that he is pulling the bill “until there is wider agreement on a solution.” “I have heard from the critics and I take seriously their concerns regarding proposed legislation to address the problem of online piracy,” Smith (R-Texas) said. “It is clear that we need to revisit the approach on
Date: 19/01/12 Exclusive: EU moves early on Google antitrust probe
European regulators will decide around the end of March whether to file a formal complaint against Google for misuse of its market position, potentially bringing the internet company's squabble with competitors to a head much sooner than expected. "I will receive comments from the case team towards
Date: 19/01/12 EBay cautious in short run as Europe weighs
EBay Inc gave a conservative quarterly sales forecast despite unveiling better-than-expected results, warning that a weak European economy may take the gloss off rip-roaring growth in online commerce. But CEO John Donahoe -- who is overseeing a turnaround in its core "marketplaces"
Date: 19/01/12 Lawmakers flip on piracy bills protested on Web
Some members of the Congress switched sides to oppose antipiracy legislation as protests blanketed the Internet on Wednesday, turning Wikipedia dark and putting black slashes on Google and other sites as if they had been censored.
Date: 18/01/12 China's Internet population hits 513 million
The number of Internet users in China rose last year by nearly 56 million to more than half a billion, nearly half of whom used weibos, or microblogs, according to official figures released Monday. China's online population--the world's largest--hit 513 million in 2011,
Date: 18/01/12 YouTube tops US video users in December
Led by YouTube, Google Inc.'s websites maintained their stranglehold on the top spot in U.S. online video users last month, according to data issued Tuesday by comScore Inc. Google sites generated 157.2 million unique viewers in December,
Date: 18/01/12 Baidu's new Shenzhen office to open in 2015
Baidu Inc. has broken ground at the site of a new office at the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, the search engine operator said Monday. The building will accommodate 10,000 employees and should open in 2015. It will be Baidu's operations center for southern China and also its headquarters for international operations,
Date: 18/01/12 Wikipedia blackout against anti-piracy laws
Wikipedia has confirmed that it will perform a 24-hour blackout of its English-language site from 05:00 GMT on 18 January to protest against proposed controversial U.S. anti-piracy laws. The online encyclopaedia joins a number of high-profile Internet companies protesting against the
Date: 18/01/12 High speed internet networks were created in several villages of Guba
Works are being implemented in Guba to provide all villages of this region with the high speed internet. The head of Guba telecommunication hub Nazim Aliyev told “İCTnews” that in result of the measures taken in this direction within the Development Conseption,
Date: 18/01/12 Azerbaijan accounts more than 600,000 Facebook users in 2011
According to information of Internet World Stats, the number of Facebook users in Azerbaijan reached 600,040 people as of 1 January 2012. Internet World Stats informs that the number of internet users in the country made 3,689,000.
Date: 17/01/12 Internet giants threaten
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales and Website entrepreneur Ben Huh have declared their support for a coordinated protest against controversial U.S. anti-piracy legislation. Their announcements follow a similar one made by user-driven news Website Reddit,
Date: 17/01/12 India court summons top Internet execs over
India's communications ministry Friday sanctioned prosecution of Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Yahoo Inc. and Facebook as well as 17 other companies over a complaint that their websites carry "unacceptable" content which could incite communal violence. The clearance paved the way for an Indian court,
Date: 17/01/12 EC plan seeks to build trust in a single EU digital market
The European Commission has released an action plan to help build trust in a digital single market and encourage economic growth within the e-commerce sector. The plan argues that the internet economy has contributed to a 21 per cent growth in GDP within the G8
Date: 17/01/12 Microblogging use in China quadruples in 2011: report
Use of microblogging in China quadrupled in 2011 compared with the previous year, with nearly half of all Chinese Internet users now taking to the near-instant service to gather news and spread views, a government Internet think tank said Monday.
Date: 17/01/12 Hulu challenges cable with first original drama
Hulu, the popular online video service, has taken another step to becoming a full-fledged alternative to cable television by commissioning its first scripted original TV show to go live next month. The new political documentary-style drama "Battleground" is set in Wisconsin and executive-produced
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