Kim Dotcom says he’ll beat ‘political’ piracy case (AP)
AP – In his first interviews since his January arrest in New Zealand, Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom says he will prevail in what he calls a “political” Internet piracy case against him.
iPad trade-in rush as launch of latest version approaches (Digital Trends)
Digital Trends – As the launch of the iPad 3 comes ever closer, it seems those with earlier versions of the device have been unable to resist the lure of Apple’s latest offering, with many carting their current device off to buy-back companies.
China’s top Tibet official orders tighter control of Internet (Reuters)
Reuters – China’s top official in Tibet has urged authorities to tighten their grip on the Internet and mobile phones, state media reported on Thursday, reflecting the government’s fears about unrest ahead of its annual parliamentary session.
Court approves warrantless searches of cell phones (Reuters)
Reuters – Police can search a cell phone for its number without having a warrant, a federal appeals court ruled on Wednesday.
How to erase your web history before Google’s new privacy policy hits (Yahoo! News)
Yahoo! News – You’ve likely heard that Google is instituting a new privacy policy on March 1. Under the policy, Google will create one massive hub of your personal web proclivities, culled from across more than 60 products that it owns. From your…
Q&A: Google to dig deeper into users’ lives (AP)
AP – If you’re amazed — and maybe even a little alarmed — about how much Google seems to know about you, brace yourself. Beginning Thursday, Google will operate under a streamlined privacy policy that enables the Internet’s most powerful c…
Teensy micro-computer goes on sale for $35 (Yahoo! News)
Yahoo! News – Sneaking by just in time to make its delayed end of February launch window, the $35 computing wonder known as the Raspberry Pi is on sale at long last. The teensy machines went up for an eBay pre-sale auction for charity in Janua…
Google’s privacy shift is March 1: Everything you need to know (Digital Trends)
Digital Trends – Google’s new all-encompassing privacy policy goes into effect March 1, meaning the company will start treating information it gathers across dozens of its subsidiary sites — things like GMail, YouTube, Blogger, Shopping, …
Microsoft unveils Windows 8 for consumer testing (AP)
AP – Microsoft on Wednesday let consumers start trying out its upcoming touch-based Windows 8 operating system, which aims to power a new wave of computer tablets and traditional PCs designed to counter Apple’s big gains in the market through its Macs …
Eye-Fi raises $20 million and reaffirms its commitment to mobile (Digital Trends)
Digital Trends – Today wireless SD card maker Eye-Fi announced it has raised $20 million in Series D financing led by Japanese company NTT DOCMOCO to keep growing its business. Eye-Fi has been around for awhile and was the first to bring us Wi-Fi SD ca…
Alibaba shopping search unit targets 20 percent market share (Reuters)
Reuters – Chinese shopping search engine Etao, a unit of Alibaba Group, aims to garner a 15-20 percent share of Chinese market traffic over the next three years, its parent said.
Record Black Friday Sales Could Delay Next Gen Game Consoles (ContributorNetwork)
ContributorNetwork – COMMENTARY | Apparently video game console shoppers are pretty excited for the holiday season, as USA Today has reported all three of the major consoles, the Playstation 3, X Box 360, and Nintendo Wii, experience their best Black F…
ANKARA (Reuters) – Around 9,000 Syrian refugees fled into Turkey in the past 24 hours, the U.N. refugee agency said on Friday, and Turkish state media said 26 defecting Syrian army officers had also arrived. More than 120,000 registered Syrian refugees…
Alarmed that rebel militias could be profiting from a sharp increase in the poaching of elephants and rhinos, the U.S. plans to step up efforts to build a global coalition to combat the illegal wildlife trade, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton …
A security guard at the Swedish prime minister's residence was killed Friday in what appeared to be a self-inflicted shooting, police and Swedish media said. The prime minister was not in the building.
U.S. wholesale businesses increased their stockpiles in September at the fastest pace in nine months and their sales jumped by the largest amount in 18 months. The increases suggest the U.S. economy grew faster over the summer than first estimated.
Rachida Dati built her against-the-odds career by defying convention. So it was in character when — while serving as France's justice minister — she had a daughter and refused to say who the father was.
A gasoline rationing plan that lets motorists fill up every other day went into effect in New York on Friday morning, as utility crews made some progress erasing outages that put thousands of new homes and businesses in the dark in a region still reeli…
Israel's defense minister said Iran has slowed the timetable for enriching enough uranium to build nuclear weapons, implying that Israel would have more time to decide whether to strike Iran's enrichment facilities.
A man who says he is Sherman Hemsley’s brother is expected to reveal the results of a DNA test to a judge in Texas in an effort to prove his claim for a share of the late actor’s estate.
Unnecessary missteps with money can keep people from achieving financial security. Whether it’s over-using credit cards or not properly saving for unexpected expenses, financial experts see many errors that are relatively easy to correct. Here are 10…
PODGORICA (Reuters) – Milo Djukanovic, the leader of Montenegro’s ruling Democratic Party of Socialists, was tasked on Friday with forming a new government to steer the ex-Yugoslav republic through European Union accession talks and to try to overhaul …
Kenneth Branagh, who has played royalty on stage and screen, has been made a real-life knight by Queen Elizabeth II.
Seven members of the secretive Navy SEAL Team 6, including one involved in the mission to get Osama bin Laden, have been punished for disclosing classified information, senior Navy officials said Thursday.