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Does encryption really shield you from government's prying eyes?

If you're thinking about encrypting email in light of revelations about U.S. government spying, you may be wasting your time.

By Zach Miners | 14 June, 2013 17:19

Tags: Internet-based applications and services, Friendster, social networking, internet, privacy, Facebook, AOL, Yahoo, Google, Microsoft, security, legal, twitter, data protection, social media, search engines
Spy-proof enterprise encryption is possible, but daunting

Data encryption could help enterprises protect their sensitive information against mass surveillance by governments, as well as guard against unauthorized access by ill-intended third parties, but the correct implementation and use of data encryption technologies is not an easy task, according to security experts.

By Lucian Constantin | 13 June, 2013 21:18

Tags: risk management, internet, Appnor MSP, Facebook, AOL, PalTalk, Apple, Yahoo, Google, Microsoft, security, encryption, government, iSEC, data protection, Compliance monitoring, Government use of IT, online safety, PrivateCore, Tripwire, Voltage Security, business management, cloud computing
Facebook, Pandora and Twitter seize mobile ad display market

An IDC study has found sweeping changes in how mobile display advertisements are sold, with Facebook, Pandora and Twitter successfully wresting away control from advertising networks over the last year.

By Jeremy Kirk | 10 April, 2013 04:09

Tags: advertising, Internet-based applications and services, Pandora, social networking, The Weather Channel, twitter, internet, Facebook, AOL, Yahoo, Google, Microsoft
Twitter implements DMARC standard to fight phishing

Twitter has implemented DMARC, a standard for preventing email spoofing, in order to make it harder for attackers to send phishing emails that appear to come from twitter.com addresses.

By Lucian Constantin | 21 February, 2013 20:23

Tags: Internet-based applications and services, antispam, online safety, social networking, internet, Facebook, AOL, Yahoo, Google, Microsoft, security, Mail, scams, twitter, social media
Microsoft accused of infringing old Lycos search patents

Intellectual property company I/P Engine has sued Microsoft for infringing two search patents it acquired from Lycos.

By Loek Essers | 01 February, 2013 14:12

Tags: AOL, Google, Microsoft, intellectual property, patent, legal, Vringo, I/P Engine

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The world according to Michael Arrington

Ah, AOL -- just when it looked like you were about to slip into boring mediocrity, you surprise us yet again with your antics.

By Robert X. Cringely | 15 January, 2011 06:26

Tags: business issues, AOL, personnel
AOL swallows TechCrunch -- but can they keep it down?

What do you get when you mix a tottering giant from the InterWebs' formative years with the new breed of post-first-ask-questions-later news blogs? We're about to find out, now that AOL has swallowed up TechCrunch.

By Robert X. Cringely | 30 September, 2010 09:15

Tags: business issues, techcrunch, AOL

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