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  EPIC sues FTC over Google's planned privacy changes

  The Electronic Privacy Information Center has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, asking a court to force the agency to take action against Google over planned changes in the company's collection of personal data.

  By Grant Gross | 09 February, 2012 09:28

  Tags: U.S. Federal Trade Commission, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, social networking, security, search engines, privacy, legal, Internet-based applications and services, internet, Google, Electronic Privacy Information Center, Civil lawsuits

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  Swedish e-commerce startup's execs linked to NYC sex crime

  Two Swedish nationals with the same names as top executives of e-commerce startup Klarna were arrested on Saturday in New York and charged with criminal sexual abuse.

  By Elizabeth Heichler | 09 February, 2012 08:51

  Tags: legal, Klarna, internet, e-commerce, Criminal

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  US gov't falling behind in social-media race, expert says

  The U.S. government is losing a race in cyberspace -- a social-networking race for the hearts and minds of Internet users, a computer security expert said Wednesday.

  By Grant Gross | 09 February, 2012 08:46

  Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, social media, security, Rand Waltzman, Internet-based applications and services, internet, dell, Best Buy

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  Google to pay users to track their movements online

  Amid widespread concern about its new privacy policies, Google is now facing criticism over an offer to give users Amazon gift certificates if they open their Web movements to the company in a program called Screenwise.

  By Cameron Scott | 09 February, 2012 08:41

  Tags: software, security, search engines, privacy, internet, Google, browsers, applications

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  Salesforce.com shakes up Standard support plan features

  Salesforce.com has made a series of changes to its support services that include the removal of certain features from the Standard tier, but which the company says overall will provide a better experience for customers.

  By Chris Kanaracus | 09 February, 2012 08:37

  Tags: software, services, salesforce.com, it strategy, it management, Internet-based applications and services, internet, George Hu, customer relationship management, cloud computing, CIO role, applications

• Should I protect my tweets?

  When I signed up for a Twitter account in the summer of 2009 I spent some time thinking about whether or not I should protect my tweets. As a novice Twitter user, I had to decide whether the benefits of protecting my tweets outweighed the drawbacks. Looking back, I do not regret my decision to protect my tweets, and I'll tell you why.

  By Phil Shapiro | 23 February, 2011 09:14

  Tags: twitter, social networking, LinkedIn, Internet-based applications and services, internet, Facebook, Consumer Advice

• Stop Facebook from cluttering your inbox

  There's a fine line between awesome and annoying. Take Facebook: Most of the time, it's great, but a few things about the service drive me crazy.

  By Rick Broida | 02 February, 2011 04:02

  Tags: software, social networks, social media, Internet-based applications and services, internet, Facebook, e-mail, applications

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  Gmail Tips: Five great e-mail timesavers

  If you're one of Gmail's 193 million users worldwide, you probably rely on the service -- and its add-ons -- every day. Popular among users for its customization features, Google constantly adds to its arsenal of Labs and brings new features mainstream to simplify processes and save users time.

  By Kristin Burnham | 25 January, 2011 07:36

  Tags: mail, Internet-based applications and services, internet, Google

• How Quora could help your business

  Question-and-answer sites like Yahoo Answers may offer a quick way to ask questions and get answers, but they tend to be plagued by wisecracks, poor spelling, and generally low quality. On the other hand, a new site targeting this niche, Quora, is going to great lengths to keep quality high.

  By Katherine Noyes | 21 January, 2011 12:00

  Tags: Yahoo, Web-based Applications, social networks, productivity, Internet-based applications and services, internet

• How to clean up your online reputation

  If you own a small or medium business, a good reputation--online and offline--is clearly key to your success.

  By Sarah Jacobsson Purewal | 11 January, 2011 13:02

  Tags: social networks, productivity, online security, online privacy, Microsoft, internet

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  In depth: Online backup services keep your data safe

  It's a fact of modern life that archiving data is essential to prevent a data disaster. Still, something like one-third of computers are never backed up, according to 2257 respondents in a recent Backblaze poll carried out by Harris Interactive. The survey came to the dismal conclusion that a scant 7 per cent of users practice safe computing by archiving their systems on a daily (or nightly) basis.

  By Brian Nadel | 07 February, 2012 02:08

  Tags: storagem security, internet

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  10 must-have tools for Cloud power users

  For many of us, the Cloud has changed the way we work and play. Thanks to well-known services like Gmail, Dropbox, Facebook and Instapaper, practically our whole lives - photos, documents, contacts and more - are online. So isn't it time to take control?

  By JR Raphael | 08 December, 2011 03:06

  Tags: internet, Google, cloud computing, apps

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  Guide: How to bulletproof your website

  'Tis the season to begin ramping up online shopping activity, and for retailers that means doing all they can to ensure their websites are up, highly available and able to handle peak capacity. Looming in many IT managers' minds is the cautionary tale of Target, whose website crashed twice after it was inundated by an unprecedented number of online shoppers when the retailer began selling clothing and accessories from high-end Italian fashion company Missoni.

  By Esther Shein | 29 November, 2011 03:32

  Tags: Target, security, it management, Internet-based applications and services, internet, cloud computing

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  Future world: Today, the Internet - tomorrow, the Internet of Things?

  Embedded in the heel of his shoe was an early example of the Internet of Things -- but Andrew Duncan didn't know it at the time.

  By Lamont Wood | 10 November, 2011 02:22

  Tags: Internet of Things, internet, email

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  Are you ready for networking in the cloud?

  The two primary forms of public cloud computing, Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), are both growing dramatically in popularity. Over the last few years, the primary focus of the IaaS providers has been on offering the basic compute and storage resources required to run applications.

  By Jim Metzler | 31 October, 2011 21:48

  Tags: Software as a service, SaaS, internet, cloud computing

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  Why Hackers have Turned to Malicious JavaScript Attacks

  Website attacks have become a serious business proposition. In the past, hackers may have infected websites to gain notoriety or just to prove they could—but today, it’s all about the money. Reaching unsuspecting users through the web is easy and effective. Hackers now use sophisticated techniques—like injecting inline JavaScript—to spread malware through the web. Learn about the threat of malicious JavaScript attacks, and how they work. Understand how cybercriminals make money with these types of attacks and why IT managers should be vigilant.