Court orders YouTube to give Viacom video logs
NEW YORK (AP) -- Dismissing privacy concerns, a federal judge overseeing a $1 billion copyright-infringement lawsuit against YouTube has ordered the popular online video-sharing service to disclose who watches which video clips and when....
2 teens attacked in town mocked in YouTube videos
DOVER, N.Y. (AP) -- Two teenagers who drove to Oniontown after a series of YouTube videos portrayed the hamlet as a run-down, backwoods dump were pelted with rocks by an angry group of young residents, authorities said....
Internet addressing agency loses its own addresses
NEW YORK (AP) -- This doesn't sound good: The nonprofit agency in charge of the Internet's addresses recently lost track of its own....
Police wnt u to fight crime w/txt msgs
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Police in the 1970s urged citizens to "drop a dime" in a pay phone to report crimes anonymously. Now in an increasing number of cities, tipsters are being invited to use their thumbs - to identify criminals using text messages....
Study says many dial-up users don't want broadband
NEW YORK (AP) -- A new study suggests that attitude rather than availability may be the key reason why more Americans don't have high-speed Internet access....
EU musicians oppose Europe-wide online licensing
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) -- The Bee Gees' Robin Gibb and other European music composers warned Thursday that standardizing music royalties across Europe could hurt musicians and the songs they write....
Adobe to make searching easier on Flash sites
NEW YORK (AP) -- Internet users will now have an easier time finding sites that rely heavily on the popular Flash video format....
Case dropped against parents who put baby on eBay
MEMMINGEN, Germany (AP) -- A baby boy removed from his parents' custody after they offered to sell him on eBay for just a euro - $1.59 - as a joke is back at home, a prosecutor said Thursday....
Report: Microsoft seeks help for another Yahoo bid
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Unable to strike a deal on its own, Microsoft Corp. reportedly is hoping to snap up Yahoo's online search operations with the help of News Corp. and Time Warner Inc....
EU, US near deal on pact on protecting privacy
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) -- Privacy rights vs. terror fights: The EU and the United States are close to agreeing on how to protect personal and private data while still letting law enforcement officials share information to combat organized crime and terrorism....
