Google data capture cleared by watchdog

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Google data capture cleared by watchdog

Ruling that gathering of personal data by StreetView mapping cars did no harm described as 'farcical' by privacy campaigners

The Information Commissioner has ruled that Google is unlikely to have collected "significant amounts of personal data" with its StreetView mapping cars.

The decision was described by privacy campaigners Big Brother Watch as "farcical".

The independent information watchdog has been looking at the data collected by Google to see whether it infringes personal privacy, and...

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YouTube banned by Russian court

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YouTube banned by Russian court

Court in Khabarovsk region orders internet provider Rosnet to block YouTube over ultra-nationalist video

Russia's blogosphere reacted with anger today after a regional court banned YouTube because it carried a single video containing "extremist" content.

The court in Komsomolsk-on-Amur in Khabarovsk region in the Russian far east ordered Rosnet, a local internet provider, to block YouTube as well as three online libraries and a website that archives deleted web pages.

The regional ban was made...

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Can Amazon turn ebooks mainstream?

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Can Amazon turn ebooks mainstream?

Anyone unlucky enough to commute will know that dead tree media still rule the roost, as least on the nation's public transport. But ebook readers, including the odd iPad, are starting to creep in, along with mobiles, games consoles and even DVD players on long journeys.

There's a deep-seated resistance to digital versions of a centuries old traditional of printed books, which have rightly enchanted, educated and enlightened readers since movable type. So what will it take for ebooks to...

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Vietnam cracks down on online games

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Vietnam cracks down on online games

Advertising banned and access to games restricted after cases of robbery and murder

Vietnam has banned the advertisement of online games and restricted access after several cases in which young people have committed murder or robbery to get money to play, an official said today.

The ministry of information and communications' decision to crack down on online games follows a public outcry about their negative influence on youngsters, said a ministry official, Luu Vu Hai.

The ministry has...

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Hydro Thunder Hurricane review

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Hydro Thunder Hurricane review

Xbox Live Arcade; 1200 Microsoft Points; cert 12+; Vector Unit/Microsoft Game Studios

There is a possibility that, one day, developers will run out of arcade classics to update for Xbox Live re-release. Clearly, it's not something we'll have to worry about ourselves, but we may have to break it gently to our grandchildren. For now, though, we can enjoy Hydro Thunder Hurricane, a rollicking remake of the cult Midway speedboat racer, which is utterly unapologetic about its hardcore coin-op...

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