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Google to simplify privacy policy

Google is updating and simplifying its privacy policies to make them more transparent and understandable.

Zero-rate shared networks to speed up broadband access

The search is on to find a way for communications minister Ed Vaizey to save face after he reneged on an election promise to review the business rates regime with respect to optical fibre networks.

Former HP CEO in job talks with Oracle

Former HP chief executive Mark Hurd is in talks with Oracle about an executive job just weeks after the HP forced him to quit.

Gordon Brown joins World Wide Web Foundation board

Gordon Brown is joining Tim Berners-Lee on the board of directors of the World Wide Web Foundation.

Facebook becomes second most targeted phishing site

Facebook has pushed eBay off its second place position in the list of organisations most often attacked by phishers, according to security firm Kaspersky Lab.

US Department of Defense plans insider threat detection system

A US Department of Defense is to develop a system that can identify and stop insiders from stealing information from its networks