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The Most Important Tech Product Is the Kindle, Not the iPhone The Amazon e-book reader is revolutionizing an industry that hasn't changed since its inception.

The number of Kansans who have died from the 2009 H1N1 virus rose to 17 Friday with the confirmation that the disease caused the death of a 53-year-old south-central Kansas woman.

Google says its Google Dashboard is designed to let users see what data the search giant has saved on users in 20 of its products.

Jessica Powley Hayden 11/06/09 The high-profile prosecution of two Azerbaijani youth activists and bloggers continued on November 6, marking the beginning of the third month of proceedings.

Arguments on the constitutionality of a search of thousands of tax returns at a Greeley tax preparer's office went before the Colorado Supreme Court today.

New offerings provide more detailed access and control over online data collection.

A sweeping new bill that would implement a national standard for data protection and breach notification got a boost of support today from the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Packaged software powerhouse Microsoft on Thursday released a paper outlining privacy concerns businesses should consider prior to leaping into the computing "cloud." Shifting to software being hosted online as services in the Internet "cloud" brings enormous economic potential as well as serious questions about protecting data, according to ...

What does Google know about me? Posted in Applications , 5th November 2009 12:30A GMT Google has launched a Dashboard service that's designed to show how much the search engine giant knows about its users online activities.

Google Inc. will announce a feature tomorrow that will give users more control over their online privacy, according to a consumer advocate who discussed the matter with the company.

Copy of a two-year-old photo taken of Daniel Pham, 27, of San Jose who was shot and killed by San Jose police on May 10, 2009 at his home in San Jose.

Industry self-regulation has failed and existing regulations are out-of-date and in need of revamping.

Main Category: IT / Internet / E-mail Also Included In: Public Health Article Date: 04 Nov 2009 Information Week reports that the Department of Health and Human Services has issued a rule to "beef up penalties for violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accounting Act ." But the rule has generated complaints from a bipartisan group of ...

The Conservative government says 'lawful access' is a necessary tool for police in the Internet age.

The details of your personal life, such as grocery purchases and pizza topping preferences, are collected every day online and by club and discount cards from the gym, department store and supermarket.

THE European Union is drawing up plans for aircraft-style black box recorders to be fitted to all cars to help the police identify who is responsible for crashes.

With the investigation over into San Jose officers' fatal shooting of a mentally disturbed man whose family had summoned their help, a city committee next week will consider releasing records that may clarify what police knew about the man's condition and why he ended up dead.

Ron Deibert Published on Monday, Nov. 02, 2009 6:01PM EST I 'm at the Citizen Lab, an interdisciplinary research facility at the Munk Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued an interim final rule to beef up penalties for violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accounting Act , as several Congressmen criticize the agency for leaving dangerous loopholes in the law.

Jennifer Stoddart, Canada's privacy commissioner, tabled her annual report on private-sector privacy law in Parliament Tuesday.