A founder of one of the world's most sophisticated Internet sites for trafficking stolen credit card information has been arrested by French police based on a U.S. criminal indictment, the U.S. Secret Service and Justice Department announced. Vladislav Anatolieviech Horohorin, 27, was seized at the Nice airport en route from the Mediterranean principality of Monaco to Moscow, where he resides, authorities said.
Google defended its Net neutrality proposal that it co-authored with Verizon Communications in a post on its public-policy blog. "On balance, we believe this proposal represents real progress on what has become a very contentious issue, and we think it could help move the network neutrality debate forward constructively," said Richard Whitt, Google's telecommunications and media counsel in Washington, D.C.
The majority of Americans do not favor making affordable high-speed Internet access a government priority, according to a study released by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. Whether it is due to anti-government sentiment, a shifting of priorities in a tough economic environment or the uncertain benefits of the Internet, 53 percent of those surveyed said that expansion should not be attempted by the government or it was not an important priority.
WikiLeaks, having prompted a torrent of criticism for its release of 76,000 secret U.S. military documents last month, now faces growing pressure to withhold or redact the remaining 15,000 classified documents in its possession. U.S. officials say a criminal investigation into the leak of the documents is proceeding, and they warn that an additional release of classified material could expose the leakers to criminal prosecution.
Facebook has released a statement about its stance on the controversial topic of Net neutrality -- and it's not in agreement with Google, which recently announced a proposal with Verizon Communications in which it recommends that Net neutrality not extend beyond the "public Internet" of wireline networks. "Facebook continues to support principles of Net neutrality for both landline and wireless networks," the company's Washington, D.C.-based policy spokesman, Andrew Noyes, said in a statement.
Viacom Inc. said it has plans to appeal a federal court decision in its copyright infringement case against Google Inc.'s YouTube video website. In June, U.S. District Judge Louis Stanton declared that YouTube had not violated copyright laws because the website promptly removed pirated videos when requested by rights holders such as Viacom.
A Los Angeles journalist who was accused of leaking confidential court documents from his lawsuit against YouTube has abandoned his suit and has agreed to pay $20,000 to the video-sharing site. Bob Tur, the chopper-piloting broadcast journalist whose company filed a 2006 lawsuit alleging copyright violations, agreed to drop out of the current suit and not file the same one again later.
Indian demands are giving a new headache to BlackBerry maker Research in Motion after New Delhi threatened a shutdown that could affect one million of the smartphone's 41 million users. India, worried about national security, could ask mobile phone operators to block BlackBerry messaging and e-mail until RIM provides them with access to data transmitted over the handset, a senior government official said.
Google was criticized by Germany data-privacy officials over plans to give property owners a four-week deadline to stop their buildings from showing up on the company’s Street View mapping service. Google, owner of the world’s largest search engine, said it would introduce Street View in the 20 biggest German cities, including Berlin, Bonn and Munich, “"y the end of the year."
European regulators have teamed with the Federal Trade Commission in probing Apple's policies for mobile software developers, The New York Post has learned. According to a source, the European Commission recently joined the FTC probe into whether Apple's business practices harm competition.
Two influential GOP House members called on the FCC to block states from imposing fees on Internet telephony. "Internet services such as [Internet telephony] have been responsible for tremendous growth in the U.S. communications services, software, and equipment industries," Energy and Commerce ranking member Joe Barton, R-Texas, and Rep. Cliff Stearns, R-Fla., the ranking member on the panel's Communications subcommittee, wrote in a letter to the FCC.
Antivirus vendor McAfee has called on security researchers and the security industry at large to go on the offensive against criminals and pursue "a more proactive strategy for fighting cybercrime." "Cybercriminals prosper because they have very little reason to fear the consequences," said Jeff Green, senior VP of McAfee Labs, in a statement.
Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum said he is suing the world's biggest makers of liquid crystal display screens for engaging in a "conspiracy at the highest level" to fix prices. The lawsuit, a civil action to be filed in a California federal court, alleges the defendants "conspired to prevent competition and to increase prices" for TFT-LCD panels, the most common form of LCD panels used in desktop monitors, laptop screens, flat-panel televisions and other electronic devices.
The Saudi government backed away from a threat to shut down the BlackBerry corporate messenger service in the country, citing progress in talks with operators and the maker of the device, Research In Motion, over the ability to monitor encrypted messages for national security reasons. In a statement released through the state-run Saudi news agency, the Communications and Information Telecommunications Commission said it had obtained unspecified commitments from operators and R.I.M. that would aid in the country’s plan to monitor encrypted traffic on BlackBerry smartphones.
South Korean police raided Googles Seoul office, the latest in a series of legal challenges the company is facing because of data collected by its controversial fleet of "Street View" cars. Google has been preparing since late last year to launch its "Street View" service in South Korea, and the data collection was related to the launch, police said.
One alleged leader of a $9 million Eastern European fraud scheme that hacked into the computers of RBS WorldPay in Atlanta, was extradited to the United States and was arraigned. Sergei Tsurikov, 26, of Tallinn, Estonia, was arraigned before U.S. Magistrate Judge E. Clayton Scofield III, on federal charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy to commit computer fraud, computer fraud, and aggravated identity theft.
Google and Verizon introduced a proposal for how Internet service should be regulated -- and were immediately criticized by groups that favor keeping the network as open as possible. According to the proposal, Internet service providers would not be able to block producers of online content or offer them a paid "fast lane."
Craigslist came under fire again when a human rights group took out an ad that detailed the ordeals of two women it described as survivors of Craigslist sex trafficking, and asked the site to shut down its adult services section. In a blog post response, Craigslist co-founder Jim Buckmaster expressed concern about whether or not the perpetrators had been arrested, but said that "criminal misuse of the site is quite rare."
A confidential, seven-page Google Inc. "vision statement" shows the information-age giant in a deep round of soul-searching over a basic question: How far should it go in profiting from its crown jewels -- the vast trove of data it possesses about people's activities?
Political activists in Gulf states where the maker of BlackBerry faces possible bans say its messaging service boosted their ranks, and they are now on the hunt for new ways to evade authorities. "Social concerns" have been overshadowed by security warnings as governments from India to Algeria prod Research In Motion for access to encrypted BlackBerry programs, particularly its free Messenger texting service.
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