Posts Tagged ‘ online ’

Court rejects appeals in student speech cases (AP)

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AP - The U.S. Supreme Court has passed up a set of cases for the online age — whether schools may censor students who are off-campus when they create online attacks against school officials and other students.

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Zappos says customer database hacked (AP)

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AP - Online shoe seller Zappos.com says a hacker may have accessed the personal information of up to 24 million customers.

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Israel vows to hit back after credit cards hacked (Reuters)

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Reuters - Israel said on Saturday the online publication of thousands of its citizens' credit card details by a hacker who says he is based in Saudi Arabia was comparable to terrorism, and promised to hit back.

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Green Monday And Free Shipping Day Help Boost Online Holiday Sales By 15 Percent To $31B

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Green Monday And Free Shipping Day Help Boost Online Holiday Sales By 15 Percent To $31B

As we get closer to the Christmas holidays, online retail spending continues to soar, says data and web analytics company comScore. A total of $6.3 billion was spent online in the past week, bringing the total spending for the holiday season to $30.9 billion. That’s a 15 percent increase versus the same period...

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Ad Targeting — Both Facebook And The European Commission Have Explaining Left To Do

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Ad Targeting — Both Facebook And The European Commission Have Explaining Left To Do

The European Commission is going after web companies over their failures to explain how their ad targeting systems work. But it’s not hitting the bulls-eye, because it’s confusing targeting with data protection, which are not quite the same issue. The commission, for all of its good goals , has some clarifying to do. So...

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