CNN's Kristie Lu Stout shows you the simple way you can turn off Google's web history.
According to a study done in Germany, social media is harder to resist than sex, cigarettes or alcohol.
Megaupload users have gotten at least a two-week reprieve during which the file-sharing company says it hopes their files and other stored data can be retrieved, not deleted.
Online social networking site Twitter said Thursday it will begin deleting users' tweets in countries that require it -- but it will still keep those deleted tweets visible to the rest of the world.
Facebook wants you to try to hack into its site -- and if you succeed, it will pay you for the details.
A court ruling this week clears up some gray areas in cloud music.
In the post-WikiLeaks era, news organizations and other groups are launching spinoff websites in hopes a catching the next big scoop.
In this excerpt from CNN's documentary "Wikiwars," CNN's Kaj Larsen explores one of the most controversial leaks.
Think about all the data -- photos, videos, text messages, calendar items, apps, call log, voice mail, and e-mail -- on your cell phone right now. If you're arrested, could the police search your cell phone? And would they need a warrant?
With little notice or fanfare, the digital world is fundamentally changing. What was once an anonymous medium where anyone could be anyone -- where, in the words of the famous New Yorker cartoon, nobody knows you're a dog -- is now a tool for soliciting and analyzing our personal data.
New laws governing radio, television and the internet in Venezuela "could be very dangerous," anti-censorship campaigners warned Wednesday, two days after the controversial laws passed.
Privacy advocates are up in arms. They say the Obama administration is seeking to increase the government's surveillance powers. The White House is out to require internet companies to keep trapdoors so the government can read any and all messages.
If you're like most people, you probably carry a tracking device around with you everywhere you go: your cell phone.
This week, Google announced that it had accidentally collected passwords, e-mails and other personal information from random Wi-Fi users while working on its Street View feature.
To help answer some questions about this week's Copyright Office announcement regarding the legality of so-called cell phone jailbreaking, or the modification of the software that comes with iPhones and other handsets that is designed not to be changed, we've compiled the following list of Frequently Asked Questions:
One of the longer-lasting Internet memes in recent years has been the parody trend of the 2004 German film Der Untergang (also known as "Downfall").
You might be surprised to learn who's following you on Twitter, or who your Facebook friends really are.
The government needs a search warrant to bust into your house, search your files, and pull out any incriminating documents. It needs the same warrant for files stored on your computer. So why doesn't the same standard apply when the same information is stored in online servers operated by third parties like Google or Microsoft?
The great and good from the world of social media met Wednesday at Davos and agreed their medium still hasn't reached its full potential, with one speaker joking that the really cool stuff wouldn't happen "until we're dead."
Blog fans in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, saw PittGirl as their masked superhero -- a comedian and local commentator who jibed the mayor without reserve and ranted freely about her hatred of pigeons.
If you've been slandered on the Web, your bad reputation may follow you offline too. Here are some tips for burnishing your online image
A federal appeals court has made it more difficult for employers to snoop legally on e-mails and text messages their workers send from company accounts
Bush's eavesdropping win on Capitol Hill failed to resolve the concerns of nervous phone companies
Phone service provider AT&T announced Thursday a privacy policy overhaul that removes a key reference from its previous policy, which had said the company "does not access, read, upload or store data contained in or derived from private files without the members' authorization..."
The judge hearing a case challenging the Bush administration's warrantless wiretapping program said Wednesday that the plaintiffs may keep documents AT&T says contain proprietary information for use in preparing their case, but the documents must remain under seal.
If you want to go into hiding, get rid of your color printer.
Add blogging to the list of extracurricular activities in need of some protection.
Should technology companies be held liable when consumers use their products to violate copyrights? No, the Supreme Court said in 1984, when it ruled that the Sony Betamax videocassette recorder ha...
A California judge ruled that a Web site's Internet service provider must reveal the identities of sources that fed the site confidential information about Apple Computer, court documents showed Friday.
Humans have always recognized one another through physical traits: seeing a loved one walk through the door, hearing your boss's voice on the phone, finding the right tribal campfire.
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It's only April, but I think I can start writing the headlines for some of my end-of-2004 stories.
Look at your company's budget: Add up all you spend for accounting, advertising, brochures, catalogues, communications, computers, conventions, faxing, newsletters, networks, overheads, research, s...
The hoi polloi can now schmooze with a few of the high and mighty, thanks to E-Mail Addresses of the Rich and Famous (Addison-Wesley, $7.95), a new paperback by book packager Seth Godin. Godin crea...
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