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Amazon addresses Kindle Fire tablet's Silk privacy concerns

Privacy concerns over the Amazon ( NASDAQ: AMZN ) Silk web browser came swiftly on the heels of its unveiling last month. In case you forgot, the Silk web browser will come with the company's Kindle

Amazon Silk web browser raises privacy concerns

You must have heard about the new lineup of Amazon ( NASDAQ: AMZN ) e-readers by now. At the top end of the new family is the Kindle Fire tablet, which is essentially a heavily modified branch of the

Absolute Software sued for capturing nude chats on stolen laptop

A U.S. District Judge last week ruled against Absolute Software , a company that provides services to track and recover stolen computers, in a case where the company captured sexually explicit images

Why you should keep employees off Google+

Google+, the search engine giant's social network, has signed up about 25 million users in its first month, making its early popularity more impressive than Facebook's or Twitter's. And that's great

Dropbox terms of service tweak triggers privacy scare

In an attempt to clarify its position, popular online storage company Dropbox tweaked its terms of service, privacy policy and security overview this weekend to add a bit of clarity to its current

Facebook's privacy record fails the enterprise test

A wide range of businesses have seized on Facebook as a savvy tool for marketing, recruiting and other purposes, but the social media site's history of ignoring privacy rights does not bode well for

Can you trust your own laptop?

Yet another case of peeping via webcams has surfaced, this time with a 20-year-old computer repair tech arrested on suspicion of installing spyware on an unknown number of Mac laptops. This case is

Facebook fumbles face recognition rollout, apologizes

Facebook has apologized for the new photo-tagging feature that it rolled out globally, admitting it didn't handle the release very well. The feature uses facial recognition technology to

Peeping computer repairman is cautionary tale for outsourcing maintenance

A computer repair tech has been arrested for spying on women undressing and showering, via software he installed on the Mac laptops he repaired. The twist is that 20-year-old Trevor Harwell allegedly

Facebook admits it hired PR firm to launch anti-Google campaign

It has emerged that social networking service Facebook had secretly hired a PR firm to plant negative news stories about Google ( NASDAQ: GOOG ). As reported by The Daily Beast, the anti-Google move