IDG News Service - After being accused of a lack of transparency by an independent watchdog, the European Privacy Association (EPA) has confirmed that Google, Microsoft and Yahoo are backers. The Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO), which works to expose privileged access in E.U. policy making, said in a complaint Thursday that the European Privacy Association is working to represent industry ...

The Data Protection Commissioner revealed a second high-profile personality had their file accessed 50 times on the Pulse system, with the details of another three personalities and a GAA star also checked for non-official police business.Billy Hawkes said the celebrities - who were recorded as witnesses or victims of crimes on the logs - were not told about the data breaches as the records were ...

. What identity do you want your firm to have? What do you want people to think of when they hear the name of your firm? Once you've identified your firm's desired positioning, the next step is to plan the branding strategy that will make it a reality. The first step in creating your branding strategy is to define a look and feel that supports and promotes your firm's desired ...

Dan Pfeiffer launched a vigorous defense of the administration in a round of appearances on the Sunday talk shows, reiterating that President Obama knew nothing about the misdeeds within the ...

ATHENS | Mon May 20, 2013 10:36am EDT ATHENS May 20 (Reuters) - Greece's second-largest lender Piraeus Bank on Monday reported sharply higher profit in the first quarter after booking an accounting gain for its acquisition of the Greek units of Cypriot banks. The bank reported a net profit of 3.62 billion euros ($4.65 billion) compared to earnings of 46 million euros in the same ...

Three workers at Foxconn factories in China have fallen to their deaths in recent weeks and police are investigating, according to the company. On April 27 and May 14, two workers employed at the Foxconn factory in Zhengzhou, China, separately fell to their deaths, according to the Taiwanese manufacturing giant. On May 11, another worker from Foxconn's Chongqing facility was also found ...

IDG News Service - Bob Metcalfe, Dave Boggs and the rest of the scientists at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center in 1973 were a lot like young developers at a Silicon Valley startup today. "Beards, Birkenstocks, blue jeans, T-shirts," Metcalfe said earlier this month, recalling how he and his colleagues looked and dressed when they went to work at the cluster of modern, low-slung ...

Yahoo has confirmed widespread reports that it will acquire the popular blogging service Tumblr, and also promised not to "screw it up." The deal is worth about US$1.1 billion, nearly all in cash."Per the agreement and our promise not to screw it up, Tumblr will be independently operated as a separate business," Yahoo said in a statement on Monday. Tumblr CEO and founder David ...

Bringing wireless indoors, which was once just a matter of antennas carrying a few cellular bands so people could get phone calls, has grown far more complex and demanding in the age of Wi-Fi, multiple radio bands and more powerful antennas.DAS (distributed antenna systems) using coaxial cable have been the main solution to the problem, but they now face some limitations. To address them, Corning ...

Yahoo will acquire blogging site Tumblr for approximately $1.1 billion, the companies confirmed Monday. Tumblr will be independently operated as a separate business, with David Karp remaining CEO. The service will continue to be developed separately "with the same Tumblr irreverence, wit, and commitment to empower creators," according to the announcement from the companies. The deal ...