Google boss warns students against censorship of net and digital ethnic cleansing

Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt and director of Google Ideas Jared Cohen have warned London School of Economics students against censorship on the internet and the dangers that 'digital ethnic cleansing' pose. Sky News quoted Schmidt, as saying that people will omit data if they want to restrict communication and information. He, however, agreed that any piece of information cannot be ...

Details on how News Corp. split will work

News Corp. is planning to split into two companies. One company will operate as a newspaper and book publisher and will retain the News Corp. name. The other will be an entertainment company, called 21st Century Fox.Here's how the split will work:- Newspapers, book publishing and information services such as Dow Jones Newswires will be part of the publishing company. The 20th Century Fox ...

Why Googles Display Ad Business Drew FTC Antitrust Probe

probe of its display-ad business . This comes as little surprise to anyone who has been watching the search advertising giant's quiet but steady rise in the past few years in the business of placing banner and video ads on websites. But it's also no sure thing that this probe will go any further than the last one. According to ...

Xbox One uncertainty earnings drag down GameStop

Xbox 360 games won't work with the Xbox One Neither of those factors are pleasing investors, who had sent shares soaring more than 100 percent over the past 12 months through last Friday. GameStop's shares tumbled 11 percent Friday to $32.10, putting the week's drop at 19 percent. Particularly worrisome is what GameStop's business will look like if it becomes more ...

Bill to slay patent trolls garners broad backing

Patent Abuse Reduction Act (PARA) , a bill introduced by Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) to ward off litigious patent trolls. Though the EFF did cite concerns that the bill doesn't go far enough in protecting consumers, the bill may have enough support from both sides of the aisles to have a shot at becoming law. The proposed legislation is crafted to thwart some of the more common tactics that ...