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Campaigners are stepping up efforts to curb online tracking of Internet use by firms that deliver adverts tailored to the specific interests of consumers, as polls reveal widespread unease with the practice. Photo:Anoek de Groot/AFP
Advertisers face resistance to on-line tracking November 08, 2009. AFP Companies now have unprecedented power to create detailed profiles of their customers
  • Google on Thursday opened a window for users to see what records the Internet giant keeps regarding their activities at YouTube, Gmail, Reader and other accounts. Photo:Stephen Brashear/AFP Google on Thursday opened a...
  • Employees from Japanese computer giant NEC display the automatic translation system 'Tele Scouter' at the company's high-tech exhibition in Tokyo on November 5. The firm says the device will allow users to communicate with people of different languages by using an imaging device to project almost real-time translations directly onto the user's retina. Photo:Yoshikazu Tsuno/AFP Employees from Japanese com...
  • Teenagers assemble at an internet addiction treatment centre close to Beijing, all placed there involuntarily by their family. The country has issued rules banning the beating and confinement of youths being treated for web addiction after revelations of abuse at rehabilitation clinics, including the death of one teenager. Photo:/AFP Teenagers assemble at an in...
  • A man surfs the web at an internet cafe. Contrary to popular belief, technology is not leading to social isolation and Americans who use the Internet and mobile phones have larger and more diverse social networks, according to a new study. Photo:Denis Sinyakov/AFP A man surfs the web at an i...
  • Microsoft is rolling out a revamped MSN home page that incorporates its new Bing search engine and easy access to trendy online services Twitter and Facebook. Photo:/AFP Microsoft is rolling out a ...
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  • "Modern Warfare 2" strikes on Tuesday
    "Modern Warfare 2" strikes on Tuesday AFP - Sat Nov 7, 11:09 PM

    SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - "Modern Warfare 2" strikes on Tuesday in a worldwide assault eagerly anticipated by lovers of the blockbuster role-playing battle videogame franchise.

  • NYC case spotlights Dead Sea Scrolls scholar debate, whether Internet hoaxes are crimes The Canadian Press - Sat Nov 7, 9:53 PM

    NEW YORK - Students and university officials started getting emails last year in which a prominent Judaic studies scholar seemed to make a startling confession: He had committed plagiarism.

  • Bluebeat to battle EMI over Beatles songs
    Bluebeat to battle EMI over Beatles songs AFP - Fri Nov 6, 11:06 PM

    SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - US online music service Bluebeat said it plans to fight British recording label EMI over rights to stream and sell versions of Beatles songs.

  • Microsoft websites top spots in September: comScore
    Microsoft websites top spots in September: comScore AFP - Fri Nov 6, 6:26 PM

    SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Industry tracker comScore on Friday released a study showing that Internet users in September spent more time at Microsoft websites that at any other online properties.

In Pictures: Apple

Posters promote Apple iPhones at a store in Beijing. The official launch of the high-tech handset in China has been disappointing at best for mobile operator China Unicom, with the grey market still booming and competitors offering worthy alternatives, experts say. Photo:Liu Jin/AFP
A Chinese vendor offers a 'high imitation' iPhone at a shop in Beijing. Telecom firm Unicom unveiled Apple's iconic handset in the Chinese capital on October 30, but the few hundred people who braved the cold wind and rain to snap up the handset paled in comparison to hordes seen in New York in 2007 or Tokyo and Hong Kong last year. Photo:Wang Zhao/AFP
Apple iPhones on sale in Beijing. China Mobile's 3G standard is not compatible with iPhone, but owners of smuggled handsets can still use them with China Mobile SIM cards on the carrier's 2G network - another hurdle for telecom operator Unicom needs to overcome. Photo:Liu Jin/AFP
  • A salesman sits behind a display showing real Apple iPhones in a counter in Beijing
  • In this photo taken Friday, Oct. 16, 2009, a man walks past an advertisement board featuring fake iPods at the Canton Fair in Guangzhou, south China's
  • The Mona Lisa is coming to iPhone and iPod users
  • Apple announced that developers have crammed the virtual shelves of its App Store with more than 100,000 mini-programs
  • Customers take a close look at the Apple iPhone at the apple store in Beijing. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Ng Han Guan)

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