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Reuters and the Reuters sphere logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of the Reuters group of companies around the world. © Reuters 2013 PARIS (Reuters) - France's data protection watchdog ordered Google on Thursday to change its privacy policy or face fines, leading a Europe-wide push to get the Internet giant to clarify its intentions and methods for collecting user data. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/20/us-google-privacy-idUSBRE95J07W20130620?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews&rpc=930 http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/20/us-google-privacy-idUSBRE95J07W20130620?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews&rpc=930 technologyNews Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:40:58 -0400 STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A co-founder of file-sharing website Pirate Bay was sentenced to two years in prison on Thursday after being found guilty of hacking into computers at a company that manages data for the Swedish tax authority, the court said. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/20/us-sweden-piratebay-idUSBRE95J09120130620?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews&rpc=930 http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/20/us-sweden-piratebay-idUSBRE95J09120130620?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews&rpc=930 technologyNews Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:14:44 -0400 SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A year after Facebook Inc's fumbled IPO, Wall Street remains slow to recognize what Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg argues has been an across-the-board improvement in its business. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/20/us-summit-sandberg-idUSBRE95J03820130620?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews&rpc=930 http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/20/us-summit-sandberg-idUSBRE95J03820130620?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews&rpc=930 technologyNews Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:20:42 -0400 NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India has launched a wide-ranging surveillance program that will give its security agencies and even income tax officials the ability to tap directly into e-mails and phone calls without oversight by courts or parliament, several sources said. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/20/us-india-surveillance-idUSBRE95J05G20130620?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews&rpc=930 http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/20/us-india-surveillance-idUSBRE95J05G20130620?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews&rpc=930 technologyNews Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:46:17 -0400 WELLINGTON (Reuters) - The founder of the outlawed Megaupload file-sharing site denounced on Thursday "the largest data massacre in the history of the internet", after a European firm wiped out private photos, videos and documents stored on servers used by the site. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/20/net-us-newzealand-megaupload-idUSBRE95J04L20130620?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews&rpc=930 http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/20/net-us-newzealand-megaupload-idUSBRE95J04L20130620?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews&rpc=930 technologyNews Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:20:40 -0400 SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc on Wednesday downplayed concerns that its plans to recycle inactive user IDs could leave users exposed to hackers, saying only 7 percent of those IDs are tied to actual Yahoo email accounts. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/20/us-yahoo-email-idUSBRE95J01B20130620?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews&rpc=930 http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/20/us-yahoo-email-idUSBRE95J01B20130620?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews&rpc=930 technologyNews Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:49:00 -0400 TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp CEO Kazuo Hirai said on Thursday that the electronics firm's board will consider hedge fund Third Point's suggestion to spin-off the electronics company's profitable entertainment arm. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/20/us-sony-third-point-idUSBRE95J02K20130620?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews&rpc=930 http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/20/us-sony-third-point-idUSBRE95J02K20130620?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews&rpc=930 technologyNews Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:32:41 -0400 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sprint Nextel Corp should consider raising its offer price for Clearwire Corp or risk being saddled with a contentious relationship with Dish Network Corp, controlled by feisty billionaire Charlie Ergen. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/19/us-clearwire-sprint-dish-idUSBRE95I1Q220130619?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews&rpc=930 http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/19/us-clearwire-sprint-dish-idUSBRE95I1Q220130619?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews&rpc=930 technologyNews Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:17:03 -0400 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Carl Icahn reiterated his interest in owning Dell Inc and said the $5.2 billion in financing he's putting together to back his bid for the company continues to move forward as planned. The comments came in a telephone interview Tuesday, echoing statements he made earlier in the day in an open letter to Dell shareholders. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/19/us-icahn-dell-idUSBRE95I1H220130619?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews&rpc=930 http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/19/us-icahn-dell-idUSBRE95I1H220130619?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews&rpc=930 technologyNews Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:08:03 -0400 SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp recently talked with Nokia about buying the Finnish phone maker's devices unit, but the discussions faltered and are not likely to be revived, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday in its online edition. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/19/us-nokia-microsoft-idUSBRE95I1MB20130619?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews&rpc=930 http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/19/us-nokia-microsoft-idUSBRE95I1MB20130619?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews&rpc=930 technologyNews Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:27:50 -0400