World news about “Internet” published by euronews.
Reporter’s afterthoughtHow many of us really take the time to check what our privacy settings are when we log on to the vast number of websites battling for our attention? I suspect… 08/02/2012
Bonus ITV: Paul Nemitz, European Commission The unedited full-length ITV between euronews reporter Seamus Kearney and the European Commission’s Fundamental Rights Director, Paul Nemitz, on the proposed… 08/02/2012
Bonus ITV: Richard Allan, Facebook’s Director of Policy The unedited full-length ITV between euronews reporter Seamus Kearney and Facebook’s Director of Policy, Richard Allan via Skype. He responds to complaints… 08/02/2012
Internet users plan protests against anti-piracy accord Opposition is building to controversial measures to combat internet piracy ahead of planned demonstrations across Europe at the weekend. Campaigners who… 08/02/2012
Our private lives on the web Protecting our personal data has never been more important, amid the growing threat of cybercrime and identity theft. Many feel we have lost control over… 08/02/2012
Anti-Acta sentiment in Slovenia, Greece and Poland Protesters gathered in the Slovenian capital on Saturday to demonstrate against an international treaty meant to protect intellectual property on the… 05/02/2012
Poland suspends ratification of treaty In Poland, Prime Minister Donald Tusk has announced that he will freeze the ratification of a multilateral agreement known as ACTA. The premier said there… 03/02/2012
Poland suspends ratification of treaty Poland has suspended the ratification of an international copyright treaty. Prime Minister, Donald Tusk said there would have to be broader discussion after… 03/02/2012
Annual pillow fight in Prague Hundreds of residents of Prague gathered at Old Town Square for a giant pillow fight (filmed by Michael Fowler). 03/02/2012
Facebook to sell shares, but Zuckerberg stay in control As Facebook’s boss Mark Zuckerberg unveiled plans for the biggest ever initial public offering of shares by an internet company he also made it clear he will… 02/02/2012
Facebook files for market flotation Facebook, the world’s largest internet social networking site has taken its first formal steps towards being launched on the stock market. The brainchild of… 02/02/2012
Facebook ‘light my fire’ Palo Alto, California, has been Facebook’s home base since June 2004. It was conceived on the other side of the country, at Harvard University, originally… 31/01/2012
Twitter users stop tweeting to protest ‘censorship’ Twitter users are being urged to go on strike today in response to the company’s decision to block or remove tweets in specific countries. Previously posts… 28/01/2012
Poland braced for more Internet freedom protests Internet freedom activists in Poland are set to hold more demonstrations later today. They are angry about their government signing an international treaty… 27/01/2012
Living independently thanks to a computer 2012 is the European Year for Active Ageing and researchers are using the latest technologies to improve the quality of life for people suffering from… 26/01/2012
EU gets tough on internet data protection The EU has unveiled tough new rules on protecting internet users personal data that have far-reaching implications for web giants such as Google and Facebook… 25/01/2012
Dotcom denied bail as US pushes for extradition Megaupload founder, Kim Dotcom, has been refused bail by a court in New Zealand. The German national, Kim Schmitz, has been accused of Internet piracy and… 25/01/2012
Protesters in Poland angry about ACTA Polish people have showed they disagree with their country’s plan to sign an international treaty on copyright by holding a demonstration outside EU offices… 25/01/2012
E-business defies financial gloom The European Commission has said it wants to support e-commerce and online businesses more. Latest studies show the Internet creates 2.6 jobs for every one… 24/01/2012
Healthier ageing is just a click away Three people reflect on how computer technology is helping them to cope with disease due to ageing. “I was working and felt completely exhausted. I just… 24/01/2012
Megaupload shockwaves resound The founder of file-sharing website Megaupload remains in custody in New Zealand, although the German-born former hacker known as Kim Dotcom denies charges of… 23/01/2012
Hackers hit Polish state websites in anti-ACTA protest Hackers known as the ‘Polish Underground’ have launched a series of attacks on government websites in protest against Poland’s decision to sign up to the… 23/01/2012
Dotcom behind bars in Internet piracy case The man known as Kim Dotcom, the founder of the file-sharing website Megaupload, remains in custody in New Zealand. The 38-year-old was arrested along with… 23/01/2012
Megaupload hackers lash back One side calls it stealing – users call it sharing. Content-sharing website Megaupload.com is not fighting its battles alone. Within minutes of its shutdown… 20/01/2012
Hackers strike after US internet piracy clampdown Hackers from ‘Anonymous’ – the self-styled internet freedom fighters – have attacked several media, government, and music and film industry websites. The… 20/01/2012
US shuts website amid copyright infringement claims US authorities have shut down the major file-sharing website Megaupload and its founders have been arrested, accused of copyright infringement. The site… 20/01/2012
SOPA protesters get their point across to CongressThe online and on-street protesters against proposed anti-piracy laws SOPA and PIPA appear to have achieved some of their objectives, even if they are warning… 19/01/2012
Street support for online web strikes Hundreds of people have taken to the streets of New York in a show of support against US anti-piracy legislation. Congress is considering a bill that would… 19/01/2012
US web firms protest anti-piracy bill US Internet firms protested on Wednesday against an anti-piracy bill they say will encourage web censorship. Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, has shut… 18/01/2012
Wikipedia to disappear for a day in protestWikipedia, one of the world’s busiest websites, will black out its English language version for 24 hours on Wednesday in protest at controversial legislation… 17/01/2012
Closing divisions Closing the digital divide has become a major challenge in today’s internet world, especially as modern technology breaks down barriers of age and distance… 13/01/2012
Putin campaign website attracts calls for resignation The most popular comments on Vladimir Putin’s presidential campaign website are ones calling for him to quit politics. Just three hours after launching… 12/01/2012
Tablets at CES The annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is, say the organisers, gadget heaven. They expect around 150,000 people to visit the show for a first look… 12/01/2012
Dotcom dilemma for world bodies International internet regulators are trying to reassure world bodies such as the UN and the IMF about an expansion of website address names that they say… 11/01/2012
Facebook seeking billions by going public Facebook is reportedly gearing up to go public with its stock. A source close to the world’s largest internet social network said it could make a public stock… 29/11/2011
Nokia gets ready for Christmas Phone giant Nokia has launched two new smartphones aiming to hit key European markets by the Christmas holiday season. The Microsoft windows phones are… 26/10/2011
Internet data: travelling light These two laptops are transferring data to each other at a speed of 10 megabits per second – using just light. Scientists in Germany and elsewhere are… 20/10/2011
EU’s Barroso unveils 50 billion euro growth plan The European Commission on Wednesday unveiled plans to spend 50 billion euros on improving Europe’s transport, energy and internet networks. Commission… 19/10/2011
Techies pay tribute to JobsThe death of Steve Jobs has provoked a deluge of tributes. World leaders have made specially dedicated announcements, the media have made his death headline… 06/10/2011
Amazon enters the tablet fray Online retailer Amazon is taking on Apple in the computer tablet market with the introduction of the Kindle Fire. On the old Kindle you could just download… 29/09/2011
Reding faces the public’s questions in I talk Welcome to I talk from the European Parliament in Brussels, your chance to put your questions to our continent’s leading decision makers. Our guest today is… 12/09/2011
Yahoo’s Bartz fired by phone Yahoo’s shares shot up after the struggling internet company fired its chief executive Carol Bartz. In a message to Yahoo employees Bartz said Chairman Roy… 07/09/2011
Empowering e-consumers This week in U Talk, Luc from Brussels posts the question on our website: “What are my rights when I buy something on the Internet?” Following two and a… 02/09/2011
Google to buy Motorola Mobility for 12.5 bln dollars Google agreed on Monday to a deal to buy mobile handset maker Motorola Mobility for 12.5 billion dollars (8.6 billion euros). It will the biggest… 16/08/2011
Google to buy Motorola Mobility The world’s biggest search engine Google is to buy US mobile phone maker Motorola Mobility for just over 8.5 billion euros. Analysts say that far more… 15/08/2011
India and Turkey offset weak Europe for Vodafone Vodafone latest figures show a slowing of sales growth, but it was able to reassure nervous investors with its activity in faster-growing markets such as… 22/07/2011
Radar online set to enhance safety in the air The Atlantic Ocean begins on the beaches of Scotland. Every day hundreds of planes crisscross the sky linking Europe and America. It is mainly above the… 19/07/2011
Nortel’s patents sold to group including Apple, RIM Apple and Research In Motion are part of a winning consortium of six companies buying bankrupt Nortel Networks’ remaining portfolio of 6,000 patents and… 01/07/2011
Google sued by French competitor French search engine company 1PlusV is suing Google for 295 million euros in lost profits. It accuses Google of using its market dominance to block the… 28/06/2011
EU boosts online consumer rights It’s a familiar story for many people. They make a purchase online, only to find out later that they have ended up with something they didn’t really want… 23/06/2011
Distance learning – a long way to get an education For young people in remote or isolated communities getting an education can be a major challenge. In times past some would simply have missed out on… 21/06/2011
ING selling US online bank to Capital One US bank Capital One is to buy Dutch firm ING’s online banking operations in the United States for the equivalent of 6.3 billion euros in cash and stock. The… 17/06/2011
Belgium’s political crisis inspires TV satire The failure to break Belgium’s political deadlock has not only raised questions over the country’s entire future, it has also become a great source of satire… 13/06/2011
Apple takes to the clouds Apple, the world’s largest technology firm, is taking on the top internet search engine Google with its version of ‘cloud computing’ which it sees as the next… 07/06/2011
A peek at the future of internetTake a look at just how far the internet has come in the last decade and try to imagine what the future of the net has in store. Spanish communications… 06/06/2011
Warcrimes, fisheries and E. coli Europe Weekly reviews several stories: the extradition of Ratko Mladic to The Hague, a grassroots campaign for more sustainable fishing in the North Sea, and… 03/06/2011
Which MP would you rather have sex with?A TV star in the UK has set up of a website to rate the sex appeal of the country’s parliamentarians. Francis Boulle’s sexymp.co.uk has a simple rule. It… 31/05/2011
PayPal sues Google over trade secrets Google and two of its executives are being sued by EBay’s online payment unit, PayPal, which claims they stole trade secrets related to mobile payment… 27/05/2011
Cyberspace and cinema on The Network In this edition of The Network Chris Burns and his guests look at how internet downloading is impacting the movie industry. The red-carpet galas may still… 26/05/2011
Arab spring and global economy to top G8 agenda Several issues are expected to top the agenda during the two-day annual Group of Eight summit which starts on Thursday. As always the global economy will… 25/05/2011
Sarkozy calls for tougher internet regulation The world’s first ever e-G8 forum is taking place in Paris, with the technology industry’s leading lights all present. The main area of discussion – internet… 24/05/2011
LinkedIn: shares soar but are they bubblicious? Shares of LinkedIn shot up in value as they went on sale in New York on Thursday. The social networking website for business professionals and job hunters… 19/05/2011
Microsoft call in Skype Microsoft is buying phone network company Skype for almost six billion euros – in cash. Skype – through which people can make voice and video calls, at no… 10/05/2011
Webwatch: London’s Underground goes OvergroundAs graphic design goes, it’s a right little cutie. The London Underground map has been simplified to such an extent over the years that passengers forget just… 06/05/2011
Satellites and planes: belt-up, take-off, log-in Surfing the internet at 10,000 metres, or landing a plane in zero visibility – it is all possible thanks to an increasing role being played in aviation by… 27/04/2011
Internet shoppers and their rights Nikita from Belgium: “When I see something I would like to buy on the Internet, I always think twice, especially if the seller is based in another member… 22/04/2011
Meet the man behind high-speed internet In 1987, French inventor Emmanuel Desurvire along with colleagues Randy Giles and David Payne came up with the optical amplifier. This revolutionised global… 19/04/2011
Does popular video-sharing site encourage creativity? YouTube, the video-sharing website, is experiencing phenomenal growth according to one of its bosses, Patrick Walker. 35 hours of video are uploaded every… 18/04/2011
Facebook: “network of 500 million passions” As social networking sites grow by the minute, it is estimated that some half a billion people around the world are members of Facebook. The average user has… 14/04/2011
Social Media in the classroom Social media can be a tool for political and social change, it can also be a powerful aid in the classroom. Connecting people from different corners of the… 11/04/2011
Boulet: France’s favourite comic book bloggerFrench cartoonist Boulet is known in comic book circles as one of the leading comic strip bloggers in the Francophone world. He started his blog in French… 17/03/2011
Paris G20 files in cyber attack The French finance ministry has confirmed it came under a cyber attack in December. The target was information related to its presidency of the G20 group of… 07/03/2011
Plainclothes policemen arrest a protester in BeijingProtesters gathered in central Beijing following a call on internet social networkss for a “Jasmine Revolution” in China inspired by uprisings in North Africa… 20/02/2011
Safer Internet Day 2011 On 8 February, Safer Internet Day took place in almost 70 countries across Europe and world-wide. How can the Internet be made safer for children? 14/02/2011
Tunisia, Egypt and the Internet. Interview with Dominique CardonIn the light of the recent revolts in Tunisia and Egypt, the internet has been championed as one of the driving forces behind social change. euronews spoke to… 10/02/2011
Walk around world’s top galleries – at home If you are one of those people who mean to visit more museums and galleries but keep putting it off, the excuses are running out. The Google Art Project means… 03/02/2011
Cairo stops internet and mobile phone services In this age of flash demonstrations organised via the Internet, the Egyptian government has moved quickly to try to keep a rein on the Web. Internet access… 28/01/2011
Cyber surfers suffer disruption in Egypt Despite the government’s insistence it respects freedom of expression, phone, internet and social network users in Egypt say service is far from… 27/01/2011
France brings film festivals to you Unifrance, which promotes French cinema abroad, and the AlloCiné website are organizing a two-week festival uniquely for the net and dedicated to French… 14/01/2011
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange: hero or villain? A fearless crusader, bringing the facts to the public? Or a reckless interferer who puts lives at risk? Whistle-blower Julian Assange leaves few people… 07/12/2010
Satellite broadens broadband’s horizons High speed internet is becoming more and more of a necessity wherever you may find yourself, be it in the middle of nowhere or in a fast-moving train. Now… 29/10/2010
Learning with new technologies This edition of Learning World focuses on technology, and some of the ways the internet is bringing about a rethink of education. We speak to an e-expert –… 08/10/2010
Yahoo founder quitsThe co-founder of Yahoo, Jerry Yang, has quit the board of the Internet company he set up in 1995 . The move is seen as a bid to appease shareholders. His… 18/01/2012
Belarus restricts internet accessNew laws have come into force in Belarus restricting access to a range of internet sites that the government deems ‘extremist’. The regime has not revealed… 06/01/2012
Hacked security firm warns of more cyber attacksReports say that credit card hackers are threatening to publish private emails described as damaging, after an attack on a US-based intelligence company’s… 28/12/2011
No ‘international manhunt’ for breast implant bossInterpol says it has never launched an ‘international manhunt’ for the boss of a French firm whose breast implants are at the centre of a global health… 24/12/2011
Interpol seek French breast implant bossAn international police hunt has been launched for the boss of a French company whose breast implants are at the centre of a global health scare. Interpol… 24/12/2011
Facebook to improve its privacy policyFacebook agreed on Wednesday to overhaul privacy protection for more than half a billion users outside North America, after a three-month investigation found… 22/12/2011
Dozens arrested in European child porn crackdownMore than 100 people have been arrested in a major Europe-wide crackdown on child pornography. The European law enforcement agency Europol says those… 16/12/2011
UK sets code-breaking test in search for new spiesCrack the code and become a British spy. That is the tempting prospect open to clever computer types able to decipher a series of letters and numbers. Her… 02/12/2011
Russians’ online political dissentWindy days hold about as much surprise for Muscovites as predictions for the Sunday election results. Most of the campaign posters are for the United Russia… 30/11/2011
The Internet, Google and freedom of expressionWilliam Echikson is in charge of Google’s Free Expression Policy and PR in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. We asked for his thoughts on the prospects for… 28/11/2011
The internet’s: facing the opportunities and the dangers aheadJean-Marc Tassetto is the director of Google, France. He spoke to us of the opportunities that those forging tomorrow’s internet will be trying to create, and… 28/11/2011
“The Islamist party cannot rule without applying democracy”, Amira YahyaouiYoung Tunisian activist Amira Yahyaoui describes her mission as a “battle for democracy” and has a clear vision of what she wants Tunisian society to look… 28/11/2011
Sp@nish elections: the race for web supremacyIt’s fair to say the Spanish election race has failed to get hearts racing with excitement. In fact rather than a ‘race’ it resembles a fatigued shuffle… 18/11/2011
Hillary Clinton tickled pink by Hawaii torch bearerWhat was it that aroused Hillary Clinton’s mirth during what should have been an otherwise dull photoshoot in Hawaii? The US Secretary of State was… 17/11/2011
Google launches its own online music storeGoogle has become the latest tech company to venture into the music industry and has launched its own online music store. The world’s largest search company… 17/11/2011
Anonymous “closes” Israeli sitesIsraeli security websites were down on Sunday after an international group of cyber hackers threatened an attack on government computers. Websites for the… 06/11/2011
Fact or fiction: US media keep tabs on would-be presidentsIt is not unknown for politicians to bend the truth. Sometimes they are ‘taken out of context’ or ‘misinterpreted’, while on occasion their words just come… 04/11/2011
Learn to be safe in cyberspaceThe internet has made our lives easier, whether it is shopping online for groceries, making a payment or booking a holiday. However, surf carelessly and you… 03/11/2011
