The Wall Street Journal yesterday reported that the Authors Guild is up in arms over a feature of the new Amazon Kindle 2 that reads e-books aloud using a text-to-speech algorithm. According to Authors Guild executive director Paul Aiken, "They don't have the right to read a book...

A committee of privacy advisers has recommended that the government add vital privacy protections to two high profile and controversial homeland security efforts.
The Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee made a host of recommendations to the new Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretary and acting privacy officer...

On a recent afternoon, security researcher Chris Paget was able to capture the passport card information of several unsuspecting individuals while driving through San Francisco, using a device he built in his spare time for a total of $250. A video released by Paget shows just how easy...

Google's Privacy Exec Charged in Italy over YouTube VideoGoogle's Peter Fleischer was served with the summons when attending a Turin conference.

Google Paying out for Trademark KeywordsGoogle pays 350,000 euro for selling ads on searches that include the trademarks of competitors.

Phorm and Your RightsBecky Hogge gives...

We posted our initial thoughts about the proposed Google Book Search settlement when it was announced in October 2008. Since that time, the official notice to members of the class has been approved by the court (available online here). This is still probably the best introduction to the...