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Tech Giants Deny Granting NSA 'Direct Access' To Servers

Scott Neuman — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 13:21:00 +0000

Tech companies that cooperated with government intelligence-gathering efforts by allowing access to their databases say they did so only reluctantly and that it never involved 'direct access' to servers, according to The New York Times.

Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Facebook, AOL, Apple and Paltalk all negotiated with the government under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to provide the National Security Agency with user data as part of a progr

Reports: NSA Mines Servers Of U.S. Internet Companies

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 10:01:00 +0000

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Since 2007, America's National Security Agency has been mining data from the servers of major American Internet companies, including Microsoft, Apple, Facebook, Google. That's according to new reports from the Guardian and the Washington Post.

Another Reason To Watch What You Say on Facebook

Thu, 30 May 2013 17:16:00 +0000

Credit bureaus are exploring using social media to suss out your creditworthiness. Bloomberg reports:

Users of Facebook, Pinterest Inc. and Twitter Inc. share personal details every day through public postings, status updates and location check-ins. That information is proving useful in validating identity, evaluating whether to make a loan and sniffing out fraud that cost U.S.

Nasdaq Agrees To $10M Penalty For Handling Of Facebook IPO

Mark Memmott — Wed, 29 May 2013 17:55:00 +0000

One year after Facebook's troubled initial public offering, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced Wednesday that it has "charged Nasdaq with securities laws violations resulting from its poor systems and decision-making ...

Personalized Coca-Colas, But Not If Your Name Is Mohammed Or Maria

Wed, 29 May 2013 14:49:00 +0000

Remember the disappointment you felt as a kid at the souvenir shop when that personalized key chain wasn't available in your name? For me, it was never finding "Allison" with two L's. My colleague Maria says she was always stuck with "Mary" as her only option.

Facebook fans of Coca-Cola's new "Share a Coke" campaign are having similar frustrations.