For decades, many African countries saw some of their most skilful young people take their talents to other parts of the world, lured by the financial prospects outside the continent. But lately, as much of Europe continues to shrink under the weight of austerity, an increasing number of Afri... Read more...
While the UK government maintains its stance that the British web should remain open and uncensored, measures are to be introduced to ban cyber-criminals from the web. The UK’s cyber-security strategy released on Friday spells out the increased use of “cyber-sanctions”, where those who misu... Read more...
French presidential officials have been caught illegally downloading copyrighted material; ironic, as the officials could have broken the French ‘three strikes’ laws twice over. Just as both employees of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the RIAA, one of the main proponents behind th... Read more...
Scientists have used DNA lurking inside the teeth of medieval Black Death victims to figure out the entire genetic code of the deadly bacterium that swept across Europe more than 600 years ago, killing an estimated half of the population. The researchers didn't find any genetic feature th... Read more...
Whoa. Apple just won a big court victory against HTC that could force HTC to stop selling its Android phones in the United States. The United States International Trade Commission ruled that HTC was infringing on an Apple patent that effects HTC Android devices running Android 1.6 to 2.2. The dev... Read more...
Facebook will face a new legal challenge from Europe with the Telegraph reporting that a new law will prohibit the company from using users' information to produce bespoke advertising. The new directive from the European Commission would mean that Facebook would be unable to sell individuals' in... Read more...
An Austrian group called Europe versus Facebook has so far made 22 complaints regarding the social network’s practices. In the process, the organization has stumbled upon an important tidbit: Facebook says it is not required to give you a copy of some of your personal data if it deems doing so wou... Read more...
“Satanic Panic” over HalloweenEvery year in October, some folks begin shouting that Neopagans must be “stopped” from celebrating Halloween, which they describe as a “Satanic” holiday. Many Christian Fundamentalists say loudly and publically that we Druids, Witches and other Neopagans kid... Read more...
Young people across the globe are having more unprotected sex and know less about effective contraception options, a multinational survey revealed on Monday. The "Clueless or Clued Up: Your Right to be informed about contraception" study prepared for World Contraception Day (WCD) reports that... Read more...