US telecoms giant AT&T has said it will not pursue its $39bn bid to buy T-Mobile USA after running into fierce government objections. AT&T said the actions of the government to block the deal do not change the problems faced by the mobile phone industry. It says it still requires more... Read more...
Wikileaks has released dozens of new documents highlighting the state of the once covert, but now lucrative private sector global surveillance industry. Wikileaks founder Julian Assange unveiled today the latest batch of released files from the whistleblowing organisation. Speaking to a number ... 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...
We have attempted to give you a comprehensive list of what to avoid. Unfortunately we needed to expand this list. The latest attempt to mislead the consumer is Taste No 5 Umami Paste ®. This stuff is being marketed in "health" magazines as an alternative to MSG, but if the FDA had followed its ow... Read more...
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06/12/2011,
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Amid all the negative coverage of the Solyndra solar bankruptcy in the past two weeks, three other tidbits might have escaped your notice. But I think they bear highlighting here, because solar technology continues to be an incredibly viable renewable energy option for the United States — not ... Read more...
At Wednesday's House Judiciary Committee hearing on the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), opponents of the act avoided familiar claims that the legislation would "break the Internet." But the hearing did highlight Internet companies' fears that the bill would undermine the Digital Millennium Copyri... Read more...
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28/11/2011,
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AT&T Inc. (T), whose $39 billion bid for T-Mobile USA is challenged by the U.S. Justice Department, will record one-time costs of $4 billion this quarter to reflect the risks of a collapse of the deal. AT&T and T-Mobile owner Deutsche Telekom AG withdrew their applications to the... Read more...
What can you buy with $13 million? If you're Coca-Cola, you can buy enough influence with the National Parks Service to cancel plans to make the Grand Canyon more environmentally friendly. Plastic water bottles are the biggest single source of garbage in America's most iconic national park. ... Read more...
-U.S. prosecutors have launched a criminal inquiry into whether eBay ‘misappropriated confidential information’ from classified advert service Craigslist, in a bid to launch a rival service. Reuters reported first after the news network had obtained a grand jury subpoena, describing how eBay ... Read more...