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Lawsuits challenge U.S. online data brokers

Two lawsuits in federal court in California that challenge the way a popular online data-mining company does business could give consumers more privacy protection from firms that sell personal information on the Web.

 
 
 

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Apple shareholders reject proposal for a succession plan

Apple shareholders rejected demands that the company disclose a succession plan for ailing chief Steve Jobs, and the company kept mum on how many had backed that proposal.


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Vision quest haunts Apple CEO-in-waiting

For Tim Cook, the small-town football fanatic turned steward of the world’s largest technology company, it always comes back to the vision question.


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Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has blasted cable companies for charging high usage fees. Vice-president Steve Sawey the company shouldn't be charged a fee for Canadian productions because it's a distributor not a content maker.

Netflix model hurts TV, film: group

An association representing television-and film-production companies says policymakers need to consider whether Netflix and similar Web services should be charged a fee to help fund Canadian productions.


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Ironman 2 was king of the product placement sweepstakes. The action flick starred 64 identifiable products alongside stars Robert Downey Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow.

Apple deemed top of movie product placement charts

Apple was deemed top of the product placement charts Tuesday after getting its computers, iPads, iPods and other items featured in 30 per cent of the top movies at the U.S. box office in 2010.


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Many companies monitor employees online use

Perhaps the best advice you can get when it comes to wondering just what to say in an email sent on your workplace computer comes from Jean Chartier, head of Quebec's Privacy Commission.


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For digital bang, look to spectrum auction

The spectrum consultation is linked to this year's digital television transition as Canadian broadcasters switch from analogy to digital transmissions by Aug. 31. The move to digital has implications for broadcasting (some Canadians may be unable to access digital over-the-air signals), but the bigger policy issues stem from what happens to spectrum that will be freed-up as part of the changeover.


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