Tag Archive for: France

Firefox backs “Do Not Track” with online stealth (Glenn Chapman/Agence France Presse)

Glenn Chapman / Agence France Presse:
Firefox backs “Do Not Track” with online stealth  —  MOUNTAIN VIEW, California — As concern about online privacy grows, Mozilla is promising to let people cloak Internet activity in free Firefox Web browsing software being released early next year.  —  “Technology that supports something …

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Branson launching digital magazine for iPad (Agence France Presse)

Agence France Presse:
Branson launching digital magazine for iPad  —  SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – British tycoon Richard Branson on Tuesday will unveil a digital magazine tailored for viewing on Apple’s popular iPad tablet computers, according to press conference invitations.  —  Word of Branson’s plans to publish …

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HP to pay 55 million dollars in kickbacks case (Agence France Presse)

Agence France Presse:
HP to pay 55 million dollars in kickbacks case  —  WASHINGTON — Hewlett-Packard has agreed to pay 55 million dollars to settle claims the US computer giant defrauded the US government, the Justice Department announced Monday.  —  The settlement resolves allegations that HP paid kickbacks …

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China’s wired youth forget how to write (Judith Evans/Agence France Presse)

Judith Evans / Agence France Presse:
China’s wired youth forget how to write  —  HONG KONG — Like every Chinese child, Li Hanwei spent her schooldays memorising tens of thousands of the intricate characters that make up the Chinese writing system.  —  Yet aged just 21 and now a university student in Hong Kong …

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