Steve Lohr / New York Times:
Redrawing the Route to Online Privacy — ON the Internet, things get old fast. One prime candidate for the digital dustbin, it seems, is the current approach to protecting privacy on the Internet. — It is an artifact of the 1990s, intended as a light-touch policy to nurture innovation in an emerging industry.
Brad Stone / New York Times:
Wal-Mart Is Said to Be Buying Vudu Movie Service — SAN FRANCISCO — Wal-Mart is making a major move into the business of selling movies over the Internet. — The retail giant has agreed to buy Vudu, a three-year-old Silicon Valley startup whose online movie service is built …
Carmen Gentile / New York Times:
Cries for Help via Text Messages Are Used to Direct Aid to Haiti — MIAMI — From his makeshift workstation, Ryan Bank spends hours sifting through thousands of electronic cries for help from Haitian earthquake victims, many detailing the horrors of dead family members, hunger and homelessness.
Kevin J. O’Brien / New York Times:
Skype Fights to Be Heard on Mobile Phones — BARCELONA — Josh Silverman, the chief executive of Skype, the voice-over-Internet phone service, could tick off the names of mobile phone operators that block his company’s service. — But for Mr. Silverman, a 41-year-old Michigan native …