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Police questioned the former banker today Rudolf Elmer for possible violations of banking laws in Switzerland, for having delivered data to WikiLeaks, a day after being convicted of violating bank secrecy. The authorities have 48 hours from his arrest to decide whether they have grounds to keep him in custody for longer, said on Thursday the district [...]

The IT industry will reach $ 3.6 trillion in investments this year, an increase of 5.1% compared to last year, Gartner said. According to the consultancy and technology research, the figures for 2010 were $ 3.4 trillion, 5.4% more compared to 2009. In 2010, the areas of Telecommunications and IT services led the investment with $ 1.59 trillion and [...]

French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced on Wednesday that aims to bring together representatives of the G20 to discuss the issue of intellectual property on the web. Sarkozy hopes the meeting will occur before the annual meeting of the G20, scheduled for November in Cannes, France. According to the French President, countries need to “move [...]

Steve Jobs, the man behind the world’s most successful and popular technology company, Apple Inc., has reportedly taken yet another leave of absence from company’s affairs, citing medical reason. Mr Jobs sent an email to all Apple employees, stating that, the company’s board of directors have granted him a medical leave of absence. As of now, [...]

It begins today in Sao Paulo, the fourth edition of Campus Party Brazil, which must meet 6800 members of the event over the next seven days. The gates to the Exhibition Centre Immigrants, where the event happens, will open at noon today. This year, the campus will be divided into 11 areas and will address new issues as an industry for exhibition projects [...]

In the last week of December an Indian court sentenced Dr. Binayak Sen to life imprisonment. Dr. Binayak Sen, a well-known doctor, who has won many human rights awards for his grass root level work with poor tribals in Maoist infested state of Chhatisgarh, has been charged for sedition apparently for his alleged links with Maoist rebels.  According [...]

Dilma Vana Rousseff was born in upper middle class family, became interested in socialist ideals in youth, soon after the military coup of 1964. She spent nearly three years in prison between 1970 and 1972, where she had undergone torture sessions. She rebuilt her life in Rio Grande do Sul, where, along with Carlos Araujo, her companion for over thirty [...]

After decades of hearing “don’t ask, don’t tell” military gay Americans now listen to “ask, yes, say yes” and to “find a friend” of a new social network, “Military Out”. The social network was launched about a week in outmilitary.com address, then the signing by President Barack Obama the new law [...]

The small Borá, located within the State of Sao Paulo, could become the city with the highest percentage of registered users on Facebook in the world. With 805 inhabitants, according to the last census, and located about 480 km from Sao Paulo, Borá was chosen to receive the campaign “100% Borá on Facebook, ” sponsored by the drops Halls [...]

The confidence in Europe in not following the U.S. example may be over and perhaps it adopts rules to ensure fair access to the Internet may not prove lasting, as it intensifies the competition between mobile operators and service providers such as Skype. The debate over net neutrality, the principle that all Internet traffic should be treated equally, [...]