Microsoft fined £484m for breaching browser antitrust deal

Microsoft has been fined €561m (£484m) in Europe for failing to promote a range of web browsers, rather than just Internet Explorer. The software giant was forced to introduce a browser choice screen back in 2010 as part of an antitrust settlement with the EU....

Evernote resets all passwords after hack

Evernote has reset all 50 million user passwords after it became the latest in a string of high profile technology firms to be hit by hackers. Over the weekend, the popular personal organiser app said it had discovered and blocked suspicious activity on the network...

Plans for ‘.uk’ domains put on hold

UK domain registry Nominet has shelved plans for a shorter “.uk” country code domain, following a three-month consultation. According to the organisation, most stakeholders welcomed the idea of cutting out second-level domains like “.co” or “.gov”, but couldn’t agree...

Yahoo under fire for flexible working clampdown

Yahoo has come under fire for placing restrictions on its flexible working scheme, after an internal memo asking all employees not to work from home was leaked. Marissa Mayer, new chief executive officer at Yahoo, has decided to end with the working-from-home policy,...

Kim Dotcom to launch Mega email?

Controversial web tycoon Kim Dotcom has announced plans to launch an encrypted email service to complement his free cloud storage tool Mega. In an interview with The Guardian, the New Zealand entrepreneur said that the service will be fully encrypted, but didn’t say...

North Korea gives foreign visitors access to mobile web

North Korea is to grant foreigners access to mobile internet service while in the country, but its citizens remain cut off from 3G signals. Starting next week, foreigners will be allowed to purchase monthly mobile Internet data plans for use with a USB modem or on...

Internet regulation: Google sued over iPhone tracking

Google is being sued by a group of web users in the UK for undermining the security settings on Apple’s Safari browser to track online usage covertly. The move means that some 10 million Britons could have grounds to launch a privacy claim over the way Google...