Butts sells for $ 500 million of securities

The U.S. site Butts takes up the principles of joint purchasing Groupon. U.S. website Butts deals announced Thursday, December 30, he sold for 500 million shares (377 million) since December 17 as part of an operation to remove 950 million dollars (716 million). In a paper published by stock exchange authorities (SEC), Butts said he still offers for sale for $ 450 million (339 million) of securities.

Skype launches an iPhone application for video calls

Society Internet telephony (VoIP) Skype announced Thursday, December 30, launching an application video call for the latest versions of Apple's mobile devices. The application, downloadable from the Apple online store, works on both 3G and WiFi networks. But only the latest versions of the iPhone (4 and 3G) and iPod Touch portable media player, have so far of a front camera to film himself while phoning.

Forecast: change like the digital technology

Computer and consumer electronics are merged, the Internet and mobile market has changed enormously. How could it go, asks the U.S. trade association Consumer Electronics Association - and presents bold predictions about the technology of the future. San Francisco - smart phones with them and the resulting App ecosystems could, in conjunction with new network technologies, transform the existing computer hierarchy completely.

China to limit Internet telephony

The Chinese authorities want to limit the use of Internet telephony. According to People Day, can only provide this service certified public operators in the country. This would exclude, for example, the possibility that Skype could offer calls over the Internet. Some sources, however, require that the ban would amount to calls from a PC to a phone but no telephone connections made between two computers.

China shuts down 60,000 porn sites

In its fight against online sex-Zockerei and violence, the Chinese Government reported a success: 60,000 pornographic sites are offline, the struggle goes on - now to Skype. Also in the news summary: warns Hadopi per day 2000 file sharers and the FBI investigated Anonymous leader. The Chinese government has on Thursday announced it has switched off within a year more than 60,000 porn Web sites - a great success for Beijing's ambitions to control China's access to the Internet better.

Freedom of Information: Data Protection Commissioner criticized the government

Berlin - Five years after the Freedom of Information Law benefit the citizens of their right to the federal authorities only moderately. And the authorities see themselves despite the legal obligation to openness largely unbuttoned. "The balance is not entirely positive," said the Federal Data Protection Commissioner Peter Schaar, the news agency dpa.

The law is there since 1 January 2006. It will allow every citizen access to official information to federal authorities. Particularly difficult with the respondents is happening, according to Schaar, the Federal Ministry of Finance. Parts of the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs and its subordinate agencies behaved hesitant.

NASA Awards Contract for $ 2.5 billion to Hewlett-Packard

The U.S. space agency NASA announced Monday, Dec. 27 it had granted to Hewlett-Packard a contract of 2.5 billion dollars (1.89 billion euros) for the supply of most of its computers and software and peripherals and mobile computing. "This fixed price contract, with delivery and indefinite quantity, has a maximum value of 2.5 billion dollars with an initial period of four years and two option periods of three years," said NASA in a statement.