- FileSonic disables sharing in wake of MegaUpload shut-down FileSonic has disabled its public file sharing service in the wake of MegaUpload's very public shut-down late last week. Instead, users are limited to only being able to retrieve files that they have uploaded themselves.
- Google fined €100,000 by French privacy watchdog Google have received their first fine for illegally gathering and storing users’ personal data while using Google Street View vehicles. Google “mistakenly” gathered data from unsecured personal WiFi networks in more than thirty countries, including Ireland - something which was officially admitted to in October 2010.
- UPC wins landmark case against ‘big four’ record labels UPC has won a legal action taken in the High Court in Dublin today by the ‘big four’ record labels over music piracy on its network.