City Fights Blogger On Display of Public Information (Slashdot)
rokkaku writes "When the gadfly blogger Claremont Insider went searching for information about employee compensation on the city of Claremont web site, they never expected to find scans of pay stubs for all the employees. Nor did they expect the city attorney to demand that they remove copies of those pay stubs from their web site. They found it especially odd since, according to California law, ... us.rd.yahoo.com
ACCC gives Google-DoubleClick the nod
THE Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has given the green light to Google's proposed acquisition of DoubleClick. australianit.news.com.au
Hard drive encrypter all-clear
AN Australian hardware-based encryption product has passed a high-level evaluation by national Defence. australianit.news.com.au
Samwer brothers invest in Facebook
THE Samwer brothers in Europe have agreed to invest $US10 million to $US15 million in social-networking site Facebook. australianit.news.com.au