Legal battle for Web Technology

The company Eolas Technologies has filed a lawsuit against Adobe. The lawsuit is about two patents which, according to the company, give them exclusive right to such key technologies for the internet as embedded applications / browser plug-ins and programming techniques associated with asynchronous Javascript and XML.

Protection of minors user profiles in EU

By combining profiles, chat, messaging, photo albums and blogging, Social networking sites (SNS) integrate online activities more seamlessly than ever. Social networks are used for myriad purposes and by a wide range of users. Different sites have different profile formats which allow users to share different information about themselves. This offers children many opportunities, but possibly also more risks.