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(Reuters) - Payment processor Euronet Worldwide Inc said a "small portion" of its European business was the target of a criminal security breach late last year, sending its shares down as much 6 percent. The hacking of the system, which was revealed on Monday through a regulatory filing, affected a part of Euronet's processing …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley's Twitter account was hacked on Monday with bogus tweets attacking his stance on Internet anti-piracy legislation, his office said. Grassley, an Iowa Republican and prolific tweeter, had at least eight false tweets posted as he was on a flight heading from Iowa to Washington, …

AUCKLAND (Reuters) - The founder of file-sharing website Megaupload was ordered to be held in custody by a New Zealand court on Monday, as he denied charges of internet piracy and money laundering and said authorities were trying to portray the blackest picture of him. Prosecutor Anne Toohey argued at a bail hearing that …

MILAN (Reuters) - Italian automaker Fiat rolled out an introspective 90-second video for its new Panda compact car on the internet Monday aimed at tapping into the austerity zeitgeist. Fiat's latest commercial is modeled on a 2011 ad for its Chrysler subsidiary starring rapper Eminem, which captured hearts and viewers when …

PARIS (Reuters) - Anne Sinclair, wife of the disgraced former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, is seeking to relaunch a previously stellar journalism career as the leading light for the new French version of U.S. news-and-opinion website The Huffington Post. ...

PARIS (Reuters) - Anne Sinclair, wife of the disgraced former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, is seeking to relaunch a previously stellar journalism career as the leading light for the new French version of U.S. news-and-opinion website The Huffington Post. ...

The news that singer Etta James died on January 20 led Google users to search the internet for news and information, making her name the fastest-growing search term over the past week with an increase of 4,200 percent.

Britney Spears has been enjoying being the center of attention on Twitter this week with multiple trending topics to her name.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Can't remember the lyrics to your favorite songs? A new iPhone app might help. Shazam Player, released last week, is a music player that, in addition to playing songs, shows the lyrics too. The app also provides access to the song's music video, album reviews and artist tour dates. Shazam is already …

Google's U.S. lobbying bill more than tripled to $3.76 million in the fourth quarter as the Internet search leader fought proposed changes to online piracy laws and sought to influence a wide range of other issues that could affect its fortunes.

GOING FORWARD: Polish officials vow to stick to plans to sign an international copyright treaty that has outraged Internet activists and prompted an attack on government websites.

AUCKLAND (Reuters) - The founder of file-sharing website Megaupload was ordered to be held in custody by a New Zealand court on Monday, as he denied charges of internet piracy and money laundering and said authorities were trying to portray the blackest picture of him. Prosecutor Anne Toohey argued at a bail hearing that …

Here are highlights of recent quarterly earnings reports from selected Internet and media companies and what they say about the state of spending on advertising:

Polish officials vowed Monday to stick to plans to sign an international copyright treaty that has outraged Internet activists and prompted an attack on government websites.

Mark Kirk, the junior senator from Illinois, had a stroke over the weekend and is in the hospital recovering after surgery early Monday, his office just announced. The man who took over President Barack Obama's vacated senate seat checked himself into a hospital on Saturday, and doctors eventually discovered he'd suffered …

(Reuters) - The number of Americans owning a tablet computer or e-reader nearly doubled over the holiday period as Kindles, Nooks and iPads proved to be popular gifts, a new study found. In early January, 19 percent of Americans surveyed by Pew owned an e-reader, up from 10 percent in December, with identical results for …

19 percent of adults in the United States own a tablet, and 29 percent own either a tablet or an ereader, according to the latest study from Pew Internet.

Governments must strike a balance between policing the Internet to protect copyright and upholding freedom of expression, EU justice commissioner Viviane Reding said on Sunday.

Chris Dodd is angry. A wave of protests by concerned Internet experts, consumers, and the heads of sites like Wikipedia, Craigslist and Google have seemingly derailed the Stop Online Piracy Act and it's companion bill. Those pieces of legislation were central to the legislative agenda of the Motion Picture Association of …

Outspent but hardly outgunned, online and high-tech companies triggered an avalanche of Internet clicks to force Congress to shelve legislation that would curb online piracy. They outmaneuvered the entertainment industry and other old guard business interests, leaving them bitter and befuddled.

The anti-piracy battle gripping Washington and the Internet pits two US West Coast power bases directly against each other: Hollywood is taking on Silicon Valley over the right to make money online.

File-sharing giant MegaUpload is dead, following an international criminal sting spearheaded by the US Department of Justice. Prior to its closure, the site boasted 50 million users a day, and accounted for four percent of all Internet traffic, according to the DoJ. That means a lot of you out there are looking for a new …

You catch glimpses of sunny parks, busy street corners and various home dwellings as smiling faces step up to offer friendly hugs and a lullaby voice sings lightly. Sound nice? It is. And you might be surprised to learn that it exists, of all places, on the Internet.