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Facebook scores points in Europe after disabling facial recognition

Facebook has finally satisfied the European Union by disabling facial recognition tagging.

Facebook, which was subjected to an audit by Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner (DPC), was under pressure to implement a variety of changes in Europe, mostly dealing with privacy and security issues. Last December, Facebook had promised to make the changes outlined in the audit document in order to comply with European regulations.

One stumbling block was facial recognition tagging, which prompts your Facebook friends to "tag" or identify you in photos in which you appear.

Facebook has now turned off the feature for European users. … Read more

Irish watchdog aborts talks with Europe vs. Facebook, via text

The Austrian group Europe versus Facebook, which has been a thorn in the social-networking giant's European side ever since it brought various privacy issues to light and spurred an investigation by Ireland Data Protection Commissioner Billy Hawkes, just got a rather unpleasant text message. The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) has made it quite clear it does not have the time to talk to the group, even though the duo has been working together for months with the goal of getting Facebook to care about privacy.

You might think all of this isn't a big deal, … Read more

Stereoscopic shootout: Rounding up the latest 3D laptops

There has been much talk over the past two years about 3D televisions, 3D movies, and even handheld 3D game consoles. Less widely discussed is one of the easiest and most versatile ways to get into stereoscopic 3D: the 3D laptop. After seeing a handful of 3D systems in each of the previous few years, 2011 has become the year of the 3D laptop, with half a dozen crossing our desks so far this year.

Most of them follow a similar hardware path, pairing a set of active-shutter 3D glasses with a compatible 120Hz display and a supported video card … Read more