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Facebook reveals plans to become public company and raise $5bn

Social networking site to float on the stock market and sell shares in the business

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French advocacy group urges EU citizens to fight against ACTA

La Quadrature du Net says people need to lobby their MEPs to stop controversial agreement, which 'circumvents democracy'

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European Union members sign controversial anti-piracy treaty

Concerns raised over consumer privacy rights and French MEP resigns in protest as ACTA, the global anti-counterfeiting agreement, moves closer to becoming law

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European Commission publishes stronger data protection proposals

Privacy plans that give people more control over what personal information is held about them are welcomed by some, but businesses fear 'onerous' burden

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O2 closes mobile number loophole following customer outrage

O2 has confirmed it has closed a loophole that saw customers' mobile phone numbers shared with any website accessed on the device

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O2 accused of sharing customer phone numbers with websites

Some O2 customers have had their mobile phone numbers shared with websites

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Twitter users at risk from targeted phishing attacks says Websense

Security company warns Twitter users the information, including email addresses, they post in conversations can make them vulnerable to cyber crime

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That was the year that was

We take a look at the stories that affected home computer users in the past year

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Facebook users want the choice to turn Timeline on or off

While the new profile tool has been broadly welcomed in some quarters, others are not so happy

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MetaCert browser add-on can be set to block pornographic content

New software that doesn't block entire site but can filter out unwanted sexually explicit content

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Facebook update adds new Timeline feature

Profile pages on Facebook are being replaced with a new Timeline page

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Microsoft to offer automatic upgrades to IE from next year

Software giant says upgrading to latest version of IE offers better and safer surfing

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Privacy chief says companies must abide by cookie law

Privacy watchdog warns companies that they "must do better" on cookie consent

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