The Privacy Commissioner of Canada has started an investigation into Google’s collection of data from unsecured wireless networks, the office said in a statement on Tuesday. Data protection authorities in France, Italy and Germany are already investigating Google’s Street View service, after the company said last month that its camera cars mistakenly collected data from unencrypted Wi-Fi networks while... 

Is Mozilla becoming too much like Microsoft? In a strange bit of irony, Mozilla, the foundation behind the popular open-source Firefox browser, increasingly relies on Microsoft’s playbook to promote Firefox adoption. No, Mozilla executives aren’t secretly plotting an open-source monopoly to replace Microsoft’s, and, indeed, are focusing precisely on doing the opposite. But the answer to the “Why... 

Google, the number one search engine, said Wednesday it plans to test ultra high speed broadband in an experiment that could bring gigabit Internet to as many as half-a-million people, including home businesses. Slideshow: The 10 Coolest Experiments from Google Labs 5 Google Labs Projects That Should Be On Your Radar “We’re planning to build and test ultra high-speed broadband networks in a small number...