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Ex-school employee pleads to obstruction in Steubenville rape case

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By Kim Palmer CLEVELAND (Reuters) – A former school employee in Ohio pleaded guilty to obstruction in a rape case involving a 16-year-old girl that drew national attention after supposed images of the incident circulated on the Internet, the state’s Attorney General office said Friday. William Rhinaman, former information technology director for Steubenville City Schools, pleaded guilty to obstructing official business, a second-degree misdemeanor. Rhinaman was indicted in 2013 by a special grand jury that looked into whether officials had tried to thwart the investigation into the rape by two Steubenville High School football players

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China draft counterterror law strikes fear in foreign tech firms

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By Michael Martina and Krista Hughes BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China is weighing a far-reaching counterterrorism law that would require technology firms to hand over encryption keys and install security “backdoors”, a potential escalation of what some firms view as the increasingly onerous terms of doing business in the world's second largest economy.

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China censorship sweep deletes more than 60,000 Internet accounts

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Some of China's largest Internet companies deleted more than 60,000 online accounts because their names did not conform to regulations due to take effect on Sunday, the top Internet regulator said.

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School math answers only a scan away with Croatian app

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By Zoran Radosavljevic ZAGREB (Reuters) – Damir Sabol, Croatian computer expert and entrepreneur, was helping his son with his maths homework when he had an idea. “I found it a bit tedious, all those additions and multiplications, so I reckoned, 'We already have intelligent software, why not make it deal with maths?'” Sabol said

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U.S. Internet providers hit with tougher rules, plan challenges

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By Alina Selyukh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. regulators on Thursday approved the strictest-ever rules on Internet providers, who in turn pledged to battle the new restrictions in the courts and Congress, saying they would discourage investment and stifle innovation. Experts expect the industry to seek a stay of the rules, first at the FCC and then in courts, though the chances for success of such an appeal is unclear.

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Nickelodeon unveils paid streaming service for kids

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(Reuters) – Viacom Inc’s Nickelodeon unveiled on Wednesday a paid streaming service for children called Noggin that will launch on March 5 for $5.99 a month. The mobile subscription service will be available for Apple Inc’s iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices. Noggin serves as a complement to the Nick Jr

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Chinese rivals snap at Alibaba’s heels in cross-border e-commerce race

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By Brenda Goh SHANGHAI (Reuters) – A Chinese government push to promote e-commerce has created a host of online retail rivals for Alibaba Group Holding Ltd and Amazon.com Inc catering to shoppers' fears about the quality and safety of local everyday goods.

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Hackers controlling millions of PCs disrupted in Europol sweep

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By Anthony Deutsch and Jim Finkle AMSTERDAM/BOSTON (Reuters) – A cybercrime operation that stole banking information by hacking more than 3 million computers in Indonesia, India and other countries has been disrupted by European police with assistance from three technology companies, officials said on Wednesday. Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre coordinated the operation out of its headquarters in The Hague, targeting the so-called Ramnit botnet, a network of computers infected with malware

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