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Tech Giants Urge Changes To Privacy Act

March 31, 2010 | 8:30 AM

From this morning's Earlybird:

• "Google, Microsoft, AT&T, and tech think tanks are urging Congress to update the Electronic Communications Privacy Act to keep pace with technological changes in Internet use, the newly announced Digital Due Process coalition announced" Tuesday morning, CongressDailyPM (subscription) reports.

• "Google Inc. says malicious software has been used to spy on Vietnamese computer users opposed to a controversial bauxite mine in the Southeast Asian country," the Wall Street Journal (subscription) reports.

• "With a new version of the iPhone in the works, the clock is ticking for AT&T Inc. to get its much-criticized network ready for the looming battle," the Wall Street Journal (subscription) reports.

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