Irish regulators have sought clarifications from Facebook over its plans to change its its privacy policy. Facebook earlier this week proposed changes to its site governance and privacy policies, which included its data-use policy and statement of rights and responsibilities

FRANKFURT/BOSTON (Reuters) – The German government urged the public on Tuesday to temporarily stop using Microsoft Corp’s Internet Explorer following discovery of a yet-to-be repaired bug in the Web browser that the software maker said makes PCs vulnerable hacker attacks. It issued the warning as a researcher said he found evidence that suggests the hackers who exploited the flaw were seeking to …

THE DISPUTE: Apple is trying to stop U.S. sales of Samsung’s new Galaxy phone, accusing the Korean company of infringing two Apple patents.THE DATES: Samsung is scheduled to release the S III smartphone in the U.S