From Fudzilla:

Social Notworking site Facebook has miffed the Germans again. This time it is the outfit's facial recognition feature that helps users tag photos.

From The Register:

Vendor 'turns its back' on software channel

Channel bully boy Apple has got its Premium Resellers second-guessing whether they will again feature in its plans for volume licensing after they were told no margin will be paid on the recently unveiled Final Cut Pro X.

Paid for it, but can't use it

39-year-old gaming consultant, Andre Vrignaud, has been banned from Comcast's services for a year.  The reason being that his connection consumed more than 250GB of data, for two months in a row.

From The Register:

A new Microsoft patent points towards Skype becoming equipped for lawful interception, which could be important as the service grows up to challenge traditional telcos.

From The Consumerist:

Staples stores in Canada have some explaining to do after a government audit found evidence that the office supply chain was violating Canadian privacy law by selling used computers and storage drives that still contained data belonging to the previous owner.