Loek EssersAmsterdam correspondent for IDG News Service, IDG News Service

He focuses on online privacy, intellectual property, open-source and online payment issues.

Google posts compression code Zopfli to speed downloads

Yesterday in Web apps

Google applauds Germany's weakened online copyright law

2 days ago in Productivity & social

Facebook can keep real name policy, German court rules

2 weeks ago in Social media

YouTube fights Russian public safety agency's video ban

2 weeks ago in Web sites

Regulators confirm Facebook deleted all EU facial recognition data

3 weeks ago in Social media

Former Atari CEO bids to save his old gaming company from bankruptcy

3 weeks ago in Games

European Commission weighs Google antitrust settlement

4 weeks ago in Productivity & social

Valve sued in Germany over game ownership

4 weeks ago in Games

Steve Jobs threatened Palm with patent suit if it objected to no-poaching pact

1 month ago in Operating systems

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1 month ago in Tablets

Dutch government aims to shape ethical hackers' disclosure practices

1 month ago in Security

Patent fights rage on in 2013

1 month ago in Business

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2 months ago in Social networking software

Computer-related patents now top worldwide applications

2 months ago in Computers

Facebook sued over App Center data sharing in Germany

2 months ago in Social networking software