Kindle offers access to banned sites

Amazon's Kindle devices are selling in China, because the e-reader allows users to log on to banned sites such as Twitter and Facebook, reports say, according to the BBC.

The device bypasses the infamous Great Firewall, making it popular on the so-called grey market, according to the South China Morning Post.

Officially, the Kindle is not available in mainland China. But a quick search of Chinese auction site Taobao reveals hundreds of them on offer.

The highest court in the US has heard arguments over whether children can be stopped from buying violent video games involving murder and sexual assault, says the BBC.

The Supreme Court case centres on a ban in California on selling or renting games to those under the age of 18.

Opponents of the measure say it breaches the First Amendment guarantee of freedom of speech. But supporters say the law is necessary as violent games can cause harm to children.

Google has reinstated the Atat"urk-insulting videos that caused Turkey's 30-month YouTube ban, setting up yet another run-in with local authorities, just days after a Turkish court lifted the ban, notes The Register.

Late last week, at the request of the semi-independent Turkish Internet Board, a German company used Google's automatic copyright protection system to have the four videos taken down.

On Saturday, a court lifted the ban on YouTube, pointing out that the videos were no longer available. But Google now says it has reinstated the videos because they did not violate copyrights.

A recent global study conducted by Juniper Networks on smartphone use found three out of four people use their mobiles to share and access sensitive business information, reports Computing.

The report, Risky Business: Survey Shows Smartphone Security Concerns Running High, which surveyed more than 6 000 mobile device users across 16 countries, argued that this increasingly blurry line between personal and business use was throwing up many security concerns.

“Smartphones and tablets have become the new on-ramp for information, applications and commerce - yet they are quickly becoming an on-ramp for security threats as well,” said Mark Bauhaus, executive VP and GM, Service Layer Technologies Business Group at Juniper Networks.