Rupert Murdoch acknowledged for the first time publicly that his son James is not the preferred choice to succeed him as News Corp CEO.

"No," Murdoch firmly told a British parliamentary hearing on Tuesday, when asked if he would resign over the phone-hacking scandal.

Facebook has admitted it hired a public relations firm to highlight supposed flaws in Google’s privacy practices.

The recent ruling by the Federal Court of Canada — that music fans who download music for personal use via peer-to-peer (P2P) services are not breaking its local copyright law —…