Data retention bills to benefit copyright holders If a new federal proposal announced this week requiring Internet providers and Wi-Fi access points to keep records on users for two years becomes law, police would not be the only ones to benefit. So would individuals and companies bringing civil lawsuits,...

Microsoft has come up with a faster, cheaper way to build its data centers over the next five years, and it says other companies could use its methods too. Microsoft’s approach, described by General Manager Michael Manos in a blog post Tuesday, uses a modular design in which standard units of...