The UK government has struck a deal with Microsoft that will see support for XP extended for a year after the April 8, 2014 deadline. The agreement cost the government £5.5 million, or roughly US$9.2 million. The agreement was con...
ZunZuneo, the ‘Cuban Twitter’ which at one point had as many as 40,000 users, was actually created in secret by the United States government as a way to eventually inspire unrest in the Cuban population. The idea was t...
There is a pretty serious flaw within iOS 7.0 and 7.1 that makes it near impossible to recover a stolen iPhone if the thief knows about the flaw. Essentially all you do is press the toggle, which is next to Find My iPhone, and the...
It seems that these days Twitter passwords are worth even more on the black market than credit cards. This is according to Michael Callahan, who is a security expert and wrote about the subject on Juniper Networks. At one time it ...
The European Court of Justice have ruled that those states within the European Union do have the right to force internet service providers (ISPs) to block websites which infringe on copyright. So any sites which stream movies, tv,...
It seems that one of the biggest targets for hacking attacks are media organizations. Out of the top 25 media organizations in the world, 21 have been infiltrated by hackers that are believed sponsored by one state or another. Thi...
After Turkey decided to ban social media platforms, many of its citizens took to Google’s domain name service (DNS) to evade it, but now, according to Google, it seems that the majority of Turkey’s internet service pro...
As of June 1, 2014 it will be legal for those who have bought a CD, or any other form of media, to rip or make a copy of it for their own personal use in the UK. At the moment it is still illegal to make any copies in the UK. Tech...
Google is pretty interested in what it takes to keep its employees happy. So much so that they will be monitoring a number of their employees for the next hundred years in their own gDNA study. Laszlo Bock, who is Google’s Senior ...
If you’re one of those people who’s been jealous of the amount of items you can purchase in Japan through vending machines and you live in New York City, then you’re in luck because Sprinkles has decided to set ...
Turkey has decided to continue their attempts to control social by banning YouTube. This comes only a few hours after their ban on Twitter was reversed as well. These moves have been seen as an attempt by Prime Minister Recep Tayy...
An independent regulator of the media wants is trying to push the government into making laws that would enforce the age checks on porn sites and ensure that no one under 18 is able to get through. Good luck with that. The Authori...
Shawn Buckles, who is a student in Norway, has decided to sell all of his personal information, as a statement about the lack of privacy that is going on these days. “Yes, I am entirely serious,” Buckles said to Wired....
Researchers working at the University of Illinois have been taking steps that could eventually lead to cell-size batteries that power theoretical sensors that could go inside the body to better track your health. The team publishe...
Leland Yee, who is a California state senator and vocal advocate against violence in video games, has been arrested on charges of bribery and corruption. Yee made headline in 2005 for sponsoring a bill that would make it a crimina...
