The revelations made by Edward Snowden about USA’s spying prowess have irked governments all around the world. Since then governments have been looking for telecommunication alternatives that are free from all intrusions of ...
In a decision that brings up the dystopian world of 1984, the Vietnamese government now has the power to jail or fine its citizens which criticize it. The law in question is called Decree 72. Aside from sounding like something the...
On December 2 China will be launching a probe to the moon. Chang’e-3 will depart from Xichang, which is a Chinese launch center for satellites, and aim to land on the Moon 12 days later, on December 14. Once there, the probe, whic...
Anil Valiv, a government officer in India, has created PositiveSaathi.com, which is a site that helps HIV positive Indians find romantic matches. To date Valiv has helped create matches that resulted in between 200 and 400 marriag...
Gamers have reported being suspended from Xbox Live’s Upload Studio for using bad language. Microsoft stands by this decision and apparently they are losing patience when it comes to the use of “filthy” language....
As far as early indications go on how the console wars went on Black Friday, it seems that so far Microsoft is in the lead. This information comes to us through a survey conducted by InfoScout, a market research firm, and accordin...
If you’re having trouble redeeming your vouchers on the PlayStation Network (PSN), it is because it has been suspended. The news was announced yesterday on the PlayStation Blog by Sid Shuman, who is a social media manager at...
China’s online censorship system currently blocks many popular online destination, with Facebook, Twitter, YouTube among the list. It also bans sites hosted in Taiwan and rights groups. Apparently, China feels that, with this cens...
Sometime in 2014, Virgin Galactica plans to take flight. The Galactica will fly 100 kilometers into the air and give travelers a near-weightless experience, for a few minutes anyway. At $250,000 a pop the only ones planning on fly...
Earlier this year Apple was found guilty of fixing prices on ebooks. U.S. District Judge Denise Cote determined that the company needed to be monitored for the next two years to make sure they didn’t revert to their old ways...
After earning enough that one could spend the rest of his or her life in a yacht, millionaires and billionaires invest money in different sectors of industries; some do it to deepen their pockets further, some do it because it is ...
It’s a sad day for James Howells, a day that might haunt him for the rest of his life. Since 2009, Howell had been growing a massive stash of Bitcoin. When he started, Bitcoin wasn’t a popular thing, and it wasn’t worth much...
The US government is being ordered to pay $50 million to Apptricity for violating a licensing agreement and spreading Apptricity’s software among its military ranks without actually paying for it. The software, which tracks ...
Google has found itself in hot water after an investigation found that it had violated Dutch data protection laws. The investigation was done by the Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA), and they found that Google had gathered in...
We all hate bacteria and germs, so anything that is capable of killing these (often) harmful and deadly things is welcoming. Just imagine doing all kind of nasty little things on the kitchen counter and never having to worry about...
