Archive for the ‘Internet’ Category
Thursday, December 10th, 2009
Facebook has managed to irk many users due to new changes to the social networking website's privacy policy.
Privacy advocates think the changes go to far and don't do enough to protect user's privacy rights.
"These new 'privacy' changes are clearly intended to push Facebook users to publicly share even ...
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Wednesday, July 29th, 2009
Microsoft and Yahoo are close to completing a deal which would set Yahoo's default search engine to Bing.com.
In a move aimed at increasing competition against dominant search engine Google, Microsoft would pay Yahoo millions in order to serve search queries on the number two web portal.
Microsoft, the world’s largest software ...
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Thursday, July 16th, 2009
A hacker has broken into an email box of a Twitter employee and has made off with valuable confidential documents.
The incident happened about two days ago and could be a sign of things to come for the micro-blogging leader.
The breach occurred about a month ago, said Twitter co-founder ...
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Wednesday, July 8th, 2009
Google is expected to announce the release of their Google Chrome operating system in the next few days. The company will ready a list which will contain the names of several PC makers who have signed on in order to distribute Chrome-based PCs.
Google Chrome OS will come in several ...
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Monday, April 6th, 2009
Recently a lot of talk surface about whether Google should buy Twitter, the fast growing social website. But now some are questioning the wisdom of such a move because the acquisition of YouTube still hasn't proven profitable for Google.
In fact, the losses are enormous.
But here’s the thing: the site ...
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Friday, March 20th, 2009
Google has added a new feature to GMail that should be well liked by users. If you've ever sent an email, you've probably experience an "Oh shit" moment where you wish you would have reviewed it prior to mailing. Now GMail will give you five seconds to think ...
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Thursday, March 19th, 2009
Google Maps has expanded its Street View to the UK. The launch takes place in 25 cities around the United Kingdom.
Featured will be 7 cities in England, four cities in Scotland, two cities in Wales and two more cities in Northern Ireland.
Street View takes pictures that are ...
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Wednesday, March 18th, 2009
When we refer to "unblockers" we're speaking about website unblockers, also known as proxy servers, that have become quite common as social networking has risen in popularity. Social networking websites are used by millions of people, normally in the pursuit of time wasting, so they've become a sore point ...
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Monday, March 16th, 2009
More and more users access the internet through a mobile device, and this access is becoming invaluable to them.
"Over the course of the past year, we have seen use of mobile Internet evolve from an occasional activity to being a daily part of people’s lives,” observed Mark Donovan, ...
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Monday, March 16th, 2009
Now more than ever famous people and companies are willing to bring lawsuits against those who "cybersquat." The idea is as old as the internet. People tend to register domain names that they think will be valuable. Now, when the person who thinks they "rightfully" should own ...
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