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Cyber Attacks Take Advantage of Osama bin Laden Search Trends
It’s not anymore surprising how nippy scammers managed to take advantage of Osama Bin Laden’s death. I mean, what do you expect? The news is probably one of the most glorious broadcasts this year and this is particularly very important to the United States. When the news about the death of the Al Qaeda leader ...
A Royal Wedding Round Up: The Internet Survived
The wedding of Prince William and Kate Middle, now Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, took the world by storm that not even time differences managed to stop people from watching the historic event from their television sets or the internet. People on some parts of the world even had to wake early or stay up ...
Universities Leveraging the Power of Big Data and Analytics
Universities are getting more involved with different tech integration, and it's driven by big data trends. Barnes and Noble College, the world's largest bookseller and a Fortune 500 company operating 705 bookstores in 50 states, for example, pioneers social commerce platform in its industry, tailoring its 500 Facebook pages into its e-commerce website. This will ...
Internet Security: An Epic Fail?
One of the biggest dilemmas the world is facing today is the threat brought about by the advent of computers and the worldwide web to economic and national security. Computer software and the internet might have become the building block of prevailing society-- but at the same time has given rise to a new breed ...
Dog Wars vs Angry Birds. Sounds Like a Great New Android Game.
After being up at the Android Market for some time, Android decided to finally drop Dog Wars following complaints from the Humane Society, Michael Vick and Alicia Silverstone. I know there are laws protecting real dogs from violence, but never have I heard of virtual dog protection. Anyway, I wonder what they will have to ...
Aliens and UFOs Can’t Hide from Infochimp’s Datasets
Just when we thought that those reported aliens, UFOs and multidimensional beings, as well as the stories about men from the sky that our ancestors have handed down from generation to generation weren’t true, here comes Infochimp’s Datasets API to prove that those things could possibly have existed. Every documented sighting up on the internet ...
EMC Isilon Helps 3TIER Be Green
Information infrastructure giant EMC today announced that 3TIER, global leader in providing renewable energy information, data, assessment, and forecasting for wind, solar, and hydro power projects, is deploying EMC Isilon scaleout NAS as its primary storage platform for energy assessment and forecasting operations, simplifying big data management to increase application performance and reduce costs. SmartPool’s ...
Updated Socialcam Hits the iPhone as Justin.tv Improves Mobile
Socialcam, a mobile video app launched by Justin.tv for the iPhone and Android back in March during SXSW, has undergone changes and is launching a 2.0 version. Dubbed as ‘Instagram for Video’, it streams recently recorded videos by your friends and tagging comes handy via Facebook Connect. The first month was glorious, raking the app ...
Microsoft Inks Nokia Deal Early. Getting Ahead of Ourselves?
As opposed to what was originally agreed on, mobile giants Nokia and Microsoft today announced that both parties have signed the definitive agreement ahead of time. The partnership will emerge a new global mobile ecosystem as the two companies utilize each other’s complementary assets. Though ahead of schedule, it was still in line with the ...