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Yandex fires up its own flavor of Android so everyone can ditch Google
Thanks to its open-source nature pretty much anyone can build a basic Android phone, and they don’t need Google’s permission to do so. But of course, not asking Google also means forsaking all of the apps and services that’ve become such a vital part of the Android OS – things such as Gmail, Maps and ...
IBM teams up with AT&T to rule the Internet of Things
Can you imagine a city which never has traffic problems, and where all the buses and trains run on time, with hardly any crime on the streets? Well, this is exactly the kind of vision that IBM and AT&T have in mind. To bring their plans to fruition, the two companies have just announced a ...
Hackers snatch $2.7M worth of Bitcoin in raid on Silk Road 2.0
The reincarnation of the Silk Road website has apparently been rinsed dry by hackers, who made off with 4474.26 Bitcoins worth around $2.7 million from its user’s accounts, according to a report in Forbes. Silk Road 2.0 administrator Defcon broke the news via a forum post, saying that the attackers took advantage of Bitcoin’s recently ...
Mt. Gox creator Jed McCaleb invites ‘alpha testers’ for secret Bitcoin project
We’re not sure if it’s a masterstroke of timing or simply just a coincidence, but the man who first established the world’s most famous Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox has announced he’s back in the game, just as his original creation looks set to implode. Mt.Gox creator Jed McCaleb’s latest endeavor is something of a mystery ...
Running Android apps on Windows Phone would be suicide
It’s being reported that Microsoft is considering allowing Android apps to be used on its Windows Phones, a move that would represent a major U-turn from its usual business model, but could also be seen as an admission of defeat. Until now, Microsoft has stuck rigidly to its guns – insisting that its capable of ...
Mozilla has just sold its soul: Get ready for ads in Firefox
Mozilla is going to sell advertising inside its Firefox browser. Yep, you read that right – the non-profit organization that became public enemy number one for all internet marketers when it set Firefox to block third-party ad technologies by default last year, is now launching its very own advertising business. The initiative is called “Directory ...
Bing’s Chinese-language censorship balls-up is huge PR disaster
Microsoft has been accused of censoring Bing’s Chinese-language search results for people in the US, in the same way that it does for those based in China, according to activists. The claims were made by The Guardian newspaper, which said that several activist blogs had reported seeing very different results on Bing for queries made ...
NASA just made moon mining a real possibility
We’ve heard enthusiastic talk of space asteroid mining missions before, but these ambitious plans could be one step closer to becoming a reality after NASA announced that it’s began accepting applications from private enterprises to fund such missions in return for access to the moon’s resources. If there’s one thing that we’ve learned from science ...
Uncovering ‘The Mask’, the most sophisticated malware yet?
An incredibly complex malware that’s said to be one of the most sophisticated ever discovered has been targeting computers around the world since at least 2007, according to a new report from security firm Kaspersky Labs. The malware, which has been dubbed “The Mask”, appears to be the work of Spanish-speaking cybercriminals. Researchers said that ...
Introducing the completely pointless Windows 8.1 Update 1
Microsoft is all set to release its first update to Windows 8.1 this April, and a number of leaks have appeared in recent days that show numerous small tweaks to the much-derided operating system that will do little to change the minds of its critics. To get an idea of how pointless Windows 8.1 Update ...
