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Google Satellite Images Reveal Shocking Impact of Human Activity
If you’ve ever wondered about the true scale of mankind’s devastating impact on the planet Earth, then these images will help to illustrate just how massive it’s been. Since the 1970s and the emergence of satellites patrolling our skies, NASA, along with the US Geological Survey, has slowly been amassing images of every single inch ...
Surface Pro Arrives in Japan with 256GB Storage and Free Office
Microsoft’s Surface Pro has had a somewhat muted reception since its US release, but that hasn’t stopped the Redmond from setting its sights on the rest of the world. Today, Microsoft has launched its flagship Windows 8 device in Japan, with the added bonus of up to 256GB of internal storage and a free copy ...
Twitter Shoots Down TweetAdder In War On Spam
Twitter has sent out out a stark warning to its users: Stop the spam or else! The microblogging site has just settled a lawsuit against one of the biggest perceived spammers on the site, an automated marketing tool known as TweetAdder, which effectively blocks the service from being able to access Twitter ever again. The ...
Liberty Reserve Take Down is Unjustifiable and Wrong
The US Department of Justice’s decision to shut down the popular online currency service Liberty Reserve has caused uproar among its legions of users, many of who are now extremely worried that they’ll lose thousands of dollars held in their accounts. Admittedly, I’d never heard of Liberty Reserve before the fracas erupted, but according to ...
Most Windows 8 Users Agree: Metro Apps Suck
When Microsoft first launched Windows 8, it had high hopes for its new “modern” metro interface and the applications it would support. The idea was that Metro would allow PC users to interact with their computers in an entirely new fashion, flicking between apps and manipulating them with the touchscreen just as they’re used to ...
Opera Browser Revamped With Sleeker, Faster, Minimalist Design
Bored with Google Chrome? Fed up with Firefox? Sick of Safari? Absolutely hate Internet Explorer with a passion? Then you might just want to take a look at the newly revamped Opera web browser, now known as “Opera Next”, which has just been made available to download on Windows PCs and Apple Macs in beta ...
Twin Light Beams Transfer Data 400x Faster
Lightening fast data speeds that don’t cost a zillion bucks to integrate have been the Holy Grail of countless tech researchers for years. Now, a brand new method that involves an incredibly simplistic concept has been put forward by researchers at Bell Laboratories, promising to accelerate data speeds beyond our wildest imaginations. By creating mirrored ...
Chinese Hackers Steal Blueprints for Advanced US Weapons Systems
Reports of cybersecurity threats to the US seem to be alarmingly common these days, with barely a day passing by before a new story rears its head. One day its reports of media organizations’ Twitter accounts being hikjacked, the next its more insidious news of Iranian hackers attempting to take control of US energy installations. ...
Liberty Reserve Shut Down: Cybercrime Community In Disarray
The popular Costa Rica-based virtual currency exchange Liberty Reserve appears to have been shut down permanently, while its founder has arrested on suspicion of using the site for money laundering purposes. The news has caused uproar within the Web’s underground cybercrime community, with hundreds of people reporting that they’re no longer able to access funds ...
Lenovo Sets Sights On US Smartphone Market
As if the mobile market wasn’t crowded and vicious enough already, it looks like we could soon have another major player step into what is tech’s toughest arena. Lenovo, the second-biggest PC maker in the world, has just revealed its plans to dump its smartphones on the US market, with the first handsets likely to ...