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USA, UK are officially declared ‘enemies of the internet’
The saying goes that any publicity is good publicity, in which case the NSA is absolutely lapping it up right now. So what’s the latest headline grabber courtesy of everybody’s favorite electronic surveillance agency? Oh well, you know, it’s efforts have only just gone and landed the USA, alongside the UK, on Reporters Without Borders ...
Game over for Windows XP – Or is it?
With just over three weeks to go before Microsoft finally ends its technical support for Windows XP, everybody seems to be panicking. But is the situation really that urgent? Perhaps not, for Microsoft has been trying to push people to upgrade to a newer operating system for some years now… The evidence is there for ...
Crowdsourcing the hunt for Malaysian Airlines flight 370
As the hunt goes on for missing Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 and its 239 passengers continues, plenty of questions have been asked about how, in this day and age, a plane can simply vanish into thin air. We might not have the answers right now, but it’s not for the lack of trying. Thanks to ...
Russia brings the hammer down on opposition websites
Russia has begun putting its controversial internet blacklist laws into action, blocking the websites of a number of opponents to the government of Vladimir Putin, according to reports. On Thursday, Russian ISPs were told to block access to a number of sites, including the personal website of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, and also that of ...
Ubuntu smartphones to arrive this year – but only in Spain & China
This year’s Mobile World Congress saw some positive developments for Android and Fanboi-haters, with the news that Canonical had finally found some hardware manufacturers to beging putting its Ubuntu smartphones together. Even so, little else was revealed at the time, leaving us guessing as to who might be making these devices, what kinds of specs ...
TURBINE: The NSA’s secret automated ‘mass-hacking’ program
It’s no secret that the NSA has both the method and the means to get inside your computer if it has a vested interest in doing so. The existence of its secret specialist hacking team, code-named Tailored Access Operations, was first revealed last year – the unit has all manner of sophisticated ways to hack ...
Love-hate relationship: The iPhone is a curse for telecoms carriers
When NTT Docomo, the biggest mobile operator in Japan, begun offering the iPhone to its subscribers last September, the idea was that it would stop its competitors from eating away at its market share. The plan worked, but now Docomo is struggling with a different problem resulting from this move – the iPhone is hitting ...
Dell accused of charging fees to install freeware Firefox browser
Mozilla is reported to be considering legal action against Dell, after it was revealed that the PC maker was charging customers in the UK a fee amounting to around $27 to install its free Firefox browser on new computers. Sources told The Register of Mozilla’s plans just days after it learned that Dell was demanding ...
Pew Research: By 2025 the internet will be everywhere
Just one day before the World Wide Web celebrates its 25th anniversary, the Pew Research Center has published an in-depth report on how the internet is set to evolve over the next ten years. The report, which is based on surveys of almost 1,500 web and technology experts, reveals a number of promising trends that ...
Google Idea’s Jared Cohen says cryptocurrencies are “inevitable”
In an appearance at SXSW yesterday, Google’s Director of Ideas claimed that cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin aren’t going anywhere soon. “I think it’s very obvious to all of us that cryptocurrencies are inevitable,” said Cohen in conversation with Google Chairman Eric Schmidt. “There’s lots of value to it, [but] there’s a danger to it not being ...