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Anonymous Hacks North Korea’s Social Media, Kim Jong-Un Morphs Into a Fat Pig
Just days after launching a DDoS attack and data leak on the North Korean news website Uriminzokkiri.com, Anonymous are at it again, hacking the communist state’s official Twitter and Flickr accounts, whilst defacing two of its websites in a bid to disrupt its online presence. Previously, we saw hackers purporting to belong to Anonymous swipe ...
Google Forks WebKit: Say Hello To “Blink”
After a marriage lasting almost 12 years, Google has decided to bid farewell to the WebKit rendering engine, upon which its open-source Chromium browser project is based. In its place, Google welcomes Blink, a new open-source rendering engine that’s based on WebKit, which from now on will become the driving force behind its popular Chrome ...
Big Data Startup DeepDB Grabs $10M Funding For Transactional Database
Investors just can’t get enough of Big Data startups at the minute, with the latest beneficiary of this goodwill being Deep Information Sciences. The Portsmouth, N.H-based startup has just acquired $10m in series A funding from sources including Stage 1 Ventures, Robert Davoli and others to help develop its ‘high-performing transactional and analytic database’. Readers ...
Big Data Traffic Jam: Smarter Lights, Happy Drivers
Los Angeles’ reputation for being an absolute nightmare for drivers is well-deserved, but a new traffic control system might just be able to ease some of their suffering. Almost three decades in the making, the city’s newly completed Automated Traffic Surveillance and Control System will synchronize all 4,500 traffic lights in the metropolis, with the ...
Hybrid Memory Cube Specs Finalized; Superfast 3D Memory Moves One Step Closer
The Hybrid Memory Cube consortium, a group backed by more than 100 tech companies including the three largest memory makers in the world, has announced the final specifications for its three-dimensional DRAM technology after 17 months of development. The aim of the new technology is to support a new kind of computer chip that merges ...
Firefox 20 Arrives As Mozilla Celebrates Its Birthday
Mozilla has just rolled out the latest update to its popular Firefox browser, adding new functionality to its ‘Private browsing’ mode, together with a new downloads manager and other enhancements. The new browser, Firefox 20, is available today on Windows, Mac, Linux and Android platforms. The latest version of Firefox offers a much better implementation ...
Is Bitcoin Heading Toward a Bubble? If so, When’s it Going to Burst?
The astonishing rise of Bitcoin’s value over the last few weeks has caught many by surprise, while even more have been left scratching their heads, asking what the hell everyone’s getting so excited about. For those who don’t know, here’s a quick snapshot: Bitcoin is an electronic or ‘virtual’ currency – a new kind of ...
The UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Holland Gang Up On Google
Following a lengthy investigation by France’s National Commission on Computing and Liberty (CNIL), Google is set to face legal action over its privacy policy in at least six European countries. In a statement released earlier today, CNIL explained that Google had failed to change its policy as requested, resulting in member states being allowed to ...
Nebula One Brings “Plug-In-And-Play” Cloud Computing To The Masses
Almost two years after its first announcement, Nebula has finally launched its much-hyped Nebula One turnkey solution that can transform an ordinary bunch of servers into a cloud platform running OpenStack. We first heard about Nebula back in 2011 at OSCON, where company founder and former NASA CTO Christopher Kemp stated that its goal was to build ...
Why The Facebook Phone Is Destined To Be A Flop
Facebook has stirred up some interest once again following its invitation to “come and see our new home on Android” this Thursday, April 4. Rumor has it that the social media giant is finally set to unveil its much-vaunted ‘Facebook phone’, most likely in collaboration with HTC, but just what can we expect from such ...
