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Australian electronics dealer starts 'Internet Exp...
Posted on Jun 15 2012 02:42 PM by xper in Internet
Do you use an older version of Internet Explorer? If so, be aware that a sizeable minority of the Internet thinks you're behind the times. Microsoft itself has a site dedicated solely to watching IE6 die, and even that's not good enough f...
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Dropbox to kill off public folders?
Posted on Jun 15 2012 12:38 PM by xper in Internet
Dropbox's public folders might soon be a thing of the past. According to German site Mobiflip (Translate ), Dropbox has e-mailed developers, informing them that as of August 1, public folders will no longer be supported by the service. Public ...
Web 2.0: New Internet domains may include '.lol,...
Posted on Jun 13 2012 07:55 AM by xper in Internet
If Google has its way, you won't need "Google.com" to do your searches. You can simply go to ".Google." New York City wants Internet addresses ending in ".nyc," while several companies and groups are looking to create ...
ISPs Have to Identify Alleged Pirates, EU Court Rules
Posted on Apr 20 2012 04:06 AM by xper in Internet
A dispute over whether a Swedish ISP can be forced to hand over the details of one its subscribers to an anti-piracy group has just received its long-awaited ruling from the Europe’s highest court. A few moments ago the ECJ announced that there ar...
How SOPA would affect you: FAQ
Posted on Jan 18 2012 10:32 PM by xper in Internet
When Rep. Lamar Smith announced the Stop Online Piracy Act in late October, he knew it was going to be controversial. But the Texas Republican probably never anticipated the broad and fierce outcry from Internet users that SOPA provoked over the l...
EU Upset by Microsoft Warning About US Access to EU Cloud
Posted on Jul 05 2011 03:02 PM by xper in Internet
Members of the European Parliament have demanded to know what lawmakers intend to do about the conflict between the European Union's Data Protection Directive and the U.S. Patriot Act.The issue has been raised following Microsoft's admissi...
Take advantage of Dropbox revised terms of service wit...
Posted on Jul 05 2011 07:47 AM by xper in Internet
On Friday, Dropbox revised its terms of service, privacy policy and security overview documents. Although the updates are designed to make Dropbox's T&Cs simpler and easier to understand, it has reignited the debate that first surfaced wh...
Microsoft ignores IE slide, touts IE9 success on Windo...
Posted on Jul 04 2011 02:29 PM by xper in Internet
Chrome and Safari continued to chip away at Internet Explorer's usage share last month, while Firefox remained stalled for the fourth straight month, a Web statistics firm said today.Meanwhile, Microsoft used the same data from Net Application...
Cyberthugs, Run as Fast as You Can: FBI Is On a Victor...
Posted on Jun 26 2011 04:21 PM by xper in Internet
While I don't always agree with some of the actions taken by the FBI, not all agents are partaking in warrantless surveillance and we need to cheer the FBI "good guys." These FBI agents are just as important and heroic as our troops in...
Sony PS3 hacker George 'GeoHot' Hotz 'work...
Posted on Jun 26 2011 06:25 AM by xper in Internet
Just when you thought the massive hacker stories were over for the evening, another twist comes in: Hacker George ‘GeoHot’ Hotz, who recently settled a lawsuit with Sony for publishing a PlayStation 3 crack online, now works for Facebook, accordin...
Microsoft to make inbound data transfer free on Window...
Posted on Jun 22 2011 09:45 PM by xper in Internet
Microsoft plans to tweak its Windows Azure pricing, come July 1, to make the platform more attractive to users who want to migrate lots of data to the cloud.The change, announced on June 22, also will result in all inbound data transfers for both ...
New HTML5 SkyDrive for the Modern Web
Posted on Jun 21 2011 06:52 PM by Tripredacus in Internet
Microsoft has released new SkyDrive for the modern web. SkyDrive is your storage place in the cloud. Upload your files and photos so you can access them from anywhere, and share them to collaborate with others. It took advantage of modern browsers...
Google Voice Search offers natural user input
Posted on Jun 15 2011 07:02 AM by xper in Internet
Google Voice Search for desktop computers, which the Web giant launched today, isn't much more than the company porting a technology that's been on mobile phones for a while to PCs. But don't write it off as a trivial bit of technology...
Google and Facebook warn on new system test
Posted on Jun 08 2011 08:44 AM by xper in Internet
Google and Facebook have warned internet users to expect "teething pains" on Wednesday as leading internet companies test drive a new global numbering system for cyberspace. Websites may be slow or hard to reach as more than 400 of the wor...
Skype down for the count once again
Posted on Jun 08 2011 05:42 AM by xper in Internet
Skype users around the world are reporting trouble signing in to their accounts and using the popular VoIP software - and so far there's nothing from the company explaining the cause of the issue. While some users are able to sign in, others r...
Google Co-Founder: Microsoft Windows is "Really To...
Posted on May 12 2011 06:50 PM by xper in Internet
Sergey Brin, an outspoken Russian-American computer scientist, gained fame and glory as one of Google Inc.'s "big three". He co-founded the search firm with Larry Page, who recently took over for the departing Eric Schmidt at CEO.In t...
Comcast Users Blocked From The Pirate Bay
Posted on May 12 2011 01:12 PM by xper in Internet
During the last few hours reports have been trickling in from Comcast subscribers who are unable to access The Pirate Bay website. Although there is no sign that Comcast is actively blocking user access to the largest BitTorrent site on the Intern...
House ISP-logging proposal would exempt wireless
Posted on May 12 2011 01:04 PM by xper in Internet
A top House Republican is planning to propose that Internet service providers be required to store information about their customers to aid police in criminal investigations, CNET has learned. But a recent draft has one huge exception: wireless co...
IP Address Leads Police To World’s Unluckiest File-Sharer
Posted on May 11 2011 06:23 PM by xper in Internet
As part of a file-sharing investigation, in 2010 authorities tracked an IP address to a house in Sweden. After a night playing video games a blurry-eyed house sitter answered the early morning call only to be welcomed by the police. They weren’t l...
Official: Microsoft to Acquire Skype for $8.5 Bil...
Posted on May 10 2011 10:31 AM by xper in Internet
Microsoft Corp. and Skype Global S.à r.l today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Microsoft will acquire Skype, the leading Internet communications company, for $8.5 billion in cash from the investor grou...
Biggest BitTorrent Downloading Case in U.S. History Ta...
Posted on May 10 2011 10:27 AM by xper in Internet
At least 23,000 file sharers soon will likely get notified they are being sued for downloading the Expendables in what has become the single largest illegal-BitTorrent-downloading case in U.S. history. A federal judge in the case has agreed to all...
Google Reportedly Launching Online Music Locker Service
Posted on May 10 2011 05:28 AM by xper in Internet
Google is expected to announce Tuesday its new music service, that will allow users to store their music online, according to reports. The move will pit Google directly against Amazon which launched in March a service that allows users to upload t...
Report: Microsoft near $7 billion deal for Skype
Posted on May 10 2011 05:13 AM by xper in Internet
Microsoft is putting the finishing touches on a deal to buy Internet phone company Skype for between $7 billion and $8 billion, and a deal could be announced as early as tomorrow, according to a Wall Street Journal report . The report ci...
Microsoft spends $7.5m on IP addresses
Posted on Mar 25 2011 12:54 AM by Tripredacus in Internet
It’s official, IP addresses are now more expensive than domain names.Nortel Networks, the bankrupt networking hardware vendor, has sold 666,624 IPv4 addresses to Microsoft for $7.5m, according to Delaware bankruptcy court documents.That’s ...
Mozilla exec hits at Microsoft over abandoning XP as F...
Posted on Mar 22 2011 01:35 PM by xper in Internet
A Mozilla executive said he was surprised that rival Microsoft has abandoned support for the 10-year-old Windows XP operating system in its new Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) browser. IE9, which Microsoft launched a week ago, runs on Windows Vista and ...