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CIA website hacked by Anonymous
02/10/2012, Another week, another site take down by Anonymous; and today, the group decided to pull off another huge hit. According to an announcement posted by the hacktivist group on Twitter it claims responsibility for hacking the website of the Central Intelligence [...]
Apps Builder lets you turn your website into an app
02/10/2012, If you have a website and you want to turn it into an app but you have no idea how to, you’re in luck. Apps Builder, has got a solution for you. Called Apps Builder as well, its online service [...]
Google bar updated
02/09/2012, Remember the black Google bar introduced a few months ago? The one that appears on top of all Google websites? Google has announced that it will be making some minor changes to it. To switch between different Google services, you [...]
The Pirate Bay backup available for download
02/09/2012, With all the file sharing websites being taken down or shutting down voluntarily, online file sharers are looking for alternative ways to keep the file trade going. While some folks have come up with an alternative way of distributing files [...]
Google Screenwise collects your browsing habits for $25
02/09/2012, How much do you value your privacy? If it’s $25 or less, you might want to take up Google’s latest offer with its Screenwise project. Google wants to improve its products and services and make a better online experience for [...]
Google Chrome web browser updated
02/08/2012, Google released Chrome for Android yesterday, and today it pushed out an update for the desktop version of its web browser. The latest stable version of Chrome now has features that were present in the beta version of Chrome that [...]
Amazon increases Prime Instant Video selection with Viacom deal
02/08/2012, Great news for Amazon Prime customers – Amazon has just announced a licensing agreement with Viacom that will allow Amazon Prime members to instantly stream TV shows from MTV, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, TV Land, Spike, VH1, BET, CMT and Logo. [...]
Brazilian Federal Attorney’s Office sues Twitter
02/07/2012, Despite Twitter’s recent move to censor tweets by region, it looks like it isn’t enough to keep the Brazilian Federal Attorney Office happy. It recently received a lawsuit from the Brazilian Federal Attorney Office, requesting that it suspends and block [...]
CEOP-customized Internet Explorer 9 now available
02/07/2012, To celebrate Safer Internet Day 2012, the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) have teamed up together with Microsoft to release a special version of Internet Explorer 9. This specially modified version of the web browser features a new [...]
Amazon rumored to launch a physical retail store
02/06/2012, While most companies are making the switch from physical to digital, it looks like Amazon might be going in the opposite direction. According to rumors online, Amazon is planning to roll out a retail store within the next few months. [...]
Google “Solve for X” to be unveiled today?
02/06/2012, We all know there’s a lot more to Google than just search, Gmail and Android – and it looks like today will be the day we are introduced to another of the company’s latest project. Titled “Solve for X”, the [...]
BTjunkie shuts down
02/06/2012, A couple of weeks ago, Megaupload was shut down by the authorities and slowly we’ve begun to feel the repercussions of the move. Filesonic no longer shares files, and a number of other torrent sites have decided to close their [...]
Mozilla developing web push notifications for Firefox
02/03/2012, If there’s one main advantage native apps have over web apps – it’s the ability to receive push notifications for getting new messages or updates on mobile devices. Well it looks like all that might change in the future. It [...]
