All the stories tagged with: Web
Google prematurely announces Google Search update
08/09/2011, It seems like someone over at Google made a boo boo today. Earlier today, the search engine giant posted on its official mobile blog (click here for the dead link) an announcement for a new version of the Google Search app [...]
RIM’s website gets hacked over London riots
08/09/2011, If you have been following the news regarding the London riots, you’re probably aware that RIM has offered to help the London police by giving them the names of the people who were using BBM during the riots, which helped [...]
WordPress malware poisons images on Google Image search
08/09/2011, If you own a blog, whether it be for personal or professional use, chances are you are probably running in on WordPress, a popular platform for both personal and professional blogs/websites. It appears that there is a new form of [...]
AnonPlus gets defaced again, this time by Syrian hackers
08/09/2011, A couple of days ago, hacking collective Anonymous went ahead and defaced the Syrian Ministry of Defence’s website, leaving a message that supported the residents in Syria who were pro-democracy. I guess the arrest of LulzSec’s alleged leader, Topiary, did [...]
Melville House introduces HybridBooks, blends the digital with the physical
08/08/2011, While ebooks could very well be the future of books it goes without saying that there are still plenty of people left in the world who prefer reading and holding a physical book. The smell of a new book along [...]
Amazon quietly rolls out Kindle social network
08/08/2011, Good news Kindle owners, it appears that Amazon has quietly rolled out a new social networking service over the weekend for their Kindle owners. We don’t think that Amazon has any plans to fight the big boys at Facebook for [...]
#Antisec hackers release 10GB of law enforcement data
08/07/2011, After releasing the details of over 7,000 law enforcement officers last week, it looks like Anonymous is back again, this time with the help of Lulzsec. In their latest Antisec move: the two hacking groups have hacked over 70 law [...]
QR codes turn Yiying Lu’s illustrations into links
08/07/2011, Yiying Lu, the artist behind Twitter’s infamous Fail Whale, was recently chosen to create a collection of fashion illustrations for the inaugural issue of Meets Obsession magazine. And instead of just creating regular artwork with her skills (mind you, she [...]
Facebook push notifications available on Android thanks to BlackBerry
08/07/2011, As of now there aren’t any apps available for Android phones (both official and unofficial) that support push notifications for Facebook, but the folks over at Android Central forums have managed to find a work around solution to the problem. [...]
Pottermore website targeted by scammers
08/05/2011, With the official sign up for Pottermore coming in October it appears as though scammers are already trying their luck at attempting to con eager Harry Potter fans out of their hard-earned money through various means. Given the amount of [...]
Google Chrome OS successfully hacked
08/05/2011, One of Google’s Chrome OS strongest selling points was the fact that it had much better built-in security than other operating systems. The OS split up between different hard drive partitions: one swap partition, one encrypted user partition and one [...]
45% of companies use social sites to screen potential candidates
08/05/2011, In today’s connected world, where almost everybody is on Facebook, personal profiles are becoming an increasingly important aspect in everybody’s lives. Great if you’re disconnected from the world and refuse to have anything to do with putting your profile online, [...]
Google+ improves invitation system
08/05/2011, Google+ hasn’t been out for a long time and it has already been reported to have hit 18 million users last month, but a lot of users still don’t have all their friends on the service yet. One of the [...]
