Category: Internet
Speed boost lands for Virgin Media broadband customers
They promised to do so, and they've delivered; Virgin Media have given a speed boost to their broadband customers on 100MB connections, upping their speeds to 120MB, free of charge. It's part of Virgin Media's "Double Your Speeds" programme, which…
XXXbox 360: Hardcore porn to hit Microsoft console with Internet Explorer update
Hardcore porn will be coming to the Xbox 360 through the…ahem…backdoor of a forthcoming update to the platform. The addition of the Internet Explorer browser to Microsoft's home gaming console will give access to adult content through the machine, something…
Companies to be given option to swap .co.uk domains for .uk instead
Ever thought that the .co.uk web address was just three characters too long? Well so do Nominet, the company who controls domain names in the UK. They're proposing that some companies be offered .uk domains instead, knocking off three keystrokes…
Review: WebTutorNet online tuition service
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It's now illegal to have cybersex in the Philippines
It's now illegal to have cybersex in the Philippines. A new law has been passed which makes it a crime to engage in cybersex, no matter whether it's between two consenting adults, or conducted through a third party such as…
Have Apple pulled the plug on Safari for Windows?
If you're reading this post as a Windows user on Apple's Safari web browser, you may be about to become one of a dying breed; it appears that the Cupertino company have pulled support for the Windows version of their…
Digg sells for just $500,000, $174.5 million LESS than peak value
Oh dear, you've really gotta feel for the Digg team today. Once a web behemoth, the link-sharing site has sold for a fraction of what it had once been valued at. New York based Betaworks (who also own link-shortening service…
Kickstarter heading to the UK
Kickstarter, the site where aspiring entrepreneurs can tout their wares on the internet in the hopes of having their ideas and inventions "crowd-funded" by web users, is set to build upon its US successes by expanding its operations to the…
Wikipedia founder calls for meeting with Home Secretary following streaming student's extradition to the US
Jimmy Wales, founder of online crowd-soured encyclopaedia Wikipedia, has called for a meeting with Home Secretary Theresa May following the extradition of a British student to the US on the grounds that he facilitated piracy. Richard O'Dwyer faces ten years…
Lulzsec's Ryan Cleary pleads guilty to hacking charge
Ryan Cleary, the Brit charged with attacking a number of high profile web targets last year, has pleaded guilty to hacking charges and has admitted to being a member of Lulzsec. Cleary, first arrested almost a year to the day…
