Category: Internet
Megaupload founder hid in safe room armed with shotgun before arrest
Starling details of the arrest of Kim Dotcom, Megaupload.com founder, have been revealed following last week's closure of the file-sharing website. Dotcom, also known as Kim Schmitz, was said to be hiding in the saferoom of his New Zealand mansion,…
Megaupload take-down leads to Anonymous attacks
The hacking collective known as Anonymous have carried out a string of DDoS attacks on high profile websites after the file-sharing sites Megaupload and Megavideo were forced to close yesterday. Hackers attacked the Motion Picture Association of America, the Universal…
Do you Yahoo! ? Jerry Yang no longer does
Jerry Yang, co-founder of web giants Yahoo!, has resigned after 17 years at the top. One of the first massive web companies, Yahoo! was founded by Yang and David Filo in 1995, dominating the web until peaking in 2007 with…
Mozilla breathe easy as Google sign 3-year Firefox search deal
Google has signed a 3 year deal with Mozilla that will see the latter's Firefox browser continue to benefit from a lucrative search deal. Google will continue to be the default search provider for Firefox, leading to valuable revenues for…
Google "Let it snow"!
First Apple's Santa iPhone 4S ad, and now Google's latest search Easter egg; it seems everyone's getting into the festive spirit this week! Head on over to Google.com and type "Let it snow" into the search box. You'll then be…
Wikipedia may switch off US pages if Senate's anti-piracy bill gets green-lit
Wikipedia, the free online crowd-sourced encyclopaedia, is preparing to potentially switch off its American pages in protest to a bill on the verge of being passed by the US senate. The bill in question is the "Stop Online Piracy" act….
Facebook's top topics for 2011: TOWIE more talked about than Gaddafi, Bin Laden deaths in UK
Facebook have revealed the most often-discussed topics on their social network for 2011. Ranking topics based on the amount of times they appeared in status updates across the year, the top global lists are a mixture of major news events…
Snoop Dogg sending personalised Singing Telegrams with Western Union this Christmas
If you're sick of sending out the same stock Christmas cards every year then you should check out this latest shizzle from Western Union. To mark the 160th anniversary of the company's famous Singing Telegram service, Western Union have teamed…
Mozilla Firefox turning its attention to gaming with gamepad support?
It's been a rough old time recently for Mozilla. First they find that their browser Firefox has slipped down the into third place behind the ever-dominant Internet Explorer and Google's Chrome, and then they find their lucrative search deal…
.XXX websites go on general sale today
All those dodgy "sexting" snaps you've been storing on your smartphone may finally come to good use today, as anyone can now try their hand at running a porn site with sales of .xxx domains opening. Until now, the ICM…
