Category: Internet
Get lost playing in the world's biggest HTML5 Pac-Man maze!
Here's a great way to count down the hours before the weekend starts; head over to www.worldsbiggestpacman.com where you can take on the challenge of the world's biggest Pac-Man maze. Designed by Soap Creative and made up of innumerable user-generated…
WordPress hit by "root-level" hacking attack
Wordpress suffered a "root-level" security breach this week that left key elements of the blogging platform's source code exposed. Hosting over 19 thousand blogs worldwide, with over 300 posts made a minute, the attack has the potential to fuel malware…
Obama to use Facebook to hold live-streamed town hall meeting
The tech-savvy US president Barack Obama will hold his next town hall meeting on Facebook. Taking place at Facebook headquarters, Obama will host a live-streamed session, focused on the economy, and everyone is invited to participate. Said the White…
INTERVIEW: Radio's Colin Murray on digital music, football streaming with BT Infinity and his love of Super Mario
Colin Murray, radio DJ, sports pundit on the airwaves and TV and generally-all-round-nice-bloke has partnered up with BT to help them promote their growing BT Infinity super-fast broadband network. He's created an online guide on how to get the…
Internet as human right and the evolution of technology
The internet should be seen as a basic human right, according to to Tim Berners-Lee, the man who invented the World Wide Web. Speaking at the 20th International World Wide Web Conference in India, Berners-Lee emphasised the importance of…
Three launch new premium Huawei E367 3G internet dongle
Three have today revealed their network's latest high-end 3G internet dongle, the Huawei E367. With a rotating head for better signal coverage and PC access compared to previous models, the USB dongle can stand vertically, with the connector tucking away…
+1 button lets your freinds curate Google search results and ads
The Google search engine gets another new addition today in the shape of the "+1" button. Showing Google to be on the pulse when it comes to the growing importance of crowd-sourced data, the button sits alongside each advert…
Google send 1GB/sec internet down the Yellow Brick road to Kansas City
Think your Virgin Meda or BT fibre optic connection was fast? Think again; Google have officially confirmed Kansas City as the first town to get their 1GB/sec Google Fiber network. "After a careful review, today we're happy to announce…
Need a girlfriend? There's an app for that
And a popular one it is too: "Due to high demand we are only able to accommodate a limited number of users on this site. Register early to get in line." This is the welcoming message on www.cloudgirlfriend.com -…
A Facebooked life: how our lives are documented by social networks (video)
This little time-lapse video is the work of Martin Luere, brought to us by New Scientist. The film charts a life on Facebook: setting up the account, falling in love, being caught cheating, breaking up and then finding someone…
