As world-wide fans give much regard to their virtual farms, pets, mafia gangs, game creator Zynga has deemed it necessary to cast $1 billion international public offering (IPO) tomorrow, 30 June.
Christine Gaylican Jun 29, 2011
The International Olympic Committee has encouraged athletes and other participants at the 2012 London Games to post comments on social media platforms or websites and tweet during the Olympics, but noted that athletes may be sanctioned or barred from competing if guidelines are not followed.
Carlo Fernandez Jun 29, 2011
MasterCard Inc., operator of the second-largest electronic payments network, with card brands MasterCard MasterCard, Maestro and Cirrus, temporarily lost service on its website due to a cyber attack from hackers backing whistle-blowing site WikiLeaks.
Carlo Fernandez Jun 29, 2011
Diesel, the maker of jeans for hot girls, has released an app that allows you to slack off at work without having your boss catch you on Facebook. Diesel's new "Be Stupid at Work app" makes Facebook appear to be an Excel spreadsheet, which means you can update your status and read updates all you want without the guy who shares your cubicle or your boss noticing. Download the app at http://www.bestupidatwork.com/
Carlo Fernandez Jun 27, 2011
The United States and North Korea are never in agreement with each other. They are in a dispute about South Korea, Pyongyang's nuclearization and arms proliferation, and many more. There have been tensions between them in the land, sea, and air, and they might as well take their dispute to the Internet.
Carlo Fernandez Jun 27, 2011
After headline-grabbing hacking exploits against the likes of Sony Corp., the CIA, the U.S. Senate, and FBI partner Infragard, hacking group LulzSec said it won't stop its cyber exploits unless U.S. President Obama does one thing."If President Obama wears a shoe on his head throughout the entirety of his next big speech, we will cease fire on all targets forever," LulzSec said in its Twitter account on Saturday.But apparently, LulzSec is calling it quits, according to a farewell...
Carlo Fernandez Jun 26, 2011
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) seems to be the latest victim of a hacking attack.
ranina sanglap Jun 24, 2011
We already have our top five most embarrassing tweets for the first half of the year.
Carlo Fernandez Jun 24, 2011
The Australian government reached a deal yesterday with the nation's two largest telecommunications companies, Telstra and Optus, bringing the government's rollout of the National Broadband Network closer.
Carlo Fernandez Jun 24, 2011
Research firm Gartner, Inc., said that by 2016, 50 percent of all major marketing automation vendors will develop applications specifically for Apple's iPad.
Carlo Fernandez Jun 24, 2011
Most Australian internet users will have their web access censored next month after the nation's two largest internet providers agreed to block access to websites that have themes considered to be unsuitable by the Federal Government of Australia.Telstra and Optus have agreed to block access to 500 child abuse sites identified by the Australian Communications and Media Authority and additional sites provided by "reputable" international organizations.Some Internet users have lau...
Carlo Fernandez Jun 24, 2011
The Netregistry Group has bought stricken web hosting company, Distribute.IT after thousands of customer e-mails and websites were lost because of a malicious cyber attack.
ranina sanglap Jun 23, 2011
Starting this July over 500 websites will be censored for Australian internet users. The country's two largest internet providers, Telstra and Optus have agreed to block access to the websites that have themes considered to be unsuitable by the Federal Government of Australia.
ranina sanglap Jun 23, 2011
The Australian government finally sealed its hard-fought agreements with two of the country’s leading telcos that hopefully will roll out the implementation of the National Broadband Network, pending the approval of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).
Erik Pineda Jun 23, 2011
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s legal battles with his Harvard contemporaries Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss may see an end soon with the twins informing the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday that they are intending not to appeal its earlier decision.
Erik Pineda Jun 23, 2011
Company software developer AVG (AU/NZ) Pty Ltd, has warned Australians of the persisting personal identity theft as more scams might develop and are being created for the tax return season starting on 1 July.
Christine Gaylican Jun 23, 2011
NBN Co Limited and Optus have inked a binding agreement to migrate Optus’ subscribers to the National Broadband Network (NBN).
Sharon Olalia Jun 23, 2011
Telstra (ASX: TLS) and NBN Company's definitive agreement spells a historic day for Australia's telecommunications industry, independent consultancy group Ovum said Thursday..
Sharon Olalia Jun 23, 2011
According to the monthly Media Metrix report from Internet market research firm comScore, Google in May became the first web property to pass one billion unique visitors worldwide.
Jamelle Agbuis Jun 23, 2011
LulzSec, the group of rogue hackers who are dominating the news with their antics have set their sights on stealing classified information from governments, banks and other high-ranking establishments.
ranina sanglap Jun 23, 2011
Australian domain registrar and web host Distribute.IT on Tuesday informed customers who had sites hosted on a number of its servers that their sites and emails were now considered "unrecoverable".
Carlo Fernandez Jun 22, 2011
Following a joint effort by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and the United Kingdom's Scotland Yard, Ryan Cleary, a 19-year-old suspected major player of LulzSec, was arrested in Essex, England. Cleary is in custody at a central London police station and is being questioned on a suspicion of a Computer Misuse Act and Fraud Act offence.
Carlo Fernandez Jun 22, 2011
Distribute. IT has admitted that its servers are "unrecoverable" after hackers attacked its systems a week ago. The production data and backups for four of its shared servers were erased and at least 4800 Australian sites are now lost with no chance of recovery.
ranina sanglap Jun 21, 2011
Google and the British Library recently sealed a deal that would allow the tech firm to scan some 250,000 copyright-free books and make them available through its Google Books services.
Erik Pineda Jun 21, 2011
Its acquisition of Skype almost a certainty with the recent regulatory approval pushed by the $8.5 billion deal, Microsoft gears up its consolidation move on its new pet by letting go of executives that experts said is a move that would save up some cash for the new owners of the fairly popular internet calling firm.
Erik Pineda Jun 21, 2011
Telco giant Telstra (ASX: TLS) launched today its Telstra Ultimate Mobile Wi-Fi – a battery-powered device that shares Next G mobile broadband connectivity with up to five devices simultaneously.
Sharon Olalia Jun 21, 2011
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, the group that manages Internet addresses, approved a plan to usher in one of the biggest changes ever to the Internet's Domain Name System.
Carlo Fernandez Jun 21, 2011
With the public outcry over Facebook's facial recognition feature growing ever louder, Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen is now requesting a meeting with the social networking site. In a letter sent to Facebook, he says the company's failure to provide an opt-in "overlooked a critical component of consumer privacy protection."
Jamelle Agbuis Jun 20, 2011
It's taken a long time. A very, very long time. But, at last, the latest Chrome 13 beta sees the browser finally gain a Print Preview function. And this isn't just some half-finished beta version, either -- it's really quite impressive.
Jamelle Agbuis Jun 20, 2011
This week, Mozilla's whirlwind release cycle yielded the first release candidate of Firefox 5 in the beta channel, just a matter of a week before the final version is expected to be released.
Jamelle Agbuis Jun 20, 2011
