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Rare Corvettes In Museum Disappear In Sinkhole
Internet February 19, 2014
All businesses have a bad day now and again. Poor sales, rude customers, bad weather – all of these things are pretty well out of the control of upper management, yet they still have a huge effect on employees and customers alike. I’m not sure what you’d consider as... Read more
Venezuelan Government Blocks Protest Images On Twitter
InternetSocial Media February 19, 2014
Twitter has confirmed that the Venezuelan government has been blocking images of protests and demonstrations that began earlier this month in provincial towns. Venezuelans have had to rely on information from foregin reporters and social media in order to get around the state-controlled media. Nu Wexler, spokesperson for Twitter,... Read more
Darknet Utopia Website Seized By Dutch Authorities
Internet February 19, 2014
The dark side of the Internet has been lying there underneath the regular lol cats, YouTube videos, social networks, games and other innocuous websites that the Internet is made up of. Occasionally though, it comes into the light of regular media, like the case of The Silk Road. Along... Read more
It was in 1983 that Steve Jobs gave a talk on the future of technology at the Aspen International Design Conference. As part of his presentation he used a Lisa mouse, which was one of the first types of computer mouse to be sold commercially. Following the discourse those... Read more
Google Launches The Largest Solar Power Project Ever Made
Internet February 19, 2014
Google has just revealed the company’s latest venture into the field of renewable energy sources by announcing what they say is the planet’s largest solar power project. The Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating Station, is situated on the California-Nevada border. It uses 347,000 mirrors that face the sun, to produce 392 megawatts of... Read more
The popular crowd-funding platform Kickstarter, has had a serious security breach and the recommendation is to change your password on the website. Also, their advice is to change your passwords that you use on any other websites, if you used the same password. Although the site was hacked, there... Read more
Google Acquires SlickLogin
Internet February 18, 2014
It seems as though Google is really ramping up their acquisitions of late, what with their recent purchase of AI firm; DeepMind and other new and advancing technology companies, it appears as though their quest for global technology domination is almost unstoppable. To follow suit nicely they have just... Read more
There are currently over 500000 different pieces of space junk, floating around our orbit. Unfortunately, with every satellite launched into orbit, it will eventually become interstellar garbage, things that have a seemingly unstoppable destiny to be tracked and possibly dismantled by DARPA or ultimately disposed of by huge lasers or something of... Read more
Woman Goes to Jail for Not Returning 9 Year-Old VHS Movie
Internet February 18, 2014
Wow. It seems some places in the United States are sticklers when it comes to following the letter of the law. It also seems like some police departments have a little too much time on their hands. You may find yourself agreeing with me as you read on. A... Read more
Scientists Successfully Control Nanomotors In Human Cells
Internet February 17, 2014
Scientists fro the Pennsylvania State University have successfully inserted and remotely controlled “nanomotors” inside human cells. With further development these “rocket-shaped metal particles” could be used to deliver medicine, perform micro-surgery and even destroy the cell completely. Nanomotors are moved via externally-delivered ultrasonic waves and can be maneuvered by... Read more
India Latest Country Concerned Over Bitcoin
Internet February 17, 2014
Trader in the virtual currency Bitcoin are having a bit of a tough time of things of late. India is the latest in a line of countries becoming increasingly concerned with Bitcoin. After some initial momentum that saw numerous Bitcoin exchanges emerge in India, the Reserve Bank of India has issued... Read more
Toyota Announces Massive Prius Recall
Internet February 17, 2014
There have been a number of automobile manufacturers in recent times, which have had to recall masses of vehicles due to dangerous or defective parts inside their cars. In fact only last week , 75% of 2007-2014 high end cars had to be recalled from manufacturer Aston Martin for... Read more
Rakuten Buys Viber For $900 Million
Internet February 17, 2014
The messaging app Viber has been in the news of late, whether it is because of threatening bans from certain governmental authorities or takeover bids. But finally it appears as though one such firm had the correct figure in mind and coupled with the right package too. Japanese e-commerce... Read more
BBC, ITV & Channel 4 Team Up For Freeview Connect Service
Internet February 15, 2014
The big 3 television broadcast stations in the UK; BBC, ITV and Channel 4 have joined forces in creating a new brand called Freeview Connect. The service will offer their catch-up TV services as standard on smart televisons. The Freeview Connect app will comprise of BBC iPlayer, ITV Player... Read more
Google & Telstra in Talks for Australia Chromecast
Internet February 14, 2014
With Chromecast, you can easily enjoy your favourite online entertainment on your HDTV: movies, TV shows, music, and much more from Netflix, YouTube, Hulu Plus, Google Play Movies and Music, and Chrome. Although there has been no indication from Google that they will be bringing Chromecast to Australia, a new report... Read more
PayPal President’s Credit Card Hacked
Internet February 13, 2014
The President of the online payments company PayPal has recently revealed that his credit card information was cloned whilst he was on a trip to the United Kingdom. David Marcus voiced his opinions on the micro blogging social networking website, Twitter. He tweeted that a ‘ton’ of fraudulent transactions had been carried out via... Read more
Is Microsoft Censoring Chinese Search Results in The US?
Internet February 13, 2014
The average person relies heavily on search engines to fill their information meter on a daily basis. Sad to say, gone are the days when the go-to information sources are print newspapers and libraries; and although they still exist, search engines are the default now. And, when it comes... Read more
Online Drinking Game NekNomination Causes 2 More Deaths
Internet February 13, 2014
The online drinking game NekNomination, has become a worldwide craze and has tragically resulted in the death of two British men. People are challenged to drink shocking amounts of strange alcohol concotions and capture the whole thing on video, which is then shared on Facebook. Stephen Brookes, ages 29,... Read more