YouTube has admitted that forcing users to log into a Google+ account has failed to curb spammy and abusive commenting. It appears that the change has initially made the problem even worse. The site recently gave its comments system a major overhaul, headlined by the Google+ requirement which was meant to be a way to […]
Earlier this year, I switched my Twitter profile picture from the lady you see on top of the blog to a picture of myself. I thought, hey, this is my blog, why not use my face as an avatar? Until last month, I never questioned the effect that this would have on my Twitter follower […]
From Jack Vale: Using the power of Social Media, I FREAKED PEOPLE OUT by making them think I knew personal information about them! So there you go folks, if don’t want total strangers to know details about your private life, just stop making that information available for everyone to see on social media sites. [jackvalefilms]
The long-running Google Books saga has, like so many literary epics, concluded with a shock ending. A federal court has ruled that most of the legal debates of the past nine years have proven irrelevant because the project itself is covered by fair use provisions in copyright law. Back in 2004, Google announced a project […]
“Netflix is killing illicit filesharing” is the way a new study has been spun in some quarters. But closer inspection doesn’t entirely bear that out. The study is the latest in a regular series by Sandvine. It’s combined data from a a range of internet providers. The figure that’s getting the most attention is Netflix […]
Look! It’s Sailor Internet Explorer! This video was created by Microsoft Singapore, dedicated to all anime fans worldwide in celebration of Anime Festival Asia (AFA) 2013. The dark side of the Internet can be a dangerous and scary place. Will our heroine be able to survive? [Internet Explorer]
The virtual currency Bitcoin may have a fundamental flaw according to two Cornell University professors. And they’re not talking about its lack of official recognition or oversight. Emin Gun Sirer, who specialises in operating systems and networking, discusses the piece in a post on the “Hacking, Distributed” blog in which he details a paper he […]
The offices of the Internet Archive project have been badly hit by a fire. Appropriately enough, no data was lost, but staff are appealing for donations to help replace damaged equipment. The project is best known for its WayBack Machine, a tool that archives copies of web pages over time, aiming to keep track of […]
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