The owners of domain names such as dacebook, facegbook and faacebok thought they’d make a fortune from fat-fingered Facebook users. In fact they’ll be paying Facebook around $2.8 million. Facebook has become one of the first high-profile winners under the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act, a 1999 law that offers limited protection to firms against people […]
The internet was one of the greatest disasters to befall mankind. Now its survivors share their experiences of the tragedy. [The Poke]
If you (or your loved ones) are currently playing Electronics Arts/Maxis games on Facebook, make the most of any cash you’ve spent on it. Come June 14th that money will be worthless. In a move that’s hardly going to dampen down claims that it is the “worst company in the country”, EA has decided to […]
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Over the past few years, we’ve become accustomed to the tech world presenting plenty of April Fool’s Day gags, many of which involve brilliant-sounding products that turn out to be too good to be true. This year thought, it seems many firms have decided Facebook advertising is the best way to spread the gags. It’s […]
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Believe some media sources and yesterday saw the entire Internet ground to a crawl by a spectacular cyberfight. It’s a story that’s been overhyped, but the incident does highlight a technical flaw that’s very open to abuse. The story involved a sustained attack of Spamhaus, an organization that maintains a blacklist of servers believed to […]
That’s it, I’m going to cry now. No more Google reader starting July 1st. I felt like I should do something to say Goodbye to Google Reader so I decided to make this song. Hope you enjoy it :) [Hitreach | Via MUO]
LOL @ Google + Youtube and Bing forwarding its search requests to Google. [Cracked]
Research by eBay suggests paying to advertise on Google only works in limited circumstances and even then the effect isn’t massive. It also suggests that for established brands at least, slashing the ad spend causes little damage. The company intentionally suspended its advertising for a trial period, save for in several regions used as a […]