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Pigeon transfers data faster than South Africa's Telkom
A South African information technology company on Wednesday proved it was faster for them to transmit data with a carrier pigeon than to send it using Telkom , the country's leading internet service provider.
HTC Tattoo™ Brings Android To All
HTC Corporation today introduced the HTC Tattoo™, an Android-based phone that brings broad personalization to the masses. With its distinct design and ability to personalize all aspects of the phone, from its hardware to its applications and cont...
Computer attack may not have originated in North Korea after all
Evidence has surfaced that the denial-of-service attacks that crippled dozens of U.S. and South Korean web sites last week may not have been perpetrated by North Korea, as widely surmised.
Cyber attacks touching celebrities, governments
The death of Michael Jackson and Internet attacks in the United States and South Korea share a cyber-crime connection. Almost immediately following Jackson's death, antivirus software companies began seeing links related to the singer that were in...
South Korea says attackers used IP address in 5 nations
South Korea said Friday it had identified and blocked five IP addresses used to distribute computer viruses that caused a wave of Web site outages in the U.S. and South Korea.
South Korean intelligence officials believe North Korea or pro-Pyongyang forces in South Korea committed cyber attacks that paralyzed major South Korean and U.S. Web sites, a lawmaker's aide said Wednesday.
Apple May Be Exempt From China's Web Filter Mandate
Apple appears to be exempt from China's mandate that a controversial Internet filtering program be shipped with all computers sold in the country. Computers that do not meet the software's technical requirements are excluded from the mandate, acco...
Witness the Real-life (Beta) Version of Star Trek's Universal Translator
Sakhr Mobile develops an iPhone app for troops and diplomats that translates Arabic speech into English, and visa versa--and there's video of it, in action.
Pirate Bay Founders Launch Video Site, Sell Company
The founders of the controversial Pirate Bay file-sharing Web site are launching a video-sharing site the same day they announced Pirate Bay's sale to a Swedish software company.
North Korean State Media now on Twitter
News stories from North Korea's official media, KCNA, Pyongyang's state Korean Central News, are now available on Twitter.
Turmoil in Tehran: Citizens Turn on Livestream.com Channel to Provide As-it-Happens News Coverage
Iranian demonstrators are using Livestream's video streaming service to report in realtime and capture content in the turbulent wake of a contested presidential election from the scene.
A California company alleged that the Chinese "Green Dam-Youth Escort"filtering software that must be packaged with all computers sold in China from July 1, contains stolen portions of the company's Internet-filtering software designed for parents.
A new privacy study conducted by a group of graduate students at the University of California, Berkeley, was released late Monday. The students at the School of Information — Joshua Gomez, Travis Pinnick and Ashkan Soltani — studied consumer expec...
China's government ratcheted up its censorship of the Internet on Tuesday by blocking blogs, Internet forums, and social media sites, two days before the 20th anniversary of the military's attack on pro-democracy protesters in Tiananmen Square.
Head-mounted camera for recording special moments
(...) A new UKP300 (US$455) tactical head camera worn by U.K. police for surveillance operations offers the perfect portable camera device for recording your every move. The 450 TVL resolution kit can be used to record leisure activities, such as ...
Christian group sues Google after search engine refuses to take its abortion adverts
A Christian group is suing Google over the internet giant's refusal to take its anti-abortion adverts. The Christian Institute, a "non-denominational Christian charity", wanted to pay Google so that whenever the word "abortion" was typed into the ...
Women’s attractiveness judged by software
According to Haaretz, an Israeli team of computer scientists has developed a software that ranks facial attractiveness of women. Instead of identifying basic facial characteristics, this software has been designed to make aesthetic judgments — aft...
CIA enlists Google's help for spy work
Google has been recruited by US intelligence agencies to help them better process and share information they gather about suspects. Agencies such as the National Security Agency have bought servers on which Google-supplied search technology is use...
See The World's Lightest Cell Phone, the Modu
The Guinness World Records named the Modu phone as the lightest cell phone in the world. At just 1.5 ounces and 2.8 by 1.4 by 0.3 inches, the Modu is a full ounce lighter than the already miniature Pantech C300. Without a doubt, it's the tiniest c...
Security Lapse Exposes Facebook Photos
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A security lapse made it possible for unwelcome strangers to peruse personal photos posted on Facebook Inc.'s popular online hangout, circumventing a recent upgrade to the Web site's privacy controls. The Associated Press ver...