The hack attacks perpetrated by the Syrian Electronic Army this week weren't exactly on the cutting edge. Rather, they relied primarily upon phishing and social engineering to gain access to The Washington Post, Time and CNN.Read More >>
Unlike your ex, Google really is working hard to become a better listener. On Wednesday Google announced that its Voice Search function would now be able to return results for several new spoken commands and questions, based on information stored in your Gmail, Google Calendar and Google+ account. Per a post to the Google Inside…
The Internet is not a perfect meritocracy, where the best ideas naturally rise to the forefront of the national conversation. It is easy to game the popularit..Read More >>
“We live in the era of Snowden and (WikiLeaks founder Julian) Assange,” declared Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, in a keynote address to the crowd, which organizers said had over 500 people from 90 countries. “All kinds of information that people would prefer to remain secret or private are being exposed.”Read More >>
The Pirate Bay (TPB), the torrent site that really doesn't need an introduction anymore, celebrates its 10th birthday today. To mark the day, TPBÂ launch..Read More >>
Media finds weird news impossible to resist, even when it sounds too silly to be true. But it can fool people especially easily when coming from a place like Japan, birthplace of wacky trends. Read this article by Tim Hornyak on CNET.Read More >>
