Ah Kim Dotcom. The man of many talents, and the brains behind MegaUpload, continues to stir the headlines around the internet, and as the story continues through the many twists and turns, Kim Dotcom's lawyer has now stated that he will only hand over the passwords to his encrypted data as part of a "proper judicial process". Hmmm. Read More >
Featured comment by zim11:
"The police stole my computer once as they accused me for possession of class A drugs, when in reality all I had was some cacti. Anyway, they wanted my..." More »
Microsoft has launched a thing with a silly name, which it's calling So.Cl. Apparently we are supposed to pronounce this as "Social" due to it being the OS giant's next big attempt at launching a full social network. Read More >
Featured comment by kwiiiq:
"To be fair to Microsoft this isn't and was never meant to be a social network competitor to Facebook, Twitter or Google+ - it's been online for a long..." More »
The average home attendance for the New York Mets this year has been 27,683. On Sunday, Citi Field drew 40,000—almost full capacity. Why? Not baseball, but religious radicals who think the internet is a dangerous, mortal evil. Read More >
Featured comment by cinilak:
"So they got holes in the logic of their social system, and they wish to ban people from looking at other options, instead of adapting.
What a sham..." More »
The police have arrested a man for trying to sell six dead babies on the internet, which were being sold for use in witchcraft. The ignorance and cruelty of the human species never ceases to disgust me. Read More >
The UK Government has a plan to clamp down on the scourge of internet pornography, protecting the innocent by requiring ISPs to adopt an 'opt-in' policy. Service providers will filter out offensive material and require their customers to ask for permission to access adult sites. If it works, parents will be able to rest easy about their kids using the web and pornography, while the majority of us will be taking a kick to the nuts. This will please anti-porn campaigners, moralists and -- by happy coincidence -- perves who like seeing things get kicked in the nuts. Read More >
Featured comment by stickyfiddle:
""Do some actual parenting"
That pretty much covers it. Sadly, the people to whom it's not obvious are exactly the people who are the problem. And t..." More »
Y'know when your parents tell you to be careful of what you're doing on the Internet -- don't go meeting strangers, don't give your phone number away, no personal details -- that kinda thing; I took their advice with a pinch of salt, and only never did that online dating thing. And I was right to be cautious about that, unlike this other fella who had quite the hard time when he went to meet his online date. Read More >
The guys who brought you the iPhone and Gmail now want to connect your washing machine, light switch, and just about any other electric device you can think of to the Internet. Get ready to be amazed. Read More >
TalkTalk's the latest ISP to get itself in trouble with the Advertising Standards watchdog, after its own speedchecker was found to be exaggerating the download rates users could expect to see if they signed up for a connection. Read More >
Featured comment by Ret:
"Talk Talk is just generally a crappy company. I signed onto Talk Talk at the start of this academic year because they promised to get our internet con..." More »
Web startups are made out of two things: people and code. The people make the code, and the code makes the people rich. Code is like a poem; it has to follow certain structural requirements, and yet out of that structure can come art. But code is art that does something. It is the assembly of something brand new from nothing but an idea. Read More >
Could you live without broadband at home? I don't know if I could, but Apple Co-Founder and Gizmodo hero Steve Wozniak can. That's what he has recently said in Australia talking about his home in Los Gatos, California: Read More >
Microsoft rolled out a completely revamped version of its Bing search engine today that promises to provide better and more relevant results from a wider array of sources than Google. And without being nearly as annoying. Read More >
Rumour: the Xbox will get a full version of Internet Explorer. More rumours: it will rely heavily on Kinect controls, for Minority Report style operation, and voice control. More more rumours: no date on launching date yet. [The Verge] Read More >
Featured comment by snapper.fishes:
"But that D-pad is like the "nipple" on the good old thinkpads. It's alright if you are using for a short while, but if you are clicking a lot of links..." More »
A triumphant press release from BT today claims it's ahead of schedule when it comes to rolling out its fibre broadband network in the UK, with some 10m homes now able to plump for the joy of faster internet. Which is great news, if you've won the broadband postcode lottery and live near a capable exchange. Read More >
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