Australian teen to blame for Twitter’s JavaScript meltdown
A 17-year-old Australian whizkid was to blame for the ‘onMouseOver’ issues that plagued the microblogging site.
View ArticleChina may have been spying on Gmail accounts
Gmail users begin to see red banners on their pages warning them that IP addresses in China were attempting to log in.
View ArticleFacebook explains epic late-night outage
The 150-minute downtime was down to a process correcting an error, which threw up an error, which it tried to correct…
View ArticleIs this the device to beat the iPad?
Research In Motion, the manufacturers of the BlackBerry, launch the PlayBook: a business-focused tablet machine.
View ArticleGoogle unveils alternative image format for faster downloading
Forget JPEG, GIF or PNG: meet Google’s WebP format, which it says can make files lighter without losing detail.
View ArticleIrishman shows the world the dangers of Stuxnet
You might not have heard of Stuxnet – but after seeing this video you might get a little bit nervous about it.
View ArticleMicrosoft to enter tablet race before Christmas
Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer says there’ll be tablets running Windows on sale by the end of 2010.
View ArticleHacker collective uncovers ‘blacklisted’ Google Instant terms
Exploiting the new ‘Google Instant’, users discover search terms that Google deliberately keeps blank.
View ArticleUAE and BlackBerry resolve security dispute
Research In Motion reaches an agreement with the Emirates to avoid having the handsets banned from the country.
View ArticleNew smartphone utility shows properties owned by NAMA
‘NAMAland’ uses your iPhone or Android’s camera and GPS to show you if nearby property is publicly owned.
View ArticleGoogle reveals latest innovation: cars that drive themselves
The company has been working on automated cars that pull data from Google Maps to drive where you want.
View ArticleMicrosoft unveils Windows 7 phones
Nine new smartphone devices will be launched later this month and early in November.
View ArticleGoogle: supporter of odd inventions?
A self-driving car is just the latest in Google’s strange investments…
View ArticleChurch defection website suspends service over legal vagueness
CountMeOut.ie puts itself on hold because of “lack of clarity” over whether the church now acknowledges defections.
View ArticleFacebook and Microsoft’s Bing launch ‘social search’
Users of Microsoft’s search engine will be given results including content their friends have ‘Liked’ on Facebook.
View ArticleFacebook makes Skype, Bing deals
But will Microsoft’s latest social network integration put pressure on Google?
View ArticleGoogle shares skyrocket on back of massive revenue jump
Shares jump by almost 10% after the company announces a 32% increase in profits for the third quarter.
View ArticleBill Gates’ wife completely bans Apple products from home
Now THAT’S brand loyalty. Melinda Gates says there’s no room for anything Apple in the house – even an iPod.
View ArticleRussia’s ‘spam kingpin’ goes missing – and junk falls 20% in a month
Emails selling ‘V1agra’ and ‘h0t w0m3n’ fall by 20% in a month after a leading professional spammer goes on the run.
View ArticleYou can have an iPhone 4 in any colour you want, as long as it’s black
…because the white one is delayed again.
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