Blog empire Gawker Media was under siege this weekend as a group of hackers gained access to the company’s servers.
(More on Techland: Who Are The WikiLeaks Hacktivists?)
Hackers who identify themselves as part of the group Gnosis not only hacked into flagship site Gawker, but also its sister sites Gizmodo, io9, Jezebel, …
Thanks to everyone who entered yesterday’s contest for the toy bundle. Consider the entries closed. We’ll have a winner picked within an hour.
Today, we’ve got two small gaming bundles to hand out.
Xbox:
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Twitter has responded to accusations of the possible censoring of WikiLeaks hashtags that have hit the blogs this week.
(More on Techland: Who Are The WikiLeaks Hackivists?)
In the wake of big web blocks from Amazon and Paypal, Twitter says it won’t block WikiLeaks-related conversations from trending. In a blog post, Twitter …
Thanks to everyone who participated in yesterday’s contest. Consider the contest closed. We’ll have a winner picked within the hour.
Today we’ve got a nice toy bundle for the kids, or for the adults who want to relive their youth with modern toys.
We’ve got:
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To boost national interest in math and science, President Obama will appear on tonight’s episode of Mythbusters.
(More on TIME: Top Five Myths About President Obama)
Hosts of the Discovery show Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman will investigate a myth about Greek scientist Archimedes, who reportedly set fire to enemy ships using only …
Happy holidays, Techlanders.
To show our appreciation for your readership over the past year, we’d like to introduce Techland’s 12 Days Of Giveaways, where we’ll be offering a daily giveaway to one (or more) of our readers. Giveaways offered will increase in size and coolness as we go along, with the last giveaway on Dec. 23, so …
Following Amazon and PayPal’s decision to block the WikiLeaks site, Facebook has issued a statement saying the social network has no plans to ban the WikiLeaks page.
(More on TIME: WikiLeaks’ Assange Arrested In London, Denied Bail)
Following a chaotic month due to the site’s latest “leak,” a site outage led by hackers in …
Haven’t jumped on the geotag bandwagon yet? You might not see the point, but what if it could save you money?
As of now, we think of location-based networks as places for narcissistic web-a-holics who believe the Internet is actually interested in their mid-day Starbucks visit. (We really, really don’t.) But, what constant …
Pedophiles are not behind a viral Facebook campaign to change profile photos to cartoon characters, Facebook spokesman Simon Axten told Fox News today.
(More on Techland: New Facebook Profile: Keep Calm & Carry On)
The campaign, urging people to upload a photo from their favorite childhood cartoon as their profile picture, aimed to …
Personal information and photos are the focus of Facebook’s latest profile redesign. Unveiled Sunday during CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s TV interview with 60 Minute’s Lesley Stahl, the changes are already available to all users who wish to upgrade before the mandatory switch is made within the next few weeks.
In his first on-camera interview since the release of The Social Network in October, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg not only weighed in on the Hollywood version of his life, but also revealed the new look of your Facebook profile.
(More on Techland: Facebook’s New Messaging System Explained)
Though the announcement was posted Sunday …
AOL Inc. is strongly considering dividing the company, a move that could ultimately lead to a merger with Yahoo, sources told Reuters.
(More on Techland: AOL’s Project Phoenix: E-mail Is Innovative Again)
Talks of a breakup come after years of complicated and somewhat disappointing strategies that came to a head since in 2009 when …
