A hacking group simply identifying itself as “Anonymous” has taken credit for a recent string of high-profile cyber attacks against the websites of businesses, banks and politicians that have either spoken out against or stopped doing business with whistleblowing site, WikiLeaks.
Since Monday of this week, targets have included Swiss …
After working with the New York Marathon and seeing that they had 6,000 volunteers that were willing to help out but not encouraged to raise money for the cause, Edward Norton had an idea. The actor, best known for his roles in Fight Club and American History X, co-founded Crowdrise, a charitable giving platform that features sponsored …
In light of “Operation: Payback” and the group’s decision to start hacking the sites of those who have stopped Wikileaks payments (like MasterCard, PayPal and more), Techland has decided to reflect on other significant moments of recent hacking history.
Whether it was finding that your Twitter didn’t link to that thing you thought or …
Thanks to an error in JavaScript — the code used in every day applications like Gmail and Google maps — your web surfing history may be viewable by outside companies without your permission. (More on TIME.com: Commerical Spying: Worse Than We Knew)
A study conducted by researchers from the University of California, San Diego, …
A group of hackers simply going by the name “Anonymous” is targeting companies that have blocked whistleblowing site WikiLeaks from using their services.
The latest target is MasterCard, whose site mastercard.com has currently been knocked offline thanks to a series of DDOS (distributed denial of service) attacks against it. On a very …
StumbleUpon’s ability to propagate viral material online is normally enjoyed by Internet junkies who just want to find out what’s out there on the web. But, founder and CEO Garrett Camp is banking that the site can be much more than that. With new options to be launched early next year, they believe they may have the next evolution …
Google just unveiled its plans for a major shakeup of the computer industry. It’s a classic three-pronged approach consisting of Google’s Chrome web browser, the newly-opened Chrome Web Store, and the upcoming Chrome Operating System. Let’s take a closer look.
Chrome (the web browser)
Google has reported a jump from 70 million to …
Bloggers rejoice: Tumblr has returned. (And no, though many speculated it, the site was not down as a result from 4 Chan.) The company’s official blog, which we can finally read, states that a critical data base cluster had an issue during planned maintenance that took down the whole site, but failed to go into more specifics than …
Get ready for the next installment of streaming animal cuteness: Mozilla Firefox has adopted two red panda cubs, nicknamed “firefoxes,” and they are streaming their antics online for our guilty viewing pleasure. The Firefox logo was designed after these creatures so the company thought it was just right that they adopted a couple of the …
Google is now officially competing with the likes of Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Apple when it comes to selling electronic books.
Half-announced last week as “Google Editions,” the book store is now simply called “Google eBookstore.” See, they took “book store” and made it one word, then added a lowercase “e” to the front of it like …
When Apple announced its new 1.5-inch touchscreen iPod Nano in early September, it didn’t take long before people started dreaming of making the tiny music player into a wristwatch.
About two weeks ago, a Chicago-area designer named Scott Wilson turned to fundraising site Kickstarter.com to try to drum up some financial support for …
December 3, 2010 –
I’m surprised no one is asking why he googled himself. Then again, we’re all so vain we’ve done it at least once… a week.
Puppy Plays With Doorstop
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