Category: Internet
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Facebook’s Internet Drone Detailed
Facebook’s cool delta wing drone is on the way, it’s designed to bring internet to various parts of the world via lasers. The drone is part of internet.org, an initiative from Facebook to bring the flying internet and other related technologies to the third world and beyond. The Aquila drones themselves are of a delta…
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Internet Explorer Support Discontinued
Microsoft is getting ready to promote and move over to a new web browser for Windows 10. Internet Explorer, which has lagged behind in speed and security for the last few years, is to be replaced by a new web browser known as Spartan, which is to include much anticipated new features. Windows 10’s release…
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Amazon Unlimited Cloud Storage Super Cheap (in the US)
Amazon never content to just sell stuff is taking on Dropbox now, with a new cloud storage plan that’s dirt cheap. You can now store an unlimited number of files in the cloud for $60 a year (no word on if this will be available in the UK). Current UK pricing puts 1TB at £320…
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Virus Holds Video Games To Ransom
A tricky computer virus has been discovered which amazingly manages to hold people’s video games at ransom in exchange for extortionate amounts of money. The virus is a variant of crypto-ransom software TeslaCrypt, which notoriously hold people’s computers to ransom for massive amounts of money by locking out their programs. File extensions associated with games,…
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Briton Arrested for Illegally Uploading 3,000 WWE and UFC Videos
A 55-year old Leicestershire man has been arrested by British police suspected of illegally uploading an equivalent of 3,000 mixed martial arts and sports entertainment videos, the majority of which were ripped from megabucks global companies World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). The Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) which specialises in…
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Facebook Data Firehose Goes Public
Social media has a unique opportunity to supply businesses with information on trending products and services, as well as what the general public are griping about currently. The information created by you on me on social media is already being used, at least via Twitter, through a system known as the ‘firehose’ – a secure…
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Google Opens New Store for Devices
From now on if you’re looking to buy a tablet, smart watch or mobile phone from Google’s Play Store, you’ll soon be relocated to a brand new Google store for devices only. The amount of kit you can buy on the Play Store has increased so much that Google have decided that it can all…
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Twitter Introduces New Profiles for Android Users
Twitter has recently been tweaking its Android app to make it work more naturally with smartphone and tablet gestures and now this can be noticed on user profile pages which have received quite a significant make-over. Utilising the side swipe gesture on the Android’s touchscreen (which Twitter only recently seems to have discovered) we can…
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uTorrent May Install Apps Without Consent
Uh oh, it looks like uTorrent has been caught red handed. The popular torrent service apparently has been installing applications on people’s computers without the user’s permission. The service has already been promoting the cryptocurrency mining software EpicScale, but some users have said that the software has appeared stealthily on their computers without warning. According…
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FCC Approves Net Neutrality Rules, What Does This Mean For The UK
So it’s likely you’ve seen in the news lately the discussion over “Net Neutrality”, many of you will have no idea what this means and those that do may not know how it affects us in the UK. The FCC or Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency in the USA and their role is…
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Blogger Backpedals on its Porn Policy
Just days after announcing it would look to ban adult content Blogger has gone back on its word and will be allowing users to post porn. Blogger gave an update on the potential change to its porn policy saying that a “ton of feedback” has persuaded them not to move forward with the plan to…
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Facebook Addresses Suicide Prevention with New Feature
Facebook has partnered with a number of suicide prevention organisations to introduce a new feature with which users can report posts that might suggest a friend is in need of help and support. In a post made on the Facebook Safety page, the social network comments on its responsibility to our safety and outlines what…