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Megaupload Taken Down By Feds On Charges Of Piracy
Megaupload, the file hosting and transfer service incorporated in Hong Kong, was taken down today by U.S. Justice Department and FBI today on charges of copyright infringement and conspiracy. The timing of the federal
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With Liberty and Smart Phones for All
Huawei, a Chinese based maker of telecom-network equipment, has been exponentially growing in the U.S. market for cheaper smartphones and has finally breached the top 10 manufacturers in the world. Currently ranked 9th, the
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Ford to Open New Research Lab in Silicon Valley
Ford has finally taken the step to further its technology research on the west coast by building a research lab close to the rest of the big dogs in the valley, names such as
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Verizon’s Convenience Fee Controversy: Valuing your two cents over your two dollars
Yesterday, a memo was leaked via DroidLife detailing Verizon’s plans to implement a $2 “convenience fee” for customers who made payments by phone or online. The charge itself was intended to be an incentive
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Ocean Marketing’s Founder Paul Christoforo goes viral, very bad PR
“Twas the month of Christmas, when all through the web A Fail went so viral it made him a celeb. His emails were taken, his meme almost finished, Poor Paul Christoforo’s reputation? Very diminished.”
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LG to Debut 84″ 3D HDTV at 2012 CES
Apparently, this isn’t the first time for talk regarding LG’s 84-inch “ultra definition” TV. CNET UK reported its existence during its coverage in the 2011 CES. The new 2012 upgraded version is said to
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Chinese GPS is operational
China recently launched its own alternative to the US global positioning system, the Beidou Navigation Satellite System. This went operational on Tuesday and currently has 10 satellites being utilized for this system. The plan for
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SOPA/PIPA Explained; GoDaddy loses 21,000 domains and stops supporting SOPA
Late last week saw the domain registrar Go Daddy lose over 21,000 domains. Why did this happen to a service which was doing pretty well for itself for so long? In an acronym, SOPA.
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Controversy Over Carrier IQ Leading Sprint to Disable the Service
The recent storm over Carrier IQ, a software installed on more than 150 million smartphones was sparked by a security researcher by the name of Trevor Eckhart, where he posted a 17-minute video a
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Amazon Selling 1 Million Kindle Devices a Week, Sustainable?
Amazon.com Inc., the world’s largest online retailer, has announced that customers have purchased around 1 million of it’s Kindle e-book readers and tablets every week for the past 3. Wonder which product made the
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