Archives: 2011 April
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April 30th, 2011, No Comments
ICANN hires hacker to keep Internet safe (AFP)
April 29th, 2011, No Comments
ICANN is committed to keeping the Internet hacker SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – The body responsible for Internet addresses in the world on Thursday named veteran hacker Jeff Moss in the head of security. Moss, whose hacker name is Dark Tangent, the founder of Black Hat conference of computer security, and a collection of infamous DefCon [...]
Marvel’s Making a Superhero-Based Online Game, Reveals Lead Writer (Mashable)
April 29th, 2011, No Comments
Thursday night, Marvel made some major announcements about their upcoming massively multiplayer online (MMO) called the Marvel universe, including the disclosure of the identity of the writer to take the game. The game was created with the hardcore comic nerds, geeks, hardcore comics, and even the casual fan in mind. Players can play superheroes – [...]
Analysis: What’s so special about Sony’s massive data breach? (Reuters)
April 29th, 2011, No Comments
BOSTON (Reuters) – The hacking of Sony Corp's PlayStation Network has earned a place in the annals of Internet crime. That's partly because of the massive size of the data breach — information about 77 million customer accounts was stolen. It is also because Sony bothered to disclose the attack at all. The bulk of [...]
Yahoo email outage frustrates free service’s users (AP)
April 29th, 2011, No Comments
Sunnyvale, Calif. – Yahoo's email service is affected by an interruption that may prevent many users from getting into their inbox. The company apologized Thursday for distribution without specifying how many people were affected. Twitter online service was filled with complaints about nuisance. Most users had no problems logging into their Yahoo email accounts. ComScore [...]
Hulu Plus Arrives On the Xbox 360 (Mashable)
April 29th, 2011, No Comments
U.S. Xbox 360-owners, start your engines, streaming television. Hulu Plus lands on Xbox Live Friday the 29th April. Hulu Plus made its Internet and IOS debut last summer and made its way to PS3, Roku, and TiVo last fall. Some Blu-ray player and TV can also access your subscription streaming service that gives users access [...]
Time Warner Cable earnings, revenue up (Reuters)
April 29th, 2011, No Comments
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Time Warner Cable quarterly profit of 52 percent, fueled followed by a stronger advertising market and a big jump in subscriptions to its high speed Internet service. Time Warner Cable's success in registering new subscribers to its Internet and telephone services cushioned the impact of the continuing loss of TV customers [...]
Microsoft Revamps Bing Shopping Section (PC World)
April 29th, 2011, No Comments
With Mother's Day fast approaches and graduations and the summer holidays the horizon for a few weeks, Microsoft has given to the Shopping section of its search engine Bing a makeover, including the ability to link Facebook accounts. With the integration of Facebook, users can remember "birthdays of friends and share their shopping list with [...]
Today Is the Last Day To Vote for the Webby Awards (Mashable)
April 29th, 2011, No Comments
Here is a friendly reminder that today marks the Awards last day of the public vote for the Webby. – The first round took place in 1997 which means it since you were called – and recognition of the very best of online culture since. We are very pleased to have been nominated again this [...]
Is Reddit Eclipsing Digg in Traffic? (Mashable)
April 29th, 2011, No Comments
Digg Reddit beaten left with a larger piece of the pie-than-ever Internet, according to statistics from three major organizations in the traffic-tracking. In fact, according to two of these sources is already owned websites Reddit largest in terms of page views and visits. [More from Mashable: Amazon Take Down Server Problems Reddit, Foursquare & HootSuite] [...]
