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Internet Explorer 90′s ad aims to reconnect with your youth

Chris Burns, Jan 24th 2013 Discuss [0]

It would appear that Microsoft is aiming to pull in the masses of 20 or 30-somethings that started their web experience with a 1990's-themed advertisement for exactly the same browser the company wants them to now use again: Internet Explorer. This advertisement does, we must admit, strike more than one chord in the nostalgic banjoes in our heads, and like any good SuperBowl commercial, only gets to the product in the last few seconds of the video. That said, whether you're all about IE or you hate its guts, you're probably going to enjoy this advertisement thoroughly. Read The Full Story

AT&T U-Verse outages hitting some US consumers

Eric Abent, Jan 22nd 2013 Discuss [0]

If you're an AT&T U-Verse customer, then there's a chance that you've been experiencing some problems with your service lately. AT&T U-Verse service has been suffering from outages in some areas of the US, with little in the way of an explanation from the company. All we know is that AT&T is working to bring U-Verse service, which includes TV, Internet, and phone, back to these affected areas. Read The Full Story

Twitter rolls out update for embedded tweets

Eric Abent, Jan 22nd 2013 Discuss [0]

If you're a frequenter of blogs (or maintain a blog yourself), chances are you're no stranger to embedded tweets. They pop up all over the place, and today Twitter is making them better by rolling out a new update. This update adds all sorts of functionality to embedded tweets, making them faster and adding more content with the goal being to increase engagement. Read The Full Story

Google updates its jobs board to include Google+ integration

Brittany Hillen, Jan 22nd 2013 Discuss [0]

Hoping to work for Google? Finding a job with the search engine giant just got easier, as it has integrated Google+ support into its company jobs board. Users can now use their Google+ profile to narrow down searches, find more relevant results, and mark listings for later perusal. Those who don't already have a Google+ profile can make one to speed up the job search process. Read The Full Story

Cuba reportedly fires up underwater fiber optic cable for first time

Eric Abent, Jan 21st 2013 Discuss [0]

As odd as it may seem, Cuba is working its way into headlines today. We're hearing reports that Cuba has finally fired up its underwater fiber optic cable that stretches all the way to Venezuela, perhaps giving some residents their first taste of fiber optic Internet. The report comes from Internet tracking company Renesys, which says that in recent days, Cuba's ping times have been improving. Read The Full Story

Aaron Swartz named as possible WikiLeaks source

Eric Abent, Jan 21st 2013 Discuss [0]

Many people have commented on the Aaron Swartz case that came to a close when the 26-year-old Internet activist committed suicide earlier this month, but now WikiLeaks has chimed in with a series of very interesting tweets. Over the weekend, the WikiLeaks Twitter account posted four tweets that detail the website's relationship with Swartz. Through these tweets, we find out that not only did Swartz assist the website, but he also may have been a source. Read The Full Story

French internet tax proposed for American companies

Chris Burns, Jan 21st 2013 Discuss [0]

This week the French government has released a report that proposes an internet tax to make up for the supposed lost revenue the web is making a reality with online businesses such as Amazon and social networks like Facebook. The proposed tax would not be on products sold, but on the collection of personal data, which they feel is something they're entitled to earn with. President François Hollande's report speaks of what the French government sees as tax avoidance by major internet companies who collect what France sees as the "raw material of the digital economy." Read The Full Story

Eric Schmidt and daughter Sophie recount North Korea experience

Chris Davies, Jan 21st 2013 Discuss [0]

Eric Schmidt’s trip to North Korea raised a few eyebrows, with the Google chairman’s mission to push the open-internet prompting no small amount of speculation; now, thanks to separate accounts from Schmidt and his daughter, we get a glimpse of what went on. Of the two reports, that of the senior Schmidt is the more political while the piece by his daughter, Sophie is arguably more interesting, taking a broader view on the at-times unusual atmosphere in the fiercely private country. “Nothing I’d read or heard beforehand really prepared me for what we saw” she says of the visit.

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Opera Ice makes mobile web browsing ultra-minimalistic

Chris Burns, Jan 18th 2013 Discuss [0]

This week the folks at Opera Software have given the world a glimpse of their next big (and yet tiny) production: Opera Ice, a mobile web browser to out-simplify every competitor. The mobile version of this browser is the first in a set of browsers that'll also be out for desktop machines and - if you're lucky - in-between machines as well. The aim of this browser is to take what Opera has learned over the past few years about the tendencies of the public to do only a limited number of tasks in a web browser on a mobile device and turn those tendencies into efficiency. Read The Full Story

FCC Chairman proposes gigabit internet in all 50 states by 2015

Craig Lloyd, Jan 18th 2013 Discuss [0]

You may know a little about Google Fiber, the insanely fast internet that arrived in Kansas City not too long ago, but the unfortunate news is that Google isn't really planning on rolling its Fiber service out to a majority of the US. However, FCC Chairman Julius Genachoski is calling for gigabit internet in all 50 states by 2015. Read The Full Story

Researchers use the Internet and anonymous genomes to identify individuals

Brittany Hillen, Jan 17th 2013 Discuss [0]

In a world dominated by the instant availability of digital information, social profiles, and constant connection to the proverbial hivemind, privacy is more of an issue than it has ever been. While many users are ready to pounce on the latest Facebook privacy blunder or diligently request that their data be removed from people search websites, there's one area of privacy that has been all but overlooked: DNA. Researchers at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research demonstrated how they were able to identify anonymous study participants using nothing more than their genomes and the Internet. Read The Full Story

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