Kinda sounds weird, when Sweden should be this, but Australians are just the worst when pirating on the Internet, according to MacTalk. Now, why is this happening… tech.geek tells you why we are going to Bit Torrent than TV itself… Is our TV at stake?
The World Hated Blogger is in Australia
Casey Serin, who became an internet star where he posted his foreclosures and his unwillingness to find a job, has now told his readers at his blog, which recently was updated, saying that he is living in Australia. He has also replied to all the questions, including that he left his wife penny-less.
Web inventor get’s Queen honour
Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of the internet, has received the Order of Merit; one of the UK’s prestigious awards. The British academic created the first internet in Switzerland in 1991.
Clean Up
Well, I have cleaned up some pages (mostly rewriting them) and merged or renamed some of the categories. More Changes are coming, and as well a forum will be launched so you can have your say. As well, do you have a website? Well, if you write for us; you will receive a Joost Invite (To You or your friends) and free advertising for life.
Yahoo’s China policy rejected
Yahoo shareholders have rejected a plan to adopt a policy, and setting up a human rights committee that would review it’s policies around the world, were defeated. Yahoo has been criticized by human rights groups over turning over e-mails that didn’t agree with China’s policies and laws. Only 15% said yes to the censorship polic, but 4% approved the human rights committee.
Apple Safari… A Security Risk?
After a few hours of it’s release on Windows; vulnerabilities have been found in the code, with denial-of-service attacks and two issues that would allow an remote execution of a script. I’m not that surprised, since it’s a beta; but it comes from Apple…
Kubix… Another CMS!
Yes, ScoreScripts (Owned by Stewart, part of the reawakennetworks) and Brandon have taken up doing the Kubix Script after the original developer has decided to drop it. So, if you love to help them, just join them at their site. I, however, won’t be helping because I’m currently tied up doing the relaunch of the pointzero site, a community based site where you (Yes You!) put the content up!; and the new reawaken site. Plus, I have no idea about PHP; I know a bit of CSS though…
Ancient Rome is alive… digitally
Computer experts have unveiled a digital reproduction of Ancient Rome as it appeared in it’s peak of power at 320AD. This $2 million project was used to do scientific calculations, such as determining the crowd capacity of the ancient buildings.
Webware 100 voting closes…
The Webware 100 voting is closed. Apparently, according to Rafe Needleman; 487,000 votes were counted, most in Community. Basically, teenage girls did most of the voting… DAMN YOU MYSPACE GAIA ONLINE!!!! Wait, WTF? What the hell is Gaia Online?
Apple releases Safari onto Windows?
Yes, it’s true. Apple has announced that Safari will be on Windows, and it’s really up there on the Apple Site. Too bad it’s only a beta; so expect crashes, memory hogs, and the dreaded Blue Screen of Death!!!!
Adobe Apollo Launches Beta…
Adobe has finally released the beta version of Apollo, which is now called Adobe Integrated Runtime. This means the product name is Adobe AIR; using Adobe twice but whose counting…
As well, this now fully supports HTML and AJAX; meaning applications don’t need to be created in Flash. An extension for Dreamweaver will be released. The site is here…
Limited Edition Pikachu DS Lite…
Japan will recieve this limited edition Pikachu Nintendo DS Lite. However, more interesting, is the fact that you will have to come to the store in person and submit your name in a lottery.
Watchdog Group slams Google on Privacy…
The Washington Post has a news piece saying that Google’s Privacy practices are the worst among the world. This comes from a report released London-based Privacy International, whom assigned Google with the lowest grade. Interesting, 22 other companies surveyed; including Microsoft, Yahoo! and AOL, didn’t sink to that level.
Church of England labels Sony game ’sick’
The Church of England has accused Sony for using an English Cathedral as a backdrop to a violent video game and said it must be removed from shelves. They also say that Sony didn’t ask permission to use the Manchester Cathedral in the game and has demanded an apology. The game in question is the “Resistance : Fall of Man” for the PS3, where it shows a virtual shoot out with hundreds of people killed inside the cathedral
Vietnam releases pro-democracy protester
Vietnam has released one of its well known ‘cyber’ dissidents, two weeks before the President of Vietnam makes an historic visit to the US. Nguyen Vu Binh was released from the Nam Ha prison after been given ‘presidential amnesty.’ This comes after the President announced that three will be released, the other two haven’t been named.