MegaUpload’s founder Kim Dotcom has been granted bail, according to several reports from New Zealand. The North Shore District Court found that since the authorities froze all assets, he was incapable of fleeing the country.
Canonical announces ‘Ubuntu for Android’
Canonical has announced another big step for Ubuntu, with the unveiling of Ubuntu for Android. Now, it’s not actually running on your small screen, but instead plugs into a regular computer screen. It’s a full desktop version of Ubuntu running on ARM and it’s quite impressive to see. Data and settings are synced between your phone and the Ubuntu install, with things such as SMS’s appearing in the Messaging application. You can make calls and see your phones contacts too.
Microsoft extends Windows security update lifecycle for consumers
Just when you thought Windows XP was dead, Microsoft has yet again extended its support life cycle policies to 8 April 2014 for XP. Meanwhile, Vista’s support has been extended to 11 April 2017 and Windows 7 will stop being supported in 7-8 years, which is 14 January 2020.
Pirate Bay could be banned in UK after court ruling
A report in a British newspaper has stated that the notorious site The Pirate Bay could be blocked to UK internet users, after a UK court ruled that the site was indeed breaching the country’s copyright laws.
More SkyDrive leaks – BitLocker recovery, support for OpenDocument
More leaks have started to appear in relation to new features coming soon to Windows Live SkyDrive. The new features could be a sign that Microsoft is actually taking the much-rumoured Google Drive threat seriously.
UPDATED: Optus moves into 4G – buys vividwireless from Seven
UPDATED: Seven Group Holdings (the people who own, obviously, Channel Seven) has sold its ownership of 4G mobile internet provider vividwireless to Optus in a deal worth $230 million. Optus has confirmed that the deal will kickstart their 4G plans, with the deal appearing to be a spectrum buy.
Skydrive gets more improvements – more (paid) storage, native apps for Windows and Mac
While many scoff at the idea of SkyDrive being an actual competitor to Dropbox because it has the word “Windows Live” on it, it’s a decent product. And now, it’s about to get some more additions with paid storage increases and native applications for Windows and Mac.
Psychiatrist calls on use of Facebook, Twitter to treat youth mental health
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While there is now a debate if Facebook and other social media websites could lead to addictions, a psychiatrist is calling for the use of such sites for treating young people suffering from mental health issues.
Sydney, Melbourne and AFL bid for their own domain TLDs
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Domains such as essendon.afl, operahouse.sydney and mcg.melbourne could exist next year after revelations that both the Victorian and New South Wales governments, and the AFL have made bids to have their own top-level domain.
REPORT: Facebook Timeline spreads to Pages this month
Whether you like it or hate it, Facebook sees its future on Timeline. The new profile design is being rolled out to all users, and a new report has stated that Facebook plans to push the design onto brand pages.
Symantec reveals Norton One – premium support for your anti-virus
Norton yesterday announced the brand new Norton One premium service where consumers can buy and manage their computer and mobile devices’ security from one location in the cloud. The new membership service is currently in selected markets – including the United States and in Australia in Spring 2012.
NASDAQ website down by DDOS
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A online hacktivist group has taken down the website of the NASDAQ stock exchange – and at the time of writing, the site remains down. However, the group has said that their servers were not hacked and that trading systems were not affected.
Facebook for Windows Phone updated – feed filters, privacy controls, bug fixes
If you have read Chris Southcott’s little complaint about Windows Phone 7 (and listened here, and here), then you would have also noted his dislike of the Facebook app. Well, Facebook has pushed a new update that is said to fix some of the problems of the app.
Exclusive: Google Drive gets closer: subdomain becomes active
Rumours are getting very loud that Google Docs will soon be renamed to Google Drive and I think Google, themselves, have just proven the existance of the rebranding and change.
Last week when you went to drive.google.com the domain wouldn’t resolve. This week, however, drive.google.com shows a 404 Not Found message. This means that the drive.google.com subdomain has been added by Google, making the rumours much more believeable.
Google/Motorola tie-up approved by US Department of Justice, European Commission
Both the European Commission and the Department of Justice in the United States have cleared a deal that will see Google and Motorola finally tie the knot, after the US$12.5 billion deal was announced last August.