Welcome to the Morning Briefing for Wednesday 29 December 2010, where we highlight the tech stories from across the web and what we are watching here at TECHGEEK.com.au.
Here’s what we are watching:
Topic: 4chan
TECHGEEK Podcast #22: It’s a series of tubes
It’s the second to last show of the year! And we go off with some Wikileaks news, because that has happen to dominate the news, with all the hacking and arrests. Wow. As well, we discuss the new Facebook profile design changes, and the new Chrome OS laptop.
Fallout begins as 4chan starts defending Wikileaks
The fallout has begun. Within hours of the news of the arrest of Wikileaks’ founder Julian Assange, the notorious site 4chan has come out in support for the site in the usual way – by taking down its enemies’ sites.
America’s AT&T reportedly blocking 4chan images
American telecommunications operator AT&T, a similar entity to Telstra here in Australia, is being reported to have blocked access to images to 4chan.org, a notorious website known for its affiliation (via it’s /b/ board) to the anti-Scientology group Anonymous.
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