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Online Loneliness At Google+

May17
2012 Written by Slashdot

An anonymous reader writes "Google+ is a lonely place. At least according to a new study that paints the social networking site as a virtual tumbleweed town. Using information culled from the public timelines of 40,000 randomly selected members, data analysis firm RJMetrics found that the Google+ population, which currently numbers 170 milli [...]

US Grabs More Domain Names, $1.4M Fro...

May11
2012 Written by Slashdot

coondoggie writes "According to court documents, investigation by federal law enforcement agents revealed that subjects whose domain names had been seized in a November 2010 operation continued to sell counterfeit goods using new domain names. In particular, the individuals, based in China, sold counterfeit professional and collegiate sports [...]

Hulu To Require Viewers To Have Cable...

Apr30
2012 Written by Slashdot

The NY Post reports that Hulu, the video streaming service with over 30 million users, has plans to force those users to prove they have a subscription to cable or satellite TV if they want to keep watching. Quoting: "The move toward authentication is fueled by cable companies and networks looking to protect and profit from their content. [...]

NOOK vs. Kindle Fire: My Take On What...

Apr23
2012 Written by Blogging With Jeffrey

Barnes and Noble Nook vs the Amizon Kindle Fire, what one should I buy? Kindle Fire Like many of you I would love to have an Ipad, but I just can’t grip spending $500-600 on a tablet. If I am going to spend that kind of money I would rather put it into a new laptop. However, I like the idea of a small portable tablet that is easy to t [...]

15-Year-Old Arrested For Hacking 259 ...

Apr18
2012 Written by Slashdot

An anonymous reader writes "Austrian police have arrested a 15-year-old student suspected of hacking into 259 companies across the span of three months. Authorities allege the suspect scanned the Internet for vulnerabilities and bugs in websites and databases that he could then exploit. As soon as he was questioned, the young boy conf [...]

iPhone Users Sue AT&T For Letting...

Apr13
2012 Written by Slashdot

An anonymous reader writes "Following on the heels of the FCC and U.S. mobile carriers finally announcing plans to create a national database for stolen phones, a group of iPhone users filed a class action lawsuit against AT&T on Tuesday claiming that it has aided and abetted cell phone thieves by refusing to brick stolen cell phones. AT [...]

Twitter Files Suit Against Spam Softw...

Apr06
2012 Written by Slashdot

An anonymous reader writes, quoting Network World: "As with any platform that sees a meteoric rise in popularity, it's only a matter of time before spammers throw their hats in the ring and try and exploit the masses for financial gain and other sinister purposes. As the relatively new kid on the block, Twitter is still busying itself trying [...]

Google Glasses Announced

Apr04
2012 Written by Slashdot

Eponymous Hero writes "The Geordi La Forge in all of us rejoices as Google announces Google Glasses, the augmented reality glasses that will no doubt spy on everything you look at and target you with ads at that crucial moment. The only question left begging is how soon can we merge them with bionic eye implants?" [...]

Do Tablets Help Children Learn?

Apr03
2012 Written by Slashdot

hypnosec writes "With the wide array of electronic devices available in our everyday lives, it appears that children have formed an attachment to a different kind of toy. According to the latest survey, 77 per cent of polled US, UK parents believe that iPads and other tablets are good educational tools that boost kids' creativity. Meanwhile, [...]

Google, Amazon, Microsoft Go East For...

Apr01
2012 Written by Slashdot

theodp writes "Wired's Cade Metz has the scoop on the move away from U.S. network equipment stalwarts, calling it of the best-kept secrets in Silicon Valley. 'Cloud computing is an arms race,' writes Metz. 'The biggest web companies on earth are competing to see who can deliver their services to the most people in the shortest amount of time [...]

What’s Not To Like About New iP...

Mar25
2012 Written by Slashdot

Hugh Pickens writes "With 3 million sold over the last week what's not to like about the new iPad? Michelle Maltais at the LA Times does a good job of putting together a compendium of gripes about the new device, justified or otherwise. Most people thought that Siri on the new iPad was a gimme; instead it has a scaled back version — d [...]

Gamers Life: Kings First Post

Mar18
2012 Written by king of swords a gamers life

Hello world I Welcome you to KING Of Swords a gamers life. I am a humble gamer who much like the rest of you enjoys playing games. My Xboxlive name is kingofswords1981. I might not be the best gamer but I do put some playtime in when I can. Which brings me to the point of this site. Im sure that many of you have sat and spent hour after [...]

Google Is Planning To Penalize Overly...

Mar18
2012 Written by Slashdot

tekgoblin writes "This is an interesting move by Google but not completely off the rocker for them. Last year they blocked search results from the co.cc domain because they believed they polluted the search results. Google plans to penalize overly optimized sites because they want to level the playing field for other websites who do not conc [...]

AT&T Threatens To Shut Off Servic...

Mar14
2012 Written by Slashdot

suraj.sun writes in about the recent small claims case against AT&T's throttling of 'unlimited' plans. From the article: "AT&T has about 17 million smartphone customers on 'unlimited' plans, and has started slowing down service for users who hit certain traffic thresholds. Spaccarelli maintained at his February 24 small-claims [...]

Anonymous Hacks Tunisian Islamist Sit...

Mar12
2012 Written by Slashdot

eldavojohn writes "The hacktivist group Anonymous has claimed another victim by taking down Islamist sites in Tunisia. Similar to an earlier attack on Turkish government sites, #optunisia has resulted in several government blogs and sites being replaced with 'Payback is a b****, isn't it?' The message lists censorship as the motivation behin [...]

Do Not Use Text-Enhance.com or Follow...

Mar10
2012 Written by PortalTaxi Admin

Text-Enhance.com - Hackers! Publisher’s of Adware! You should not Join their site, buy their advertising or click on their text ads. When you purchase advertising and put your ads on a site or blog you are doing business with them. When you put those ads on a web site or in a blog with out the permission of the publisher you are st [...]