The day after several major websites staged a mass blackout over proposed United States anti piracy legislation, namely the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) proposals, members of online activist group Anonymous have knocked US Justice Department, Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI), Recording Industry Association of America’s (RIAA) and Universal […]
CAT Telecom and Advanced Info Service (AIS) have emerged as the biggest winners from mobile-phone number portability after the service was launched in December 2010. The requests from all cellular networks for number transfers as of January 16 had reached 401,053, of which 304,779 were completed. Read more: The Nation
The Associated Press is reporting that federal prosecutors in Virginia have shut down Megaupload.com, one of the world’s largest file-sharing sites. The indictment accuses the company’s founder and others with violating piracy laws. Earlier today, we reported confirmation from Swizz Beatz’s publicist that the recording artist is indeed Megaupload’s current CEO, but he did not […]
What good is an iPhone 4S without its venerable 8 megapixel camera? If you have answered that it is no good, you might be right. But there are sectors that believes a camera-less iPhone 4S is still a very good phone. Being in a similar situation myself, I can see why a camera-less iPhone 4S […]
The English version of the online encyclopedia Wikipedia will go offline for 24 hours in protest against American anti-piracy laws, the Stop Online Piracy Act and the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA). The blackout will start at midnight EST (05:00 UTC) on Wednesday. The action was confirmed on Monday night with three Wikipedia administrators closing one […]
A HOLIDAYMAKER was hit with a £1200 mobile phone bill for his trip – without making a call. Jeff Craw, 41, returned from the break in Thailand to find his iPhone had been blocked. He only used it to access free wifi at a hotel but didn’t realise he was still being charged for receiving […]
We’ve all heard about people dying of a “broken heart.” A new Harvard study suggests it really can happen. Researchers found the risk of heart attack goes way up in the hours and days after the death of a loved one. Researchers interviewed about 2,000 people who’d been hospitalized for a heart attack.
Apple said Friday it was suspending sales of the iPhone 4S in its China stores after fans desperate to get their hands on the new device fought with a security guard and threw eggs at an official store. “The demand for iPhone 4S has been incredible, and our stores in China have already sold out,” […]
