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Private Web Cam Site Shut Down, Owner Seeks Job

The creepy site we reported on that streamed thousands of private IP cameras has been shut down, with its owner after a new job. Visiting the site in question now only ...

November 24, 2014 at 10:32 pm by

Charge Your Phone in 30 Seconds

Reuters reports about an Israeli company that claims to have developed a prototype that could charge a mobile phone in 30 seconds. “Using nano-technology to synthesize ...

November 24, 2014 at 10:31 pm by

Sony Pulls Terrible, Sleazy PS Vita Ad

Sony has removed an ad from its YouTube channel that was to promote the PS Vita, most probably due to its rather sleazy nature. The ad features a female doctor questioning the ...

November 24, 2014 at 10:20 pm by

Apple Defends CarPlay Safety

Apple has defended its CarPlay product, after a University of Utah study suggested that Siri was the most distracting of all speech recognition systems when used in the car. ...

November 24, 2014 at 9:59 pm by

BT in Talks to Buy O2

  BT has confirmed that it is in talks to buy back 02, a company which it sold to Spanish telecoms giant Telefonica over a decade ago. The move would make BT a major ...

November 24, 2014 at 9:58 pm by

Windows 10 Will Be Version 10.0, Not 6.4

Microsoft Windows has forever had an incredibly complex numbering scheme. With all its different versions and sub-versions – 3.x, 9.x, NT, many have struggled to ...

November 24, 2014 at 9:50 pm by

BMW and Tesla in “Talks”

Reuters reports that Elon Musk has been in talks with BMW over possible collaboration in the design of batteries and other components. The talks have taken place between the ...

November 24, 2014 at 9:43 pm by

Facebook at Work to Launch in January

The Wall Street Journal reports that Facebook’s ‘Facebook at Work’ product will be launching in January. The report suggests that the product may be ...

November 24, 2014 at 8:58 pm by

Samsung Galaxy S5 Sales Down 40 Percent

A report in The Wall Street Journal says that sales of Samsung’s Galaxy S5 flagship phone were down 40 percent in its first 3 months on sale. The report suggests that ...

November 24, 2014 at 7:58 pm by

Craigslist Knocked Offline

Craigslist was knocked offline yesterday (Sunday) and at the time of writing, it still hasn’t come back. The suspected DNS hijack was previously redirecting visitors to ...

November 24, 2014 at 4:05 pm by

Apple and Developers Release Special (RED) Apps

Apple and a number of its high profile App Store developers have released special apps in support of AIDS charity (RED). Apple itself has released an updated (RED) version of ...

November 24, 2014 at 2:58 pm by

‘God View’ and Other Uber Scandals This Week

This week has been a bad week for Uber, the car sharing service. First, Uber executive Emil Michael, caused a stir when he suggested paying “professional ...

November 24, 2014 at 1:58 am by

First ‘Poo Bus’ Gets to Work in Bristol

A bus entirely powered by human and food waste has gone into service. The waste is converted into bio-methane gas through a process called anaerobic digestion, with gas ...

November 23, 2014 at 7:58 pm by

Ex-Valve Employees Ship First castAR Glasses

Technical Illusions, the group of people who ran a successful Kickstarter for the castAR Augmented Reality glasses, have started delivering the finished product to their ...

November 23, 2014 at 5:58 pm by

Buy an Apple Pirates Flag for $1,900

Susan Kare, the designer of the original Macintosh’s graphics, fonts and icons, has announced that she is to start selling hand painted pirate flags. The flags have been ...

November 23, 2014 at 4:58 pm by

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