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Global internet slows after ‘biggest attack in history’

YoopyaMar 27, 20130

The internet around the world has been slowed down in what security experts are describing as the biggest cyber-attack in history. A row between a

Google gets ungoogleable off Sweden’s new word list

YoopyaMar 26, 20130

Objections from Google have forced the removal of the word ‘ungoogleable’ from a list of new Swedish words, the Language Council of Sweden says. The

Is the Apple iWatch ‘a figment of your imagination’?

YoopyaMar 26, 20130

I’m going to say no. First of all, Apple is no stranger to filing interesting-sounding patents, many of which don’t seem relevant in the near

Saudi Arabia ‘threatens Skype ban’

YoopyaMar 25, 20130

Encrypted messaging services such as Skype, Viber and WhatsApp could be blocked in Saudi Arabia, the telecommunications regulator there is reported to have warned. It

Yahoo spends ‘millions’ on UK teen Nick D’Aloisio’s Summly app

YoopyaMar 25, 20130

An app created by a UK teenager has been acquired by web giant Yahoo in a deal the BBC understands to be worth “dozens of

South Korea says China hack link a ‘mistake’

YoopyaMar 22, 20130

Officials in South Korea say they incorrectly linked a Chinese IP address to a cyber-attack earlier this week. On Thursday, the Korean Communications Commission said

Dinosaur-killing space rock ‘was a comet’

YoopyaMar 22, 20130

The space rock that hit Earth 65 million years ago and is widely implicated in the end of the dinosaurs was likely a speeding comet.

YouTube reaches one billion monthly users

YoopyaMar 21, 20130

YouTube, the video sharing site owned by Google, has announced it has passed one billion regular users. Announcing the milestone on its blog, the site said

Internet pioneers win engineering prize

YoopyaMar 19, 20130

Pioneers of the internet are the first recipients of the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering. Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Robert Kahn, Vinton Cerf, Louis Pouzin and

Second computer glitch shuts down NASA Mars rover

YoopyaMar 19, 20130

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., March 18 – The Mars rover Curiosity has had a second computer glitch, extending an unplanned work break for the NASA robot