PIPA and SOPA withdrawn from the house
After two days of protests; widespread blackouts of websites including Wikipedia and Reddit as well as Megaupload being shutdown, Lamar Smith has removed SOPA from the house until further notice along with its twin PIPA.
Read more...Google will protest SOPA & PIPA
Today Google has announced that it will join the ever-growing list of websites to, in at least some way, protest SOPA and PIPA. Google’s protest is far less drastic compared to Wikipedia and Reddit; Google will be placing a link on its US home page informing users about SOPA and PIPA.
Read more...Wikipedia Will Go Offline On 18th January To Protest SOPA & PIPA
By now almost everyone has heard of the proposed SOPA and PIPA bills that are currently being discussed in the United States. If passed it is widely believe that they could not just criple the internet but potentially remove all the things that make the internet great. Now, Wikipedia is taking a drastic step to protest the proposed laws.
Read more...Microsoft offers $7.5m for old internet addresses
Microsoft has offered $7.5m (£4.7m) for 666,624 IPv4 addresses previously owned by Nortel. Around 80 companies were given the opportunity to bid on the the old addresses but Microsoft’s bid was highest.
Read more...Firefox 4 available early!
The installers for Firefox 4 final are now available for download on Mozilla’s FTP servers!
Read more...Steam announces “Big Picture” allowing you to play steam games on your TV
GDC has begun and so have the announcements with Valve scoring early with a massive announcement that will please gamers worldwide. The new feature, labelled “big picture” allows you to play Steam games on a TV using a controller.
Read more....XXX domain approved, launches Q2 2011
For years supporters of the .xxx extension have fought with ICANN for an approval of an extension exclusively for adult content, and now they have their wish. ICANN announced, as of Q2 2011, the .xxx extension will go live with over 230,000 domains already reserved.
Read more...The New York Times set to charge for online content
The New York Times is set to charge users of its website to read the news. Users will get the opportunity to read 20 articles for free per month but must pay once they exceed that limit.
Read more...Sony to donate 300 million Yen to the Japanese relief efforts
Today Sony announced that they would be donating 300 million Yen to help the relief efforts in Japan after the 8.9 magnitude earthquake has left the country devastated.
Read more...Twitter releases new stats on its fifth birthday; 140M Tweets sent per day
Today is Twitter’s fifth birthday and to celebrate they have decided to release some interesting statistics related to Twitter with the main two being that 140M Tweets are sent per day.
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