One hour of video is uploaded to YouTube each passing second

Nobody can argue that YouTube has become a synonym for Internet videos. In spite of what you might say about the quality of its contents (or the annoying ads, many of the commentators, its buffering speed…), the Google site is the first thing that comes to mind when talking about videos on the Web. Bu...
25 Jan 2012 - 127 reads

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Filesonic doesn’t want to follow Megaupload’s path

A few days after Megaupload’s bust in the hands of the FBI, the Internet community is still chain-reacting to the news. But this isn’t about the complaints against the site’s shutdown or the discussion on Kim Dotcom’s potential bail. Now, several online digital locker sites are disabli...
24 Jan 2012 - 127 reads

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Megaupload killed by the FBI

We’ve been talking a lot about piracy lately, and for a good reason. Yesterday, the Internet went dark to protest SOPA and PIPA, the two bills that will be voted soon and, in the name of copyright protection, will censor webpages. Today, the popular file-sharing site Megaupload.com was closed by the FBI...
19 Jan 2012 - 127 reads

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Wikipedia joined blackout to protest SOPA

You probably don’t need me to tell you about SOPA. The “Stop Online Piracy Act” has been discussed everywhere lately. You probably already know that if this bill passes, ISPs will be accountable for any allegedly pro-piracy site. Any website will be responsible for content posted by its user...
17 Jan 2012 - 127 reads

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Google’s “search + your world” to get investigated by the FTC

Last week, Google announced in its blog a new search feature called “Search plus your world” that it’s aimed at bringing social results into your search results. There have been mixed reactions, ranging from delight to utter rejection, and even an antitrust investigation.   Results th...
15 Jan 2012 - 102 reads

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CES 2012 Highlights

For the last couple of days, the Consumer Electronics Show has been taking place in Las Vegas. There, the world’s greatest companies are presenting their latest and most innovative products. Your TV is not good enough This year, the spotlight has been set on TV’s. Several companies, from the mos...
12 Jan 2012 - 127 reads

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ICANN to Launch New Top-Level Domains

Despite some opposition and negative reactions, including threats of legal repercussion, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers will be expanding the availability of Internet domains. Last Friday, the ICANN confirmed in their blog that they will be pushing forward with the plan released back...
10 Jan 2012 - 127 reads

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New Chrome Beta brings predictive feature

Google Chrome being the fastest web browser out there isn’t news to anyone. Everybody knows that this software is as fast as it can get when it comes to opening itself and loading pages but there are other ways to be speedy. That’s why the Big G is introducing a new/old feature to Chrome’s l...
07 Jan 2012 - 127 reads

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Facebook announces the second edition of the Hacker Cup

In what appears to be turning into a tradition for the most popular social network, Facebook has announced the 2012 Hacker Cup. Just like last year, the site opened the registration for programmers to join a tough competition in which they’ll have to prove their problem solving skills. The incentive? M...
06 Jan 2012 - 117 reads

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Kopism: how file sharing became a religion in Sweden

What do Jedis, Ed Wood, soccer legend Diego Maradona, heavy metal, euthanasia, apathy and a spaghetti monster have in common? That’s a really weird question, isn’t it? The answer is as strange as the question, since all of the above have devoted cults following them, which are organized in religio......
05 Jan 2012 - 127 reads

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