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University in Cyprus becomes world's first to accept Bitcoin payments
- The University of Nicosia, which is the largest private university in Cyprus, has announced today that it will accept Bitcoins for payment of tuition and other fees. With the announcement, the Cypriot university has become the first accredited university in…
Adobe opens $9.99 per month Photoshop + Lightroom subscription to all
- Adobe’s powerful graphics editing software isn’t exactly known for being cheap. But the company is lowering that entry barrier for a limited time by opening up their subscription-based Photoshop Photography Program to everyone, whether or not they own or have…
Google completes upgrading its SSL certificates to 2,048-bit RSA
- Google has announced it's completed the upgrade of all its SSL certificates to 2,048-bit RSA or better. Earlier this year the internet search giant had revealed plans to start switching to the new 2,048-bit certificates on August 1st, with the goal…
Firefox’s streamlined “Australis” user interface lands in nightly build
- Firefox has officially announced availability of its new "Australis" theme for testing purposes. The redesigned interface brings in a number of visual and UX changes to the popular open-source browser. For example, browser tabs now sit higher in the titlebar, have…
A behind-the-scenes look at how YouTube handles and distributes videos
- We use YouTube all of the time to check out the hottest music videos, instructional videos or the latest viral videos but have you ever stopped and thought about what all it takes to keep the site operating as smoothly…
24 accidental scientific discoveries that reshaped the world forever
- As it turns out, many of the world’s scientific discoveries happened by sheer accident. The gang over at Mental Floss recently put together a video detailing 24 such discoveries for our viewing pleasure and as you’ll soon realize, most discoveries…
Minecraft: The Story of Mojang now available on YouTube
- Minecraft: The Story of Mojang premiered nearly a year ago on Xbox Live. The documentary by 2 Player Productions quickly found its way to The Pirate Bay – uploaded by the producers themselves – but in case you missed it…
Yahoo to auction off more than 100 long-lost domains this week
- Yahoo will soon be auctioning off a number of prominent domain names they own but never used through auction house Sedo. Given Marissa Mayer’s push to hone in on core services and experiences this past year, it’s a wonder it…
The Humble Store debuts, meshing big game sales with charitable donations
- All you bargain hunters out there are probably already familiar with something called "The Humble Bundle," which offers games and digital products on a Pay What You Want (PWYW) basis. The kicker here is that part of the bundle proceeds…
Check out these early names and logo designs for Twitter
- Twitter has become one of the most popular networks on the internet with its name now a household term just about everywhere. But new information surfaced by writer Nick Bilton, shows that the company wasn't always going to be called…
Gmail gets quick action buttons for YouTube, Dropbox, OpenTable and more
- Google is expanding Gmail's quick action button functionality with the addition of one-click access to several more popular web services. This means that, when applicable, a button will appear next to emails in your inbox so you can quickly view Youtube…
Latest Google Chrome beta makes it easy to locate tabs playing annoying audio
- Few things on the Internet are more annoying than trying to track down a noisy browser tab when you have dozens open at a time. If you’ve ever had audio-specific sites like SoundCloud, YouTube, Spotify and Vevo open alongside select…
Netflix and YouTube account for 50% of North American internet traffic
- Broadband network solutions firm Sandvine released its 2013 internet traffic trends reports, based on data from more than 250 service providers from around the globe. According to the company's data, YouTube and Netflix still remain favorites among internet users, while…
Amazon and USPS team up to offer Sunday delivery
- Living in the mountains, I do a lot of my shopping online. We don't have any big box stores up here, so it's either drive sixty miles to the nearest Wal-Mart or scope Amazon for deals on whatever it is…
Mega exits beta with a new look, secure chat and messaging coming soon
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With significant improvements, optimizations and a fresh new look, Kim Dotcom's cloud storage service Mega has announced that it is now out of Beta. The new user interface is meant to reduce the CPU overhead while a cut in code...
Happy birthday: Mozilla's Firefox web browser turns nine today
- Mozilla’s Firefox web browser is celebrating its ninth birthday today. Version 1.0 debuted way back on November 9, 2004, as a standalone browser alternative to the bloated Mozilla Suite which consisted of Navigator (web browser), Communicator (Mozilla mail and newsgroups),…
Google tightens Chrome security, bans extensions from outside sources
- Google has announced it will lo longer allow installing Chrome browser extensions in Windows unless they come from the Chrome Web Store. The new policy goes into effect starting January for the stable and beta channels, meaning the change will mostly…
Marvel, Netflix ink deal to create four exclusive superhero series
- Marvel has signed an agreement with Netflix that will see the publisher create four live-action superhero series and an Avengers-style special event that will be shown exclusively on the streaming video service. The first series will be based on Daredevil…
Google Maps for desktop brings back Pegman, adds Waze traffic reports
- Google has announced a major update to Google Maps for desktop. The update adds new features like step-by-step preview, earth tours and real time traffic incident reports. Let's take on each feature individually.
A new and improved Silk Road returns to the Deep Web
- It took the FBI and the Department of Justice two and a half years to shut down the Deep Web drug market known as the Silk Road and while they might have arrested the alleged mastermind and several vendors and…
Sony publishes PlayStation 4 teardown video
- Sony has published a teardown video of the PlayStation 4 just over a week before the company’s next generation console is slated to hit stores in North America. Sony engineering director Yasuhiro Ootori is responsible for dismantling the machine which…
Early morning blaze destroys $600,000 worth of equipment at Internet Archive facility
- An early morning fire at the San Francisco branch of the Internet Archive’s scanning center was responsible for destroying an estimated $600,000 worth of digitization equipment used by the non-profit to preserve data on the Internet. Fortunately nobody was injured…
Internet Explorer 11 for Windows 7 now available for download
- Microsoft is cognizant of the fact that not everyone is ready for the touch-based environment that Windows 8 / 8.1 affords which is evident by recent browser market share statistics. Redmond isn’t leaving those on Windows 7 to be forgotten…
Twitter goes public on the New York Stock Exchange today at $26 per share
- It’s been a while in the making but Twitter’s big day under the spotlight has finally arrived. Twitter announced a starting price of $26 per share yesterday via tweet in what is being billed as one of the hottest IPOs…
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