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Microsoft launches YouTube app, Google demands it taken down

Microsoft launches YouTube app, Google demands it taken down
  • Posted May 16, 2013, 6:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Mobile Computing, Software
  • Google yesterday issued a cease-and-desist letter to Microsoft, demanding Redmond pull its YouTube app from the Windows Phone Store. The app has been available for over a week; however, it violates YouTube's API usage terms. Google says Microsoft has until…

India launches national surveillance system, monitors Internet, calls, texts

India launches national surveillance system, monitors Internet, calls, texts
  • Posted May 9, 2013, 7:30 AM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web, IT Security
  • Last month, India's government deployed what is known as the "Central Monitoring System". The several-million dollar surveillance initiative gives Indian government agencies unprecedented power to silently monitor communications, not the least of which include Internet activity, text messaging and phone…

Omaha next up for gigabit Internet, but it's not Google Fiber...

Omaha next up for gigabit Internet, but it
  • Posted May 2, 2013, 1:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, The Web
  • With gigabit Internet already deployed in a handful of U.S. cities, less fortunate municipalities are likely to develop -- or may already have developed -- a little gigabit-envy. The next city to join that exclusive gigabit club though will be Omaha,…

Mozilla demands firm halt spyware masquerading as Firefox

Mozilla demands firm halt spyware masquerading as Firefox
  • Posted May 1, 2013, 5:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Mobile Computing, Software
  • Gamma International, a British security firm with ostensibly few scruples, has been accused of developing surveillance software which intentionally masquerades as Firefox. The program's unauthorized similarities to Mozilla's well-known browser prompted the organization to issue a cease-and-desist notice in an…

Netflix planning switch from Silverlight to HTML5

Netflix planning switch from Silverlight to HTML5
  • Posted April 17, 2013, 1:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web, Industry News
  • Netflix has been working toward transitioning away from Silverlight to HTML5, it recently indicated on its technology blog. With Silverlight's biggest customer fleeing the web-based video plug-in scene, the imminent demise of browser plug-ins like Adobe Flash and Microsoft's Silverlight…

Mozilla CEO steps down to pursue something more commercial

Mozilla CEO steps down to pursue something more commercial
  • Posted April 11, 2013, 1:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, Software
  • Gary Kovacs intends to step down from his post as Mozilla's CEO, the foundation's blog reveals. Kovacs is just one of a number of leadership changes being made at Mozilla as it begins "gearing up for the next chapter" --…

Zuckerberg's first website contained an early Facebook prototype

Zuckerberg
  • Posted April 4, 2013, 10:33 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in The Web
  • An Angelfire website allegedly created by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in 1999 is making the rounds on the net today. If legit, it provides an eerily prophetic look into the mind of a 15-year-old high school student that would later…

Internet Explorer 10 to run Flash content by default in Metro mode

Internet Explorer 10 to run Flash content by default in Metro mode
  • Posted March 12, 2013, 4:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Microsoft, Software
  • Starting today, Microsoft says Internet Explorer 10 will enable Adobe Flash content by default while immersive mode is engaged (i.e. "Metro mode" for IE). The change will be delivered via Microsoft's usual round of "Patch Tuesday" updates for both Windows…

Facebook glitch temporarily breaks the web

Facebook glitch temporarily breaks the web
  • Posted February 8, 2013, 11:30 AM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web, IT Security
  • Yesterday, an untold number of Internet surfers experienced a glitch which abruptly redirected them from the sanctuary of their favorite websites to a Facebook error page. Websites essentially taken down by this snafu included Hulu, Lifehacker, Washington Post, ESPN, CNN,…

Facebook to buy Microsoft's advertising network, report affirms

Facebook to buy Microsoft
  • Posted February 7, 2013, 6:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, Microsoft
  • Confirming December's rumors of a Facebook-Microsoft advertising deal, a report by Ad Age indicates Facebook may buy Microsoft's Atlas ad network as soon as next week. An impending deal would not be surprising; after all, Facebook and Microsoft have been cozy…

Weekend tech reading: The Internet 2012 in numbers

Weekend tech reading: The Internet 2012 in numbers
  • Posted January 20, 2013, 1:50 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in NATW
  • There is so much happening on the Internet during a year that it’s impossible to capture it all in a blog post, but we’re going to give it a shot anyway. How many emails were sent during 2012? How many domains are there? What’s the most popular web browser? How many Internet users...

New Myspace goes live, focuses on social music

New Myspace goes live, focuses on social music
  • Posted January 15, 2013, 2:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, The Web
  • After several months in beta, Myspace has once again opened its doors to the public. Formerly the most prolific name in social networking, stakeholders are hoping the site's daring revamp, Justin Timberlake's involvement and its newly found focus on music…

Gaming GIFs of 2012

Gaming GIFs of 2012
  • Posted December 26, 2012, 11:10 PM by Chris Person | Filed in TechSpot, Gaming
  • It's been a heck of a year for games. We've had our highs and we've had our lows, but more importantly, we've all turned those highs and lows into animated GIFs for the rest of the internet to behold.

    With that in mind, let's see what the best ones were.
    We'll start with a few of our favorites.

New Windows chief explains why Microsoft redesigned Windows

New Windows chief explains why Microsoft redesigned Windows
  • Posted December 14, 2012, 4:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Microsoft, Software
  • Taking over after Sinofsky's departure, Julie Larson-Green now heads Microsoft's Windows product development team. In an interview with MIT Technology Review, Larson-Green discusses some of the changes made to Windows and why with the company's latest operating system. …

IE mouse tracking flaw allows sites to record cursor movements

IE mouse tracking flaw allows sites to record cursor movements
  • Posted December 12, 2012, 5:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in IT Security, Microsoft With Video
  • Spider.io reported today that Microsoft has no "immediate plans" to fix the potential Internet Explorer vulnerability which allows any website operator (or advertiser, hacker etc...) to track a visitor's mouse cursor movements. Microsoft's security team has acknowledged the issue but…

Congress passes resolution condemning U.N. Internet "takeover"

Congress passes resolution condemning U.N. Internet "takeover"
  • Posted December 6, 2012, 4:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web
  • In response to a set of Internet eavesdropping standards recently adopted by the International Telecommunications Union, Congress has voted unanimously(!) in favor of a resolution which opposes any sort of U.N. Internet "takeover". Finally, something which American legislators seem to…

Open source project catalogues Windows Store apps: 25,539 total

Open source project catalogues Windows Store apps: 25,539 total
  • Posted December 3, 2012, 5:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Software, Microsoft
  • The contents of Microsoft's Windows Store are now accessible via web browser thanks to the efforts of @vlkodotnet, the developer responsible for MetroStore Scanner. The project is purportedly open source and allows users without Windows 8 to slalom through thousands of…

Syrian Internet outage persists, Speak2Tweet allows phone tweets

Syrian Internet outage persists, Speak2Tweet allows phone tweets
  • Posted November 30, 2012, 4:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web
  • It appears Syria's recent and continued Internet outage has rekindled public interest in Google's Speak2Tweet service. Speak2Tweet allows individuals without Internet access to use Twitter by calling a voicemail system. The audio messages left behind are then made publicly available on…

Syria pulls the plug, Internet traffic comes to a halt

Syria pulls the plug, Internet traffic comes to a halt
  • Posted November 29, 2012, 5:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web
  • Syria's tether to the digital world appears to have been severed, cutting off Internet access to and from the country entirely. In addition to an apparent Internet blackout, Syrians may also be facing isolated landline and cellular phone service disruptions according…

Survey: 48% of motorists between 18-29 use Internet while driving

Survey: 48% of motorists between 18-29 use Internet while driving
  • Posted November 23, 2012, 3:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web, Mobile Computing
  • According to a survey performed by State Farm Insurance, as many as 21 percent of smartphone-owning drivers confess to accessing the web while driving -- or webbing -- as the company refers to it. Drivers between the ages of 18…

Internet Explorer 10 preview finally available for Windows 7

Internet Explorer 10 preview finally available for Windows 7
  • Posted November 13, 2012, 3:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Software, Microsoft
  • Aside from Microsoft's unilateral decision to enable Do-Not-Track by default, the most controversial thing about Internet Explorer 10 may have been its limited platform support. Except for its first couple of previews, the browser has remained compatible only for flavors…

Yahoo! is latest company to ignore IE10's Do-Not-Track setting

Yahoo! is latest company to ignore IE10
  • Posted October 29, 2012, 3:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Microsoft, Industry News
  • Microsoft's decision to enable Do Not Track in IE10 by default is still managing to elicit industry criticism. Yahoo is the latest company to ignore IE10's on-by-default DNT policy, joining Apache in not recognizing the browser's DNT setting. Yahoo reasons that…

Kitchen most dangerous place for iPhones, says SquareTrade

Kitchen most dangerous place for iPhones, says SquareTrade
  • Posted October 16, 2012, 12:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Mobile Computing, Apple
  • According to data recently doled out by warranty provider SquareTrade, about 21 percent of iPhone-destroying calamities occur in the kitchen. While the kitchen is tops in terms of smartphone destruction, other rooms which come awfully close are the living room (18…

Google acquires VirusTotal, but will continue independent operation

Google acquires VirusTotal, but will continue independent operation
  • Posted September 11, 2012, 2:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in IT Security, Industry News
  • VirusTotal, a popular web-based virus scanning tool, announced its very own acquisition by Google. While details regarding the deal remain mostly secretive, VirusTotal says it will continue to operate independently of Google and maintain its multi-faceted sphere of partnerships with…

HTML 5 Gaming Showcase: Old Classics and Modern Games You Can Play for Free

HTML 5 Gaming Showcase: Old Classics and Modern Games You Can Play for Free
  • Posted February 17, 2012, 2:33 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in TechSpot, Gaming
  • A lot has changed since the days when web developers relied almost exclusively on Flash for media-rich interactive content. Although the technology is still very much alive and may not see a replacement anytime soon for certain uses, more and more websites are implementing HTML5 for streaming audio and video.

    On the gaming side, there are some really impressive examples that could easily rival some of the stuff that has been done on Flash over the past decade. We've compiled a small selection of old classics and modern titles built with HTML5 and other open web standards that will give you a taste of things to come.

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