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Rather than try to drag things out in the courts even further, the FCC has decide against appealing the recent net neutrality ruling. Instead, it’s going to do something far sneakier altogether – and simply write another, fresh set of rules governing …
Yandex fires up its own flavor of Android so everyone can ditch Google
Thanks to its open-source nature pretty much anyone can build a basic Android phone, and they don’t need Google’s permission to do so. But of course, not asking Google also means forsaking all of the apps and services that’ve become such a …
IBM teams up with AT&T to rule the Internet of Things
Can you imagine a city which never has traffic problems, and where all the buses and trains run on time, with hardly any crime on the streets? Well, this is exactly the kind of vision that IBM and AT&T have in mind. …
Hackers snatch $2.7M worth of Bitcoin in raid on Silk Road 2.0
The reincarnation of the Silk Road website has apparently been rinsed dry by hackers, who made off with 4474.26 Bitcoins worth around $2.7 million from its user’s accounts, according to a report in Forbes. Silk Road 2.0 administrator Defcon broke the news …
Mt. Gox creator Jed McCaleb invites ‘alpha testers’ for secret Bitcoin project
We’re not sure if it’s a masterstroke of timing or simply just a coincidence, but the man who first established the world’s most famous Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox has announced he’s back in the game, just as his original creation looks set …
Running Android apps on Windows Phone would be suicide
It’s being reported that Microsoft is considering allowing Android apps to be used on its Windows Phones, a move that would represent a major U-turn from its usual business model, but could also be seen as an admission of defeat. Until now, …
Mozilla has just sold its soul: Get ready for ads in Firefox
Mozilla is going to sell advertising inside its Firefox browser. Yep, you read that right – the non-profit organization that became public enemy number one for all internet marketers when it set Firefox to block third-party ad technologies by default last year, …
Bing’s Chinese-language censorship balls-up is huge PR disaster
Microsoft has been accused of censoring Bing’s Chinese-language search results for people in the US, in the same way that it does for those based in China, according to activists. The claims were made by The Guardian newspaper, which said that several …
NASA just made moon mining a real possibility
We’ve heard enthusiastic talk of space asteroid mining missions before, but these ambitious plans could be one step closer to becoming a reality after NASA announced that it’s began accepting applications from private enterprises to fund such missions in return for access …
Uncovering ‘The Mask’, the most sophisticated malware yet?
An incredibly complex malware that’s said to be one of the most sophisticated ever discovered has been targeting computers around the world since at least 2007, according to a new report from security firm Kaspersky Labs. The malware, which has been dubbed …