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Internet analyst Mary Meeker has achieved an almost legendary status in the tech world for her annual Internet Trends report. Now a partner with venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufiled Byers, Ms. Meeker has just unveiled a whole new set of slides …
Google Satellite Images Reveal Shocking Impact of Human Activity
If you’ve ever wondered about the true scale of mankind’s devastating impact on the planet Earth, then these images will help to illustrate just how massive it’s been. Since the 1970s and the emergence of satellites patrolling our skies, NASA, along with …
Surface Pro Arrives in Japan with 256GB Storage and Free Office
Microsoft’s Surface Pro has had a somewhat muted reception since its US release, but that hasn’t stopped the Redmond from setting its sights on the rest of the world. Today, Microsoft has launched its flagship Windows 8 device in Japan, with the …
Twitter Shoots Down TweetAdder In War On Spam
Twitter has sent out out a stark warning to its users: Stop the spam or else! The microblogging site has just settled a lawsuit against one of the biggest perceived spammers on the site, an automated marketing tool known as TweetAdder, which …
Liberty Reserve Take Down is Unjustifiable and Wrong
The US Department of Justice’s decision to shut down the popular online currency service Liberty Reserve has caused uproar among its legions of users, many of who are now extremely worried that they’ll lose thousands of dollars held in their accounts. Admittedly, …
Most Windows 8 Users Agree: Metro Apps Suck
When Microsoft first launched Windows 8, it had high hopes for its new “modern” metro interface and the applications it would support. The idea was that Metro would allow PC users to interact with their computers in an entirely new fashion, flicking …
Opera Browser Revamped With Sleeker, Faster, Minimalist Design
Bored with Google Chrome? Fed up with Firefox? Sick of Safari? Absolutely hate Internet Explorer with a passion? Then you might just want to take a look at the newly revamped Opera web browser, now known as “Opera Next”, which has just …
Twin Light Beams Transfer Data 400x Faster
Lightening fast data speeds that don’t cost a zillion bucks to integrate have been the Holy Grail of countless tech researchers for years. Now, a brand new method that involves an incredibly simplistic concept has been put forward by researchers at Bell …
Chinese Hackers Steal Blueprints for Advanced US Weapons Systems
Reports of cybersecurity threats to the US seem to be alarmingly common these days, with barely a day passing by before a new story rears its head. One day its reports of media organizations’ Twitter accounts being hikjacked, the next its more …
Liberty Reserve Shut Down: Cybercrime Community In Disarray
The popular Costa Rica-based virtual currency exchange Liberty Reserve appears to have been shut down permanently, while its founder has arrested on suspicion of using the site for money laundering purposes. The news has caused uproar within the Web’s underground cybercrime community, …