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Ikee worm author gets developer job
November 27, 2009 - 6:18 pm
Tags: Australia, iphone, worm
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Ashley Towns, who is 21, wrote on his Twitter feed earlier today that he had got the job at the firm, which markets itself as Australia’s “leading iPhone development company”.
http://www.itnews.com.au/News/161484,ikee-worm-author-gets-developer-job.aspx
Sorry for lack of updates.
November 27, 2009 - 6:14 pm
Posted in Uncategorized | No comments
I’ve been extremely busy lately and as such have not been updating the site.
Hopefully will be back to normal soon.
Britain’s new Internet law — as bad as everyone’s been saying, and worse. Much, much worse.
The British government has brought down its long-awaited Digital Economy Bill, and it’s perfectly useless and terrible. It consists almost entirely of penalties for people who do things that upset the entertainment industry (including the “three-strikes” rule that allows your entire family to be cut off from the net if anyone who lives in your [...]
Is the Android OS Growing Too Quickly?
After getting off to a slow start, Android phones have gone gangbusters. As of last July, there was only one Android-powered device available in the U.S., but that number has since exploded. Now, there are eight Android phones available stateside, with more expected to debut in the coming months. So things must be looking pretty [...]
Internet Explorer 9 to sport GPU acceleration and HTML5
November 21, 2009 - 6:46 pm
Tags: GPU, HTML5, IE9
Posted in Tech | No comments
Even if you don’t have a favored fighter in the browser wars, you have to admit Microsoft’s Internet Explorer has been looking mighty unfit over the last few years. Younger and fitter contenders like Mozilla’s Firefox and Google’s Chrome have arguably overtaken the old stalwart, and now Microsoft is making some much-needed noise about fighting [...]
UK Anti-Piracy Plans Slammed By Liberal Democrats
November 20, 2009 - 3:05 pm
Tags: anti-piracy, Plans, UK
Posted in P2P | No comments
Details of Lord Mandelson’s draconian pro-copyright plans contained in the Digital Economy Bill leaked out yesterday, provoking a wave of dissent. The Liberal Democrats have now made a statement, voicing dismay at this “utterly shameless” attempt to introduce major rules without proper Commons assessment.
http://torrentfreak.com/uk-anti-piracy-plans-slammed-by-liberal-democrats-091120/
Twitter urges Murdoch to be open
November 19, 2009 - 3:49 pm
Tags: murdoch, news corp, Twitter
Posted in Tech | No comments
Newspapers should become “radically open” if they want to make money in the online world, the co-founder of social networking site Twitter has said.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8368750.stm
Leaked UK government plan to create “Pirate Finder General”
November 19, 2009 - 3:48 pm
Tags: Government plan, leaked, Pirate, UK
Posted in Tech | No comments
Secretary of State Peter Mandelson is planning to introduce changes to the Digital Economy Bill now under debate in Parliament. These changes will give the Secretary of State (Mandelson — or his successor in the next government) the power to make “secondary legislation” (legislation that is passed without debate) to amend the provisions of Copyright, [...]
China’s Ministry of Culture tightens grip on MMO industry
November 19, 2009 - 3:46 pm
Tags: China, grip, MMO
Posted in Games | No comments
China’s Ministry of Culture said in a circular that it would require game operators to re-examine the content of the games they offer to make sure it doesn’t contain and “obscene or violent content” or anything that might be considered “lowbrow.” But what it really means is that the Ministry of Culture wants to stamp [...]
