Iran’s current approach to internet censorship typically isn’t subtle — either you get unfettered access or (more often) you don’t see a site at all. However the country’s government is about to take a more measured approach to blocking online con…
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‘The Interview’ is already Sony’s most popular online movie to date
There was a ton of hoopla about Sony releasing The Interview through internet services before it even hit theaters but how much did this not-entirely-intentional experiment in online distribution pan out? Quite well if you ask Sony. It just reveale…
Tumblr CEO: Focusing on storytelling and self-expression
Tumblr founder excited about social storytelling
You only need a camera (and luck) to copy someone’s fingerprints
Forget having to lift smudges from a touchscreen to copy someone’s fingerprints. According to a Chaos Computer Club presentation you only need a camera… well that and a little luck. The hacking association’s Jan Krissler recently demonstrated tha…
Apple’s iPhone 5 bigger faster but lacks “wow”
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Apple Inc’s new iPhone goes on sale on Friday with a bigger screen and 4G wireless technology as the company seeks to safeguard its edge over rivals like Samsung Electronics Co Ltd and Google Inc.
Facebook CEO dangles search and mobile shares rally
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook Inc CEO Mark Zuckerberg soothed investors in his first major public appearance since the No. 1 social network’s rocky May IPO breathing life into its struggling shares after hinting at new growth areas from mobile to search.
VIDEO: Facebook boss: ‘Building a mission’
The boss of social network Facebook has spoken for the first time of the drop in his company’s market value.
Fight against forgery gets boost from invisible nano barcode
LONDON (Reuters) – Scientists in the United States have made an invisible version of square modern barcodes using nanoparticles and fluorescent ink to help in the fight against counterfeiting.
For Qualcomm China settlement may be just the beginning
SAN FRANCISCO/BEIJING (Reuters) – The settlement of China’s anti-trust probe into Qualcomm Inc is likely to intensify global scrutiny of the firm’s highly profitable patent licensing business and may even call into question its worldwide contracts with smartphone makers such as Apple and Samsung.
Twitter login bug kicks users out (update: resolved)
Did your Twitter app suddenly give you the boot or otherwise behave strangely? It’s not just you. The social network has confirmed a sign-in problem that’s kicking out hordes of users (so far mostly on Android) and preventing them from logging back …