North Korea blames U.S. for Internet outages, calls Obama a ‘monkey’
(Reuters) - North Korea called U.S. President Barack Obama a “monkey” as it blamed Washington Saturday for Internet outages that it has experienced amid a confrontation with the United States over the...
North Korean Internet experienced a 5+ hour outage after its only wireless carrier went down
Internet Crashes in North Korea as 3G Networks Fail — Three days after an apparent denial-of-service attack halted its Internet connections, North Korea suffered another Internet outage …
Meet Lizard Squad, the group whose DDoS attack crippled Xbox Live and PlayStation Network
Meet Lizard Squad, the hackers who ruined Christmas for gamers worldwide — Vinnie Omari was still a bit drunk when he initiated what could be the biggest distributed denial-of-service attack in hist...
The Interview sees over 1.5M estimated torrent downloads in first two days of availability, comparable to popular blockbusters
and other early stats Dave Smith / Business Insider : This Korean Singer Is Suing Sony For Using Her Music In ‘The Interview’ Deadline : ‘The Interview’ Available In Canada On Sony Site Powered By Ker...
PSN is still down for some as Sony gets service back online
Sony says that its online service is back up and running, but many people are still having issues playing games. — Last night, PlayStation Network started booting back up for many people after an ou...
Tor network flooded with new relays by Lizard Squad, group allegedly behind Xbox Live and PSN attacks
Hackers allegedly behind Xbox and PlayStation network shutdown set sights on Tor — The group that allegedly took down Microsoft and Sony's gaming networks now says it's set its sights on a new targe...
Windows Phone apps downloaded most on low-cost, low-memory phones
Mobile app developers considering Windows Phone support for their apps, take note: Based on data released by Microsoft on Tuesday, you may want to target low-end devices. Why? Because most of the ap...
Warrant for raid on Kim Dotcom legal, New Zealand Supreme Court rules
New Zealand's Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday (PDF) that warrants granted by the Court of Aukland in 2012 to search Kim Dotcom were legal. Warrants to search Dotcom compatriots Finn Batato, Mathias Or...
After Alleged Rape In New Delhi, Uber Lays Out Additional Safety Measures In India
Following an incident in which one of its drivers allegedly raped a female passenger in New Delhi, ride-hailing company Uber has announced additional safety measures it is taking in India.
As competition among VCs increases, some founders sell shares in early funding rounds
Investors Are ‘Fighting Like Drunken Sailors’ Over Hot Startups And Letting Founders Get Rich Too Early — Venture Capitalists used to invest in startups so founders could build businesses.
The Open Bay helps launch 372 ‘copies’ of The Pirate Bay in a week, becomes GitHub's most popular project
isoHunt, the group now best known for launching The Old Pirate Bay, has shared an update a week after debuting The Open Bay. The Pirate Bay, the most popular file sharing website on the planet …
Facebook, Twitter, and Google resist Russian regulator's orders to remove information on rally supporting opposition leader Navalny
U.S. Tech Firms Face Showdown With Russian Censors — Facebook, Twitter, Google Wrestle With Kremlin Orders to Erase Content
Samsung releases Look At Me, an Android app that trains autistic children to make eye contact
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Amazon says 10M people tried Prime, 60% of customers shopped from a mobile device this holiday season
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Indian carrier Airtel to charge prepaid customers more for VoIP than for other data services, a move seen as violating net neutrality
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Kodak-branded Android smartphone to launch in January at CES; tablet, camera, 4G handset will come later in year
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Comcast-TWC merger looks less likely amid growing opposition, concern over state of US broadband
As Comcast merger enters final phase, deal may be on thin ice — Credit: André P. Meyer-Vitali/Flickr CC — Credit: André P. Meyer-Vitali/Flickr CC
Iran to expand Internet “smart filtering” to censor content without banning entire websites
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Immigration reform is crucial to keeping the US a tech superpower, as 95% of great programmers reside outside the US
ed,’ Top Tech Investor Warns Tweets: Sonali Sridhar / @jollysonali : Almost 30% of Hacker Schoolers are foreigners and amazing programmers. We feel the pain of not placing them acutely. http://paulgra...
IRS demands Ballmer, other Microsoft leaders testify in corporate tax audit
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IBM: mobile made up 34.8% of total Christmas Day online sales, an increase of 20.4% YoY; iOS accounted for 27%, nearly 4x Android
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Withings Activité review: too expensive for mass market at $450, but will appeal to watch enthusiasts
Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch :
Huawei's low cost Honor smartphone unit sales up to 20M from 1M in one year after replicating Xiaomi's online strategy
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