KT Corp, the leading South Korean telecom company, are planning to charge data heavy content providers like YouTube, and internet enabled TV companies to subsidize costly network upgrades required to keep up with demand. “We want to set a rule that we can equally apply to every platform operator that offers data-heavy content as those services … Continue reading »
MP for Falkirk, Major Eric Joyce has been arrested by police following a fight that broke out at the Strangers Bar in The House of Commons. He allegedly head-butted fellow MP Stuart Andrew who is the MP for Pudsey, Horsforth and Aireborough. He is planning on pressing charges. Stuart Andrew was born in the famous tongue-twisting village of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch on the Isle … Continue reading »
Stephen Nielson, Photoshop Product Manager, has just released the latest look at Photoshop CS6, Sneak Peak #5. In this video they give us a quick look at some of the improvements that they have been working on, including migrating presets to some of the JDI’s (Just Do Its) that have been most requested by users. … Continue reading »
Cherie Blair QC, the wife of former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, is suing Rupert Murdoch’s News International and private investigator Glenn Mulcaire over the alleged hacking of her phone by the News of the World. Blair’s lawyer, Graham Atkins, said on Wednesday he had issued a claim against Mulcaire and News Group Newspapers, the News International subsidiary that published the now defunct … Continue reading »
The European Commission have today suspend the ratification of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) and have referred it to the European Courts of Justice to investigate possible rights breaches. If you wish to read ACTA in its current form in one of the languages of the EU, please go here. I will upload the English version at the bottom of … Continue reading »
Starting to use a new social network can sometimes be tricky at first, especially when it involves, what to share and who exactly can see what you share. Also, figuring out what the different tools are on the site and how they can help you is something that you learn over time. This is why I’m … Continue reading »
Creative Commons began providing licenses for the open sharing of content only a decade ago. Now more than 400 million CC-licensed works are available on the Internet, from music and photos, to research findings and entire college courses. Creative Commons created the legal and technical infrastructure that allows effective sharing of knowledge, art and data … Continue reading »
![The Business of the Black Market [Infographic]](http://thegift73.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/bm-feat.png?w=160&h=120&crop=1 "The Business of the Black Market [Infographic]")
If you were to guess what the second largest economy in the world was, you’d be forgiven in thinking that it was either China, Japan or another nation. The truth however is very different and doesn’t comprise of a nation at all. It is in fact The Black Market. The infographic below was created by … Continue reading »
The Telegraph are reporting that The Honorable Mr Justice Teare (Queens Bench Division) has given the approval for Facebook to be used in a commercial case to serve a claim. The claim, which can be read here in a PDF, or embedded below, is between AKO Capital LLP and AKO Master Fund vs Fabio Massimo De Biase with … Continue reading »
Anonymous have started a DDoS attack on the Greek Ministry of Justice web site in retaliation for the wrongful arrest of 3 teenage boys who were charged with hacking the Ministry of Justice this month. The boys were accused of posting video and messages on the Justice Ministry website on Feb. 3 protesting the Greek … Continue reading »
The NZ Herald are reporting that Kim Dotcom, the founder of Megaupload, has at last been granted bail after a judge decided he was not enough of a flight risk to keep in custody. He is being charged with violating piracy laws and the US are seeking to extradite him to the US. The website’s founder and three … Continue reading »
Over on the Google+ page for Angry Birds, which is also the fastest growing brand page there at the moment, they have just linked to a video on YouTube via The Daily. The Daily is a tablet-native national news brand built from the ground up to publish original content exclusively for the iPad. The new video … Continue reading »
I think The Oatmeal have pretty much summed up what is wrong with the current, almost non-existent distribution methods of the Film and TV companies in the digital age. Give the people what they want. When the TV Show/ film is first aired/ released, why not also make it available for download at the same time, only: … Continue reading »
Black Tuesday have taken down the main site for Interpol.int for the second time, and is at this current time still down. The cached version of the site also resolves to a 404 page. @blackTuesdayHG released a small message on Pastebin stating their reasons for the DDoS attack. This comes just after 8 days of the site first … Continue reading »
North Korea has warned it’s neighbors South Korea that should they carry on their planned artillery drills near their sea border with North Korea, they will be met with “merciless retaliatory strikes.” This threat isn’t something to be taken lightly as the two sides exchanged fire on November 23rd 2010 after South Korea fired artillery shells into alleged North Korean waters. The North … Continue reading »
A bus driver from Bristol (UK) has been sentenced to jail for 17 months for deliberately swerving the 4 ton bus that he was driving into a cyclist. The incident happened last year on April 5th at the James Barton roundabout in central Bristol at 8.30am. The cyclist Phillip Mead, a computer programmer from St Anne’s in … Continue reading »
Boxer Dereck Chisora was arrested by German police at Munich airport after attempting to check into his return flight to London. The police are still currently trying to locate David Haye. The fight took place after Saturday nights bout between Klitschko and Zimbabwean-born Londoner Chisora at a press conference in which Chisora who went 12 rounds lost … Continue reading »
The VideoLan project, which originally started as an academic project by the students of École Centrale Paris in 1996 to stream media across the campus network has finally reached version 2.0. It is now the No.1 choice of media player for people wanting a client that has 99% of all codecs required for most files as it … Continue reading »
Rovio has revealed that the next step for the Angry Birds franchise will be set in space. This is a good move and idea for the company as there are literally infinite possibilities for possible story lines, which are needed as the current releases for Angry Birds has been played to death, leaving users craving more. The … Continue reading »
John Cleese, of Fawlty Towers and Monty Python fame, has created a video for some of his fans comments and questions that he has received lately. My personal favorite answer is towards the end when trying to describe stupid people, arguing that they would have to at least have a ttrace of intelligence in order to realise that they were indeed … Continue reading »
