Archive for 'Internet'

FTC to Investigate Facebook’s Instagram Acquisition

FTC to Investigate Facebook’s Instagram Acquisition

When it rains it pours. For Facebook, since their horrendous IPO, the company seems to have been levied with blow after blow of bad news, and it seems the Federal Trade Commission is stepping in to [...]

Facebook Looking to Acquire Opera?

Facebook Looking to Acquire Opera?

Hot on the heels of arguably the worst IPO in recent memory, Facebook are again looking to make a splash in the tech headlines as rumors have surfaced that Facebook is actively looking to purchase Opera [...]

Microsoft Launches Social Network, So.cl (Updated!)

Microsoft Launches Social Network, So.cl (Updated!)

Amid the currently negative buzz involving social networks, and in particular Facebook, Microsoft have taken this opportunity to very quietly launch a brand new social network for the masses aimed at, allegedly, learning about topics that [...]

Internet Explorer Coming to Xbox 360

Internet Explorer Coming to Xbox 360

With the Xbox 360 continuing to expand its’ reach further and further into the media realm, news has surfaced that Microsoft may be looking to integrate their Internet Explorer browser into the Xbox 360 console. Initial [...]

Wii U Launch Titles Leaked?

Wii U Launch Titles Leaked?

In what seems to be an increasing occurrence, a store’s point-of-sale system may have leaked the launch titles for the upcoming Wii U console. Following photos leaked by staff at a UK Blockbuster store, 25 titles [...]

FireFox Rapid Release Schedule Unpopular with Corporations

FireFox Rapid Release Schedule Unpopular with Corporations

We’ve seen in recent months that there has been a drastic change with Mozilla and the FireFox development cycle. It seems only Yesterday that we were looking at FireFox 3.6 and marveling at how far Mozilla [...]

Google Chrome May Replace FireFox in Ubuntu

Google Chrome May Replace FireFox in Ubuntu

Google’s rapidly growing, rapidly developed browser was nearly, and may still become, the default browser option for Ubuntu Linux users. Mozilla’s FireFox browser has been the long-standing default for Ubuntu, and indeed a great majority of [...]

PlayStation Network is back!

PlayStation Network is back!

Well, it will be. After the recent trouble that Sony have gotten into over their intrusion of their PlayStation Network service almost three weeks ago, users are now able to log in after the installation of [...]

PlayStation Network Status [Update]

PlayStation Network Status [Update]

It’s been in the news – everyone knows that Sony’s PlayStation Network has been brought down by some sort of intruder, but all the articles across the web don’t draw a clear enough line and the [...]

FireFox Renumber 4.2 Pre-Alpha to Nightly 6.0

FireFox Renumber 4.2 Pre-Alpha to Nightly 6.0

For anyone that follows the development cycle that Mozilla’s FireFox browser undertakes, it should come as no surprise that FireFox has been actively developing FireFox version 4.2 since around about the same time 4.0 went “gold.” [...]