The Vatican is turning to the internet in its struggle against child abuse with a new website allowing clergy around the world to share information on eradicating the problem.This is the second major online move by the Vatican in recent days, following the launch of the official Vatican news service by papal tweet.A key figure behind the initiative is German psychologist priest Hans Zollner from the Vatican's Gregorian University, who spoke about the need for fundamental changes in how ...

Japanese electronics giant Sony announced on Monday that it would fully restore all PlayStation Network and Qriocity online distribution services in Japan on Wednesday, after shutting them down in April due to hacker attacks.In the wake of the cyber attacks, Sony shut down those services on April 20 to conduct an investigation and boost the overall security of the network infrastructure, it said in a statement.Except for Japan, the Japanese electronics giant had already restored the services in all other ...

Hewlett-Packard rolled out its new TouchPad tablet computer on Friday, seeking to get a bit of the iPad tablet action and revive its slumping fortunes. Better late than never, eh HP?The TouchPad went on sale in major US retailers such as Best Buy and Walmart as well as on Amazon.com, HP said. It is expected to go on sale shortly in Britain, Ireland, France, Germany and Canada, and later this year it will become available in Italy, Spain, Australia, Hong ...

Twitter's recent announcement that it is going ahead with in-stream ads is yet another attempt by the microblogging platform to effectively monetise without losing its opt-in/opt-out appeal. This follows the removal of Quickbar, a form of intrusive promoted tweets that appeared in Hootsuite users’ timelines, in March. Users quickly voiced their frustration by using the #dickbar hashtag and Twitter promptly removed this feature, saying via its blog:Rather than continue to make changes to the QuickBar as it exists, we removed ...

Skype and Microsoft have managed to leapfrog common sense and build a backdoor into your favourite VOIP application. It is called Lawful Interception and is part of a new patent which Microsoft filed back in 2009, but is now preparing to unleash itself into our world due to its recent approval.Lawful Interception means that government agencies can, without your permission, begin tracking your Skype conversations. Calls can be covertly recorded and used against you in any circumstance. It is ...

Living with The BlackBerry PlayBook is like dating someone with a drinking problem. When you first meet, things are great. She seems fun. A lot of fun.I mean fun, like she can drink you under the table, and sometimes when you’re under it, she’ll be dancing on top of it. After a while though, the violent mood swings and the smell of whiskey on her breath at noon on a Monday isn’t endearing anymore. She’s a hot mess, and you’re ...

Hurrah, hurrah, another week has gone and though it seemed questionable -- particularly around Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday -- Friday has managed to roll around.As was explained in the first installment last week, though Memeburn readers -- smart as they are -- are always on top of things, the breakneck speed at which tech and web news goes by, invariably means we all miss something. As such, we here at Memeburn are giving you, our dear readers, this ...

South African IT giant, Dimension Data, has acquired Californian based-cloud enterprise OpSource. The path to the deal is reported to have been paved by the Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) , of which Dimension Data is a subsidiary.The acquisition is expected to help the US$4.7-billion ICT services and solutions provider accelerate its cloud offerings. OpSource will be absorbed into Dimension Data started own cloud service, Cloud Solutions Business Unit, which will report directly to the company's CEO, ...

It may be a little late to the video calling party, but as the 800-lb gorilla, Skype can be. The VoIP behemoth has just introduced video calling in its latest version of the Skype client for Android phones – although as is so often the case with Andoid apps that use peripheral hardware, device support is still a bit spotty.Currently video calls are only supported on Video calling supported on the following handsets: Samsung Google Nexus S, HTC Desire S, ...

South Africans may have noticed the influx of international acts venturing tours to their fair shores. Until now, we have generally had a poor showing with regards to big artist concerts (with the exception of the ill-fated Coke festivals).Artists have to fly all the way to the south of Africa, where there are only three cities that can really support large scale concerts, and then have to span an entire continent or ocean to get to their next stop. ...