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Last week, Google got caught with its hand in the cookie jar, allegedly engaged in a range of questionable activities with regard to a…
Online security trends to watch out for in 2012
Perhaps two of the biggest computing trends that have gained momentum in the past year have also opened up some of the biggest security…
What’s going to happen to social media in 2012?
Memeburn asked me to give my thoughts on trends in social media for 2012. I had a look around to see what other people…
Is Linux finally ready for the desktop?
For the last eight years, I have seen articles proclaiming that Linux is almost ready for the Desktop. In fact, on sites like Slashdot,…
The unstoppable rise of Google Chrome
Earlier this year I reported that Chrome was destined to become the default web browser for Ubuntu. At that time, Chrome still had a…
Can YaCy be the new Google?
When Google was a mere babe among search giants like Yahoo, AltaVista, Lycos and WebCrawler, geeks across the world promoted its use thanks to…
Undersea cables set to launch African bandwidth explosion
Many years ago, I worked for UUNET Internet Africa in South Africa. I remember sitting in the Operations room and looking at an international…
Is the Sneaky Hat meme something we need to worry about?
Early this month, a bunch of kids in Queensland, Australia, created a Facebook fan page called “Sneaky Hat”. The original page has since been…
The world’s cheapest tablet goes live
The tablet market has exploded with new devices shipping from every vendor under the sun, but most of the media focus has been directed…
The ghost in the machine — Inside Siri
It didn’t take long for hackers to crack the Siri protocol and discover exactly how Siri works. The beautiful thing about the hack was…
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