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‘Anonymous’ fails to take down Amazon.com in support of WikiLeaks
After taking down the websites of Visa, Mastercard and others with cyber attacks, supporters of WikiLeaks tried but failed on Thursday to knock online…
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Philippine officials allowed to Tweet again
Philippine officials are free to use social networking media again, President Benigno Aquino’s spokesperson said on Thursday, ending a crackdown arising from Twitter jokes…
Eight percent of Americans now on Twitter
Three-fourths of the US adult population are Internet users and eight percent of those who are online use Twitter, according to a study by…
Internet groups call for ‘.xxx’ porn domain
Internet specialists gathered in Colombia on Thursday calling for the creation of an “.xxx” domain for pornographic websites, saying it would make it easier…
The global Facebook Page admin fail and the SA connection
The bug that caused worldwide havoc on Facebook Pages this week was resolved quickly after it was apparently discovered and reported by a bunch…
Chinese YouTube Youku.com soars in Wall Street debut
Shares in Chinese online video company Youku.com’s soared 161 percent on their first day of trading on Wall Street — the strongest New York…
YouTube launches personalised home pages
Musicians, both famous and obscure, began vying on Wednesday for the crown of most-loved artist on YouTube as the world’s top video-sharing website launched…
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