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Bitcoin exchange suffers DDoS attacks, claims it’s a victim of its own success

Massive online trading website, Mt. Gox, experienced a serious crash yesterday. The site is the largest online trading website of digital currency and trades…

Zuckerberg nemeses the Winkelvoss twins are big into Bitcoin

Forget Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg’s athletically built nemeses the Winkelvoss twins are now into Bitcoins. According to the New York Times, the two apparently hold…

LinkedIn officially welcomes Pulse to the family after paying $90m

LinkedIn has officially bought the company behind new reading app Pulse for US$90-million, a month after reports emerged that a deal was set to…

Twitter adds trends in 160+ new locations, will launch music app

Twitter has introduced trends to 160 new locations and is today set to launch a music app. Trends are one of the most important…

Facebook buys stealth mobile startup Osmeta

Facebook Home shows that the social network is on a serious mobile mission. Its latest purchase though indicates that the feature may have been…

EU competition commissioner to test antitrust complaint against Google

The European Union’s Competition Commissioner, Joaquin Almunia, has received another complaint about Google — this time with regards to how it runs its mobile…

Absa launches its app, becoming the last big South African bank to do so

Absa has officially launched its smartphone banking app, making it the last of South Africa’s major banks with such an offering. The app, which…

‘The last reason for me to use the internet is over’: The Onion paywall

World famous news parody site The Onion is now insisting users must pay to access its content. A new paywall has been erected which…

Anonymous takes down Syrian Ministry of Defence site

Hacker group Anonymous, has taken down yet another governmental site in its declared war against global injustice. The group has removed the Syrian Ministry…

Famed Chinese artist and dissident sends first tweets since arrest

Following what many had taken to be a regime-imposed silence, famed Chinese artist and dissident Ai Weiwei has returned to Twitter. Ai tweeted for…

Defcon ‘Kids Village’ guides hackers of the future

Defcon, one of the world’s premier annual hacking conferences, has introduced a “Kids Village” aimed at improving the hacking skills of children as young…

AntiSec takes on US police agencies

Hacker group AntiSec is claiming to have “defaced and destroyed” the websites of various US police agencies in retaliation to the arrest of suspected…

LinkedIn revenue doubles amidst uncertain global trading

Jittery global markets and the worst round of US trading since 2008 could not stop the surge of professional network LinkedIn. According to the…

Hack turns smartphone app into criminal tool

Hackers have shown how to turn mobile payment service Square into a convenient tool that allows criminals to pump cash from stolen credit card…

Indonesian court blames Facebook for increase in teenage pregnancies

A religious court official in Indonesia has blamed social networking site Facebook for a rise in teenage pregnancies and under-age marriages, a report said….

Google Realtime Search (kind of) makes a comeback with Google+

Google’s Realtime Search function is set to make a comeback, but with no tweets or Facebook status updates. It will, instead, be limited to…

Google lawyer slams Apple, Microsoft, and other competitors

Google’s top lawyer accused Apple, Oracle, Microsoft and other companies of using “bogus patents” to wage a campaign against the internet giant’s Android mobile…

US police crack open ‘nightmare’ online child pornography network

US officials have unveiled charges against 72 people in their largest global probe into internet child pornography which smashed a “nightmare” online bulletin board…

South Korean police bust online scam which used ‘elite’ North Korean hackers

South Korean police claim to have busted a criminal gang which used elite North Korean computer hackers to break into online game sites and…

Google Voice: Now available in 38 new languages

Google Voice, the Skype-like component within Gmail, has opened itself up to 38 more languages as well as many more countries outside the US….

Microsoft offers massive prize in bid to turn tables on hackers

Microsoft has kicked off a contest aimed at turning the tables on hackers by offering big money prizes for innovative tactics to foil cyber…

‘IE users are dumb as a bag of hammers’ story revealed to be a hoax

The BBC is reporting that a story which claimed that Internet Explorer users have a lower average IQ than users of other browsers is…

Governments, high profile organisations targets of ‘cyber spying campaign’

The governments of the United States and other countries, major US defence contractors, the United Nations and the International Olympic Committee have been targets…

Three South African Schools Win Global Recognition in Robotics Innovation

Temu Chooses Nigerian Startup Dellyman To Power Nationwide Deliveries

HONOR Hands Mzansi More Value This Black Friday with Major Smartphone and Tablet Deals

Innovate47 Launches Global Food & Agri Accelerator to Back Climate-Smart Startups

Simbi Wabote’s 10-Year Roadmap: How Nigeria Achieved 54% Local Content Growth

Records Tumble In Best Year Yet For South Africa’s Hedge Fund Industry

OPPO Brings Its Most Affordable Smartphone to South Africa with the New A6x

HONOR’s X7d Gets a Festive Boost with Free Screen Protection