F5.5G Leap-forward Development of Broadband in Africa The Africa Broadband Forum 2024 (BBAF 2024) was successfully held in Cape Town, South Africa recently, under…
Weekly Round Up #36: 4chan sale, Skype outage, BB-8 Star Wars droid and TomTom Bandit
Welcome to Weekly Roundup, our podcast discussing the tech trends, innovation and news from the last few days. This week on BurnCast, Stuart Thomas,…
Anonymity is not cowardice, says 4chan founder (SXSW2011)
He arrives late, sidling awkwardly onto the stage. With his baby face and blond mop it’s easy to believe Christopher Poole is 24 years…
Canvas – nothing more than adolescent image mashups?
Canvas was touted as being primarily a social network that centered on anonymity. After receiving one of only 4 000 private beta invites, I…
‘Anonymous’ takes down Mastercard website in Wikileaks revenge attack
An anonymous group of hackers said on Wednesday they had launched online attacks to shut down the websites of credit card Mastercard and a…