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Bowing to pressure, Beijing begins hourly smog data

Beijing on Thursday began publishing real-time air quality data on the Internet, bowing to a vocal online campaign for greater government transparency over pollution in China's capital.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

How Twitter fought the floods

Social media is revolutionising disaster management and community building during emergencies, a study into social networking during last year’s Queensland floods has found.

Technology / Other

created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tit-for-tat hack as Israeli posts Saudi credit cards

An Israeli hacker published details of what he claimed were more than 200 Saudi-owned credit cards online overnight in a revenge attack after a similar move by "Saudi" hackers earlier this month.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Anonymous targets Finland over anti-piracy efforts

Cyber-activists attacked the websites of Finnish anti-piracy groups after a local Internet service provider was forced to block access to a popular file-sharing website, officials said Tuesday.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google search gets more personal, raises hackles (Update)

Google is sifting through the photos and commentary on its blossoming social network so its Internet search results can include more personal information.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Rupert Murdoch takes to Twitter

He first built his empire on newspapers, but octogenarian Rupert Murdoch has now made a surprise bid to become a more modern media baron by joining Twitter.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

BlackBerry's annus horribilis in Indonesia

Few companies better understand the difficulties of doing business in Indonesia than BlackBerry maker Research In Motion.

Technology / Business

created Jan 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 6

Google top US Web destination in 2011: Nielsen

Google was the most-visited Web destination in the United States in 2011, followed by Facebook and Yahoo!, industry tracker Nielsen said Thursday.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

SC company sues ex-worker over Twitter followers

(AP) -- An Internet company has sued one of its former employees, saying the worker cost the company thousands of dollars in lost business when he took 17,000 Twitter followers with him when he left the firm.

Technology / Business

created Dec 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Running a country? There's an app for that, almost

(AP) -- Britain's government says experts are considering developing a bespoke iPad app that would deliver key data straight to Prime Minister David Cameron's tablet computer.

Technology / Software

created Dec 28, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Suit filed in US over Twitter feed in test case

A former blogger for a US mobile phone news site is being sued by his erstwhile employer over ownership of his Twitter feed in a social media test case for the Internet age.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 27, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Stratfor warns hacking victims of further woes

US intelligence analysis firm Stratfor has warned its members whose emails and credit card information were hacked that they could be targeted a second time for speaking out on behalf of the company. ...

Technology / Internet

created Dec 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

'Anonymous' hackers target US security think tank

Hackers with the loose-knit movement "Anonymous" claimed on Sunday to have stolen a raft of emails and credit card data from U.S.-based security think tank Stratfor, promising it was just the start of a weeklong, ...

Technology / Internet

created Dec 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (11) | comments 96

Speak and these apps will listen and transcribe

Voice recording for memos, interviews and lectures has moved - like so many tasks - to the smartphone. These applications help you save, or transcribe, the spoken word.

Technology / Software

created Dec 23, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Iran moves websites to avoid cyber attacks

Iran has moved most of its government websites to local hosts to protect them from cyber attacks, the country's deputy communications minister said on Thursday.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 22, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1