Digital Sky Invests $200 million in Facebook

May 27, 2009

Go to www.facebook.com click here. Yesterday, it was announced by Facebook that Russian internet investment firm Digital Sky Technologies has bought a 1.96 percent hold in the site for $200 million, which puts a $10 billion valuation on the company.  The ...

Google’s YouTube Hit with Porn Hijack

May 27, 2009

Go to www.youtube.com click here. YouTube was hit with a hack attack of hundreds of uploaded porn videos that were disguised as videos for teens by artists such as the Jonas Brothers and Hannah Montana.  Many of the clips started by ...

Missing Link Found that may Show Ancestry of Humans

May 21, 2009

A possible missing link to the evolution of primates was found in Germany, creating a big splash in the media. Paleontologist Jorn Hurum, the leader of the team who analyzed the fossil, which they call 'Ida', ...

Google Increases Searches Lead Over Yahoo

May 20, 2009

Go to www.google.com or www.yahoo.com click here. A total of 14.8 billion searches were cast by Americans last month, which is a 3 percent increase on the month before. However, Google has reined supreme as the search ...

Facebook Israeli Users Targeted by Terrorists

May 19, 2009

Go to www.facebook.com click here. The Shin Bet, the Israel Security Agency, issued a waring yesterday that terror groups are turning to Facebook and other social networking sites to target Israeli citizen users, bribing them in exchange for ...

YouTube Schoolboy Fights Mother in Court for Passport

May 18, 2009

Go to www.youtube.com click here. A schoolboy, who is 11 years old and has shown his talents on YouTube, has been asked to make an appearance on a talent show in New York. The boy's passport is ...

Google Outage Affects Many Users

May 15, 2009

Go to www.google.com click here. A variety of Google Apps started kicking back when an outage spread yesterday morning, interrupting many users. The internet buzzed about the widespread trouble with the Google Apps service, with Google News ...

Phil Schiller To Host Worldwide Developers Conference, not Steve Jobs

May 15, 2009

Go to developer.apple.com/wwdc click here. Yesterday, Apple announced that the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) will begin on June 8th in San Francisco. However, Philip Schiller, the senior vice president of worldwide product marketing, will kickoff the event ...

Frontier Communications to Buy Verizon Communications Rural Lines

May 14, 2009

Go to www.frontieronline.com or www.verizon.com click here. Yesterday, Verizon Communications said that they had reached a deal with Frontier Communications to sell some of their phone service areas that are located outside of their main Northeastern and Californian ...

NASA Launches Atlantis Shuttle for Final Hubble Space Telescope Mission

May 12, 2009

Go to www.nasa.gov click here. Seven astronauts have lifted off for one final repair mission to fix the Hubble Space Telescope. The shuttle blasted off at 1901 BST from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA. ...