A new report by German news outlet Der Spiegel claims that the intelligence agency’s elite hacking unit, TAO, has been conducting intrusive wiretaps that would make your typical sci-fi movie seem realistic. According to the report, the NSA has been intercepting shipping deliveries for laptops and other computer accessories purchased online in order to secretly… Continue reading NSA Reportedly Intercepting Laptops Purchased Online to Implant Spyware
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Facebook, Google, Microsoft and More Join Forces to Reform Government Surveillance
This is the age of the NSA’s PRISM scandal, government leaders spying on other government leaders and do-before-ask privacy policies. If no one takes a stand to put in place more transparent privacy laws and regulate them, too, every part of our lives might soon be available for governments and corporations to see (if it’s… Continue reading Facebook, Google, Microsoft and More Join Forces to Reform Government Surveillance
What Are You Thankful for This Thanksgiving? [COMIC]
We all have much to be thankful for this Thanksgiving holiday, and few people have more to appreciate in life than some of top CEO’s of major tech companies. Like how Mark Zuckerberg, who many consider to have put the final nail in the coffin of online privacy, was able to buy out all the… Continue reading What Are You Thankful for This Thanksgiving? [COMIC]
Microsoft Taps ‘Pawn Stars’ to Scroogle Over Google Chromebooks
Every day, Google executives must feel like they are being visited by the Ghost of Christmas Past in the form of Ebeneezer Scroogle, Microsoft’s full blitz attack campaign against Google products. In the latest Scroogled edition, Microsoft takes shots at the Google Chromebook by putting it up for inspection in front of the famous Pawn… Continue reading Microsoft Taps ‘Pawn Stars’ to Scroogle Over Google Chromebooks
Bah, Humbug! Microsoft Wants You to Stock Up on Anti-Google Merchandise
Haters are gonna hate. Or at least Microsoft is going to continue to hate on Google for being a hater, or trying to Scroogle you out of your money and data. Microsoft is now looking to merchandise its Scroogled campaign to comically draw attention to some of the privacy pitfalls of Gmail, Adsense, Chrome and… Continue reading Bah, Humbug! Microsoft Wants You to Stock Up on Anti-Google Merchandise
The Xbox One Global Launch Party Is Announced and You’re Invited
The countdown to the release of the new Xbox One gaming console is in effect until its global midnight release on November 22. Microsoft has just announced a few marquee events taking place in cities across the globe including New York, Los Angeles, London, Berlin, Paris, Vienna, São Paulo, Toronto and Sydney. All the festivities… Continue reading The Xbox One Global Launch Party Is Announced and You’re Invited
Why It Pays to Think Long-Term: After 6 Years of Planning, YouTube Reaches 40% Mobile-Sourced Traffic
It was 2007, the year the first iPhone was released and three years before the first iPad, long before smartphones became an artificial part of our bodies and tablets, a common part of our entertainment regimens. Before even an ounce of demand existed for mobile video streaming, YouTube formed a team whose sole responsibility was… Continue reading Why It Pays to Think Long-Term: After 6 Years of Planning, YouTube Reaches 40% Mobile-Sourced Traffic
What’s the Real Reason Apple’s OS X Mavericks Is Free?
Every action has a cause, and like Isaac Newton said “an equal and opposite reaction.” So what really caused Apple to give away Mavericks for free – a major portion of its income? Is Apple’s CEO Time Cook looking to drive investor Carl Icahn to an early grave? Or has Siri gone sweet on the… Continue reading What’s the Real Reason Apple’s OS X Mavericks Is Free?
