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South Korea’s FTC reportedly raids Google again over lack of cooperation
Google might be in trouble for how it handled an earlier raid by South Korean officials over antitrust concerns. Insiders claimed to AllThingsD that the country’s Fair Trade Commission stormed...
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The United Nations, Controller of the Internet?
The United Nations will meet in Dubai this December to make a decision that could carry significant consequences for the future of all web users: Should the UN be granted more control over the...
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Outspoken Harvard professor Jonathan Zittrain to head FCC’s open internet...
The FCC has created a new forum for corporations, experts and activists to scrap over web laws: The Net Neutrality Advisory Committee. Members have been tasked with “tracking and evaluating the...
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Google+ Events leaks out through Google Calendar, will let your knitting...
Google has been on another one of its Google+ feature addition streaks lately, and it’s so eager to please that it’s spoiling other features early. More than a few people visiting Google Calendar have...
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Google springs for .lol, .youtube domains, we wonder if it’s going TLD .crazy
Google just can’t wait until ICANN reveals custom domain name bids in mid-June to say what it’s trying to buy — and it’s clear that Mountain View went on a shopping spree. Some of the top-level...
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Upscale London borough says no no no to BT’s broadband revolution, ugly green...
Between all of the delays, disappointment and a general lack of availability, many Brits can’t seem to catch a break when it comes to getting fast internet — but this time it could be their own fault....
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Google World Wonders Project takes you to Earth’s treasures in glorious...
Google has already been taking us to exotic locations through Street View, but now it’s hoping to enshrine the most famous places on Earth through the World Wonders Project, one car (or trike) at a...
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Kabel Deutschland sets record with 4.7Gbps download speeds
About a year ago, Arris teased a system capable of 4.5Gbps downloads, and while that technology was in the proof-of-concept phase last June, it’s beginning to look more like a real possibility. German...
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Microsoft sets ‘do not track’ as default on IE10, ruffles feathers
Internet Explorer 10 on Windows 8 won’t be the first major browser to pack a “do not track” component, but it’ll be the first to have it switched on by default. Though Microsoft doesn’t yet support...
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Stuxnet pinned on US and Israel as an out-of-control creation
Ever since Stuxnet was discovered, most of the accusing fingers have been pointed at the US, Israel or both, whether or not there was any evidence; it was hard to ignore malware that seemed...
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Internet Explorer coming to Xbox 360 this year, Kinect / voice integration...
Microsoft just confessed that while other outfits have brought web browsers to televisions, “no one is using them,” because “keyboards don’t belong in the living room.” Aside from thoroughly slamming...
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Firefox 13 final swings by with new home and tab pages, flaunts its SPDYness
It’s been barely over a month since the Firefox 13 beta began, but the wait for a completed version has felt especially drawn out. Thankfully, Mozilla has just wrapped up its work and set loose the...
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Oracle sues Lodsys to squash its patents, deals in ironic reversals of fortune
Lodsys has been facing an increasing backlash ever since it began suing left and right to scrape money from developers over patents, including countering lawsuits from some heavy hitters. Its stiffest...
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Airtime lets you share media while you video chat, reminds you That Napster...
Hey, remember the guy that created Napster, Shawn Fanning? Do you remember Facebook co-founder (and supposed Justin Timberlake doppelganger) Sean Parker? Good, as that’ll make it easier to understand...
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Facebook lets advertisers easily buy mobile-only ads, our news feeds feel...
Facebook’s fistfuls of cash come almost exclusively from advertising, but virtually none of it comes from mobile. Much to its delight and our chagrin, that’s changing. Prospective advertisers now only...
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The Internet Changes Wednesday, But Most People Won’t Notice
With IP addresses now depleted, the Internet Society is leading the launch of IPv6 to allow the web to continue growing. Without adopting IPv6, people surfing the web will have to go through a...
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IPv6 lands today, do you copy?
June 6th has arrived, which means that participating ISPs, hardware manufacturers and search engines must stick to their word and permanently enable the IPv6 address system — not least as an...
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Explicit consent becomes mandatory with latest ‘do not track’ proposal, backs...
Remember how Microsoft said it’d enable the “do not track” feature by default for all users of Internet Explorer 10? Well, it’s not likely to happen — at least from the looks of things. The move...
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Google gives a sneak peek at Chrome for Windows 8′s Metro UI, plans a test...
Google vowed that it would adapt Chrome to Metro back in March, and it’s just now providing its first real look at the Windows 8 revamp. Don’t expect a radical remake: it’s Chrome, just in Metro. Even...
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Now There Are More Internet Addresses Than Stars in the Universe
Long story short: After this week’s switchover to a new protocol called IPv6, there are a whole lot of IP addresses on the Internet. How many more? Just one day after the world wide web made a...
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