Neowin News Feed for: Internet

Microsoft sees all your HTTPS links in Skype, and you didn't know

Paul Ferson — Wed, 15 May 2013 07:53:59 +0100

Since Skype's takeover by Microsoft, it seems the Redmond-based giant has been able to cast an approving eye over HTTPS links that are sent. Read more...

CERN recreates first web page

Ben Buffone — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:42:05 +0100

Scientists at the world's most advanced physics laboratory, CERN, have embarked on a project that seeks to preserve the original hardware and software used to give birth to the World Wide Web. Read more...

From rags to riches: the story of Imgur

Max Slater-Robins — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 15:00:00 +0100

Neowin sat down with Alan Schaaf, CEO and Founder of Imgur, to talk about a wide range of subjects such as where he got the idea for Imgur from, how Imgur is doing and where it's going in the future. Read more...

Editorial: The Internet in the U.S. isn't built for an "always on" game console

John Callaham — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 11:38:10 +0100

Note to Microsoft: The Internet infrastructure in the U.S. is just not ready for a product like a game console that would require an "always on" Internet connection in order to play games or run apps. Read more...

Mozilla's Collusion demo shows how you can become a marketing tool

Paul Ferson — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 09:53:31 +0100

Mozilla's latest project, the 'Collusion' addon for Firefox, builds up an almost-scary picture of how you're connected to the Internet, and how you can be tied across different websites unknowingly. Read more...

It's not just you: the entire Internet is slow right now

John Callaham — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 15:23:13 +0000

The entire Internet has been experiencing a traffic slowdown this week, and it's all being blamed on a Dutch-based web host who allegedly has launched massive denial of service attacks. Read more...

Iran blocks VPNs, and more with latest firewall updates

Brody McKee — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 10:10:05 +0000

In the lead-up to June's elections, Iran has 'upgraded' its firewall, which now blocks VPNs. Until now, VPNs were the primary way that Iranians circumvented the firewall to access sites like Facebook. Read more...

Apple blocks older versions of Flash Player in Safari

Paul Ferson — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 20:21:40 +0000

With older software being the most vulnerable to malicious attacks, Apple's response has been to turn their own malware scanner against old versions of Flash Player to safeguard users against attacks. Read more...

Facebook will pay no tax on $1.1 billion profit; gets refund instead

Max Slater-Robins — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 12:28:05 +0000

It has been revealed that Facebook will get a refund of $500 million on tax payments, despite making $1.1 billion profit in 2012, according to a report by the Citizens for Tax Justice. Read more...

Shirtless Bieber too much for major live streaming sites

Brody McKee — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 11:23:30 +0000

In what was apparently a poor attempt at building PR, superstar Justin Bieber ran into major issues on both Livestream and Ustream whilst trying to host a live show on the platforms. Read more...

Facebook status updates now have feelings and activities

Anthony Tosie — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 02:06:10 +0000

Facebook has added new tagging features to its status updates. Users can now tag what they're doing - such as watching a particular television show - or add their mood to a status update. Read more...

OMGNOWAI!!1! Twitter introduces 'Lolcat' as a language

Paul Ferson — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 13:56:11 +0000

Twitter has introduced a beta version of the Lolcat language to the site, inviting users to contribute translations and alterations as needed. Now you can finally talk the talk of an early meme. Read more...

Chinese law for real-name internet registration passed

Paul Ferson — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 20:58:01 +0000

Chinese laws forcing real-name registration to use the internet have been passed, with further revisions likely to come. The legislation could allow removal of "illegal" posts within the country. Read more...

US and other countries pull out of UN Internet talks

John Callaham — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 17:00:00 +0000

The United States as well as a number of other countries, have said they will not sign a treaty that they feel will give too much control over the oversight of the Internet to the United Nations. Read more...

Editorial: Let's bring the UN's internet regulation talks into the open

Tyler Holman — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 10:21:49 +0000

In less than a month, behind closed doors, the UN is going to hold discussions that could have huge ramifications for internet users everywhere. Let's get them to come clean and bring it into the open Read more...

Kim Dotcom promises free fiber for New Zealand ISPs

Tyler Holman — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 17:45:15 +0000

Even as Kim Dotcom prepares to launch a successor to his ill-fated Megaupload, he's working on other exciting projects, like building a fiber system for New Zealand - and it's free, at least to ISPs Read more...

Nintendo: HTML5 support for Wii U browser, but no Flash

Andy Weir — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 14:30:07 +0000

Nintendo has revealed a few details about the web browser on its new Wii U console, confirming that it won't support third-party plug-ins, including Adobe Flash. Read more...

10 Petabytes of data saved by The Internet Archive

Alfonso Maruccia — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 20:45:07 +0000

The USA-based library of digital artefacts has captured and archived an enormous amount of data: 10 Petabytes of text, audio and video contents freely and publicly available to users and researchers. Read more...

Gmail finally takes the crown as the most popular email service globally

Paul Ferson — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 20:41:20 +0000

Third-party results finally suggest that Google's mail service is leading the world, despite the search giant having claimed this to be the case during the summer. Somehow, Yahoo is still hanging on. Read more...

A slip of the tongue gives away CETA's influences from ACTA

Paul Ferson — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 02:40:19 +0100

ACTA and the whole copyright concern around it, was thought to have been laid to rest. It hasn't been: A European Commission negotiator managed to let slip CETA copies from ACTA. Read more...