The People’s Republic of China may be preparing to develop its own version of the Internet. The official Chinese People’s Daily reports that the Ministry of Information Industry has made changes to the domain name system to introduce its own versions of the .com and .cn and .net top level domains (tld). According to the… Continue reading China to split the internet?

Apple’s forthcoming “true” video iPod will feature a 4-inch display with a quarter-inch border, allowing the device to maintain dimensions typical of previous iPods, further sources have confirmed. The initial report from Think Secret pegged the new iPod’s display at 3.5-inches, but reliable sources say that after considering both 3.5-inch and 4-inch prototypes, Apple has… Continue reading New 6th Generation Video iPods Confirmed

In an effort to protect users of its Google.cn Web site, Google is moving search records out of China and into the United States, a company executive said this week. Google.cn is a version of the company’s search engine that is hosted in China and adheres to Chinese censorship laws. It was launched in January.… Continue reading Google Moving Search Records Out of China

In a blog posting a 14 year old kid named Anthony has discovered a Javascript Gmail vulnerability. Anthony wrote “Apparently javascript will run if it is within the preview of the message” meaning that hackers could grab email addresses or possibly steal cookies and compromise Google accounts. It’s surprising that this vulnerability existed and who… Continue reading New Gmail Exploit Found

After eight weeks of testing in private beta, Newsvine is now live to the world. It?s been an extremely productive couple of months, with countless enhancements and feature additions making their way onto the site almost every day. The decision when to release to the world was a tough one for us. The site has… Continue reading Newsvine goes live