Category Archives: Tech

• Mobile data traffic is expected to explode 11-fold by 2018 5 February 2014 | Matt Hamblen no comments

  Networking experts are running out of superlatives to describe the coming tidal wave/explosion/cataclysm of mobile data traffic. ...

• International Space Station celebrates 15th birthday in orbit 21 November 2013 | Megan Gannon no comments

  The International Space Station celebrates its 15th birthday today (20 November), marking the day in 1998 when a Russian rocket lifted the first piece of what is now the largest manmade structure ever built in space. ...

• Apple unveils new iPhone 5C and iPhone 5S 12 September 2013 | Glenn Chapman no comments

  Apple has unveiled two new iPhones, fielding a slick new top-end model along with one aimed at budget-conscious smartphone shoppers around the world. ...

• Exposed: NSA’s war on encryption 8 September 2013 | Pulkit Chandna no comments

  Who owns the Internet? That is one question humanity hasn’t been able to answer with any degree of certainty hitherto and things are unlikely to change anytime soon. ...

• India’s “CMS” surveillance system to be operational soon 5 September 2013 | Kalyan Parbat no comments

  India's automated surveillance system, "Centralised Monitoring System" (CMS), will be capable of tracking all forms of communications — wireless, landline, satellite, internet, VOIP. ...

• Flickr can store any data, not just photos 22 May 2013 | Thomas Claburn no comments

  In a bid to revive interest in Flickr, Yahoo has redesigned its photo community website and increased the amount of free storage available to Flickr users to 1 terabyte ...

• India introduces Central Monitoring System 8 May 2013 | Phil Muncaster no comments

  India’s privacy laws are not strong enough to protect individuals in the face of such potentially invasive powers. ...

• World Wide Web turns 20 1 May 2013 no comments

  The world's first web page will be dragged out of cyberspace and restored for today's Internet browsers as part of a project to celebrate 20 years of the Web, organisers said on Tuesday. ...

• Are geeks the new guardians of our civil liberties? 25 April 2013 | Theresa Riley no comments

  Anonymous, the hacktivist collective that Fox News once called “the Internet hate machine” has undergone a dramatic rebranding in recent months. ...

• Just do it, says Yahoo’s teen app millionaire 26 March 2013 | Paul Sandle no comments

  Got a tech idea and want to make a fortune before you're out of your teens? Just do it, is the advice of 17-year-old Nick D'Aloisio, author of Summly. ...