Nokia has admitted it does decrypt some internet traffic sent over “secure” connections on some of its cellphones. However, it insists there is absolutely no question of it accessing the information while it is in unencrypted form. The issue was raised by an Indian security researcher and involves the Nokia Xpress Browser. That’s a tool […]
An international study suggests current efforts to crack down on piracy on “one-click” or “cyberlocker” sites are largely ineffective. The authors suggest the most productive way to reduce piracy on such sites is to follow the money. The research was carried out at Boston’s Northeastern University, the University of California at Santa Barbara, and Vienna […]
Think again. Posted with a simple “I don’t think people understand how lonely I am on facebook”, Libby Cooper proceeded to post the following images of her pretty epic cover photos. You’ll excuse the bad photoshopping for the sheer hilarity! [Libby Cooper Via Buzzfeed]
Newly published statistics show the world’s population has very different interests when it comes to Wikipedia pages. While English speakers are interested in Facebook, Japanese speakers prefer adult films and German speakers are most intrigued by dead-end streets. Swedish man Johan Gunnarson of the Wikitrends project has put together a list of the most viewed […]
Yep, that pretty much sums it up! :) [Google Analytics]
A list of the 5 least viral videos of 2012 as compiled by Conan and his team. [teamcoco]
The Mayan Apocalypse, which has somehow also included the zombie apocalypse, has been quite a hot topic as of late. And all this panic about that calendar really is a shame. In spite of the fact that there are multiple calendars (and, y’know, maybe they just ran out of space on that rock) I think we’re […]
For this video, Youtube has invited some of this year’s most popular YouTube stars to star in a mash-up of some of the site’s culturally defining moments of 2012. Can you spot all the references? [Youtube]
Laser Cats FTW! [LEGS MEDIA]
So I read this article on The Verge and I thought I should check out this #windowsrage hash tag that seems to be getting everyone all atwitter. It would seem that Windows Phone decided to kick off a poorly thought out #droidrage marketing scheme: This was promptly met with outrage and posts like this: Which […]