Archives for the ‘Feature’ Category

Remember the 5th

By DavidReece • Oct 29th, 2008 • Category: Earth-Notes, Feature

It seems that all the ingredients are in place for an interesting November 5th this year - growing public dissatisfaction over government interference, guy fawkes representing the overthrow of government, and the internet-spawned phenomenon of protesters wearing V for Vendetta masks to make their point.
While talk of any planned protests is surprisingly hushed, there is [...]



Anonymous Threatens “Shift to more Subtle and Shocking Tactics” against the Cult of Scientology

By DavidReece • Aug 4th, 2008 • Category: Feature, News

Loosely organised Internet group, Anonymous, has released 2 new videos which threaten to up-scale their attacks on the Church of Scientology, after some founding members expressed disillusionment over the direction of recent protests.
The video messages call for those in favour of ‘upping the ante’ in their attacks against the ‘dangerous cult’, with the caveat that [...]



Anonymous Turns Its Gaze To Virgin Media

By DavidReece • Apr 16th, 2008 • Category: Business & Technology, Feature, News

Not content with their campaign against the dangerous cult of scientology, internet activist group, Anonymous have turned their attention to an issue which affects more than just whacked-out celebrities - their latest target being Virgin Media CEO, Neil Berkett.
The issue of net neutrality resonates with a great majority of internet users, and has finally come [...]



Phorm Is Watching You - Who’s Watching Phorm?

By DavidReece • Apr 5th, 2008 • Category: Feature, News, Privacy / Rights

If you’re reading this article from inside the UK (or soon, worldwide) there’s a good chance an advertising company called Phorm is watching your every move, and has been for some time. Three major ISP’s in the UK have been secretly selling your browsing habits to the company as part of a trial, which has [...]



Google News Myths Debunked

By DavidReece • Apr 3rd, 2008 • Category: Feature

Google has responded to frequent speculation by news authors about how the service ranks news items for importance, and how timing, and the use of images affects the chances of being featured.
This unusually open response from the search giant differs from their one-size-fits-all response of “It’s all in the algorithm” they tend to dish-out to [...]



Anonymous Declares War On Scientology

By DavidReece • Jan 3rd, 2008 • Category: Feature, News, Technology

An internet-based hacking group known as ‘Anonymous’ has gained wide support on sites such as Youtube since announcing a public vendetta against the notorious cult of Scientology.
The first video announcement (below) was made after a promotional video starring Tom Cruise was leaked, and subsequently taken down for copyright infringement after embarrassed Scientologists complained.
You need to [...]



Google Joins NORAD to Track Santa

By DavidReece • Dec 4th, 2007 • Category: Feature, News, Technology

Search giant Google has announced that it is joining NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense) in a traditional effort to track the movements of the obese bearded flying fatty, loved by kids the world over. This is a tradition that started with a phone mix-up in the US, when kids were given a direct line to [...]



The Whoa Show and a TechCrunch Rebuttal

By DavidReece • Nov 28th, 2007 • Category: Feature, Internet, News, Technology

I got an interesting email last night from David Hissami, CEO of The Whoa Show, who wanted to clarify a TechCrunch Article comparing the service to an Exquisite Corpse, which he felt was inaccurate.
I guess TC author Erick Schonfield is sticking to his guns, so armed with some new info, StartupEarth sets the record straight.
The [...]