There’s a creeping consensus surrounding invasive surveillance and censorship issues in the UK, which according to some, is rapidly becoming the western forebear of the big brother state, and many political blogs are not taking this lightly - especially since it was revealed that a number of anti-government websites and non-mainstream media blogs have been [...]

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 [...]

It’s not all about the facebooks, myspaces and twitters out there. By focusing only on the mainstream social networks crammed down our throats by the likes of Rupert Murdoch, Google and other multi-million dollar giants, are we missing out on the last corners of the web that actually speak our language?
I at least assume that [...]

A privacy group led by an outspoken Phorm opponent, Alex Hanff, is planning to picket an annual shareholder meeting held by BT, the UKs largest ISP and telecoms company, who have faced fierce opposition to secret trials of Phorms Open Internet Exchange (OIX) program, an invasive scheme that profiles user browsing habits to deliver contextual [...]

Jim Louderback, CEO of Revision3, a media company that plays host to wildly popular technology shows like Diggnation, and The Totally Rad Show has exposed Media Defender (a subsidiary of Artist Direct Inc) as the culprit behind a massive Denial of Service (DDOS) attack which shut down much of Revision3’s infrastructure after they closed a [...]

Videorix (www.videorix.com) is a fresh incarnation of Brandfame, a start-up I reviewed back in September 2007 which offered product placement in online videos - a concept I didn’t exactly welcome with open arms, but Founder Nadim Elgarhy hopes that this time around Videorix will be much more accessible and concentrate on sponsored ad-slots, rather than [...]

What exactly is this Social Media malarkey, and why do some people reach the lofty status of influential rockstar while others fall flat on their faces?
There seems to be a growing consensus among the down-trodden majority that social media simply isn’t fair, and that a handful of power-users must have got where they are by [...]

Auction site eBay has filed a lawsuit against popular classifieds site Craigslist, claiming that eBay’s 28% stake in its competitor was intentionally diluted by the actions of Craigslist founders, Craig Newmark and Jim Buckmaster.
Details on what these actions were are still sketchy, by there is speculation that Craigslist either brought in another investor, or increased [...]

According to a security report by information risk management firm, IOActive, major ISPs in the US have created a massive security hole which puts the entire internet at risk, all in the name of making money.
Earthlink, an internet service provider has, along with a British advertising company called Barefruit, been engaged in the practice of [...]

With a slogan like “Put a contract out on yourself” I was half expecting StickK to be the brainchild of a masochistic hitman. I was slightly disappointed to find out it was quite the opposite - StickK is a service that helps busy people to improve (not extinguish) their lives by setting goals in the [...]