Monday, September 29, 2014

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Yahoo kills off Yahoo

Posted: 29 Sep 2014 02:28 AM PDT

blazing-saddles-655Yahoo has decided to kill off the product which started it all off.

In 1994, Jerry Yang and David Filo, graduate students at Stanford University, created a hierarchical directory of websites, “Jerry and David’s Guide to the World Wide Web”. In March of that year, they gave it the name “Yahoo!” for “Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle.”

At the time, human-curated web listings were the bee's knees and search engines were not exactly up to snuff. more»

“iPhone clone” faces cloning problems

Posted: 29 Sep 2014 02:27 AM PDT

OrphanBlacChinese phone maker Xiaomi, which faces continual attacks from the Tame Apple Press for daring to make a phone similar to Apple's, is facing a cloning problem of its own.

Chief Communications Officer Li Lei at Xiaomi said that it was wrong that Xiaomi was an iPhone clone and the outfit created a masterpiece from scratch. more»

Cops want “hands on” policing of the internet

Posted: 29 Sep 2014 02:25 AM PDT

1408707700441_wps_2_FILM_Carry_On_Constable_1London coppers have called for more state controls of the world wide web to prevent internet anarchy.

The City of London Police’s Intellectual Property Crime Unit is a taxpayer funded security force for private companies who want to protect their content without having to spend too much. more»

Apple not worried about being Shellshocked

Posted: 29 Sep 2014 02:24 AM PDT

tim-cook-securityWhen the Shellshock security hole was revealed, Apple users were warned that it would affect all users of the Mac operating system.

Given that Apple can send out updates, and the Shellshock vulnerability is comparatively simple to fix, one would expect Jobs' Mob to send out an update smartly. more»

Psychic forces bent my iPhone

Posted: 29 Sep 2014 02:23 AM PDT

uri-geller-2Apple's super-bendy iPhone might not be a product of poor structural design at all, but problems might be down to psychic forces, according to top spoon bender Uri Geller.

Geller who is an expert in bending metal objects with his mind says Apple’s bending iPhone 6 woes could be explained by “mental forces”. more»

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