A new version of the peer-to-peer sharing application Tribler has created a buzz online following claims by the software’s lead developer that the app is impervious to attack.
In a recent interview with…
What's mine is yours (until they break down the doors).
ryancr
Latest reports suggest all of the data on seized file storage website Megaupload – legal or illegal – could be erased as soon as Thursday.
Clearly it’s not great news for the site’s founder Kim Dotcom…
Should the changing face of media be a source of despair or optimism?
Truthout.org
To paraphrase Mark Twain, reports of the death of newspapers are somewhat exaggerated. But traditional media is experiencing the “perfect storm” of declining circulations, collapsing advertising revenues…
What if there were an algorithm that could guarantee marketing success?
Hanga Girl
Creating a 30 second YouTube movie that goes viral is the holy grail of marketing. So how is it done?
Ensuring the success of a viral-produced movie is still largely hit-and-miss. Some of the more well…
Keep your friends close and your enemies, wherever possible, at bay.
Karat
On September 22, 23-year-old college student Cody Kretsinger was arrested by the FBI for his part in the hack of Sony Pictures Entertainment by the high-profile hacking group LulzSec.
The hack resulted…
Are reactions against the infamous hacking group a sign of generational conflict?
JacobDavis
It’s a scene reminiscent of a thousand police dramas: the FBI arrived at the door of 20-year-old journalism student Mercedes Haefer, guns drawn, at 6am one morning last July.
She was still in her pyjamas…
There is currently around US$63.6 million of Bitcoin in circulation.
Craig A Rodway
On July 19, Doctor Nefario, founder of the Global Bitcoin Stock Exchange, arrived at Seattle airport and was asked if he had enough money to cover his stay in the US.
He replied that he did, but that…
A battle is raging over search and serendipity online.
AndYaDontStop
The latest salvo in the internet attention wars has come in the form of figures from StatCounter.
A relatively small content driving service called StumbleUpon drove more than 50% of all social media…
