Posts Tagged ‘Internet’
How connected are you?
Last week I took delivery of my shiny new BlackBerry Curve 8900 phone complete with unlimited Internet browsing, SMS messages and 200 anytime minutes. Once again, I was ‘connected’. It’s only after having quite a tense conversation with my girlfriend that I was reminded of just how much I rely on my connection to the [...]
Tags: addiction, blackberry, connected, Curve 8900, Internet, sony, spv m3100, VAIO, VGN-FZ38M
Irish ISP Eircom to start blocking websites at music industry's command!
It seems like there is no end to the growing power of the music industry across the world. According to TorrentFreak, and the Sunday Business Post Irish ISP Eircom are soon to be subject to the website-blocking whim of the Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA). IRMA has succeeded in getting Eircom to comply to its [...]
Tags: censorship, Eircom, file sharing, Internet, IRMA, ISP, torrentfreak
Your web history is not yours to control, nor should it be…
Recent statistics published by Burst Media, and syndicated on ReadWriteWeb, suggest that a lot of web users are aware that data about their online activities are being collected by their ISPs. Trends show that certain age groups are more likely to be concerned about the collection of identifiable data for targetted advertising than others, and [...]
Tags: copyright, Internet, ownership, privacy, web history
McDonalds sued over nude photo leak
So, I’m a little behind in reporting on this I know…
Hollwood Crap picked up the story, amongst other news sites and Blogs, that Tina Sherman is suing McDonalds for “emotional distress and hardship” after a mobile phone belonging to her husband was left in one of the franchised branches. It turns out she’d sent her [...]
Tags: america, court, Internet, mcdonalds, mobile phone, nude, password, photos, PIN, security, smartphone, sue, tesco, tina sherman, windows mobile
Florida boy's suicide live online
According to reports from various services including the BBC Abraham Biggs, 19, from Florida has committed suicide live online using the Justin.tv service a matter of hours after announcing he would do so on his Blog.
Viewers had been both trying to encourage and discourage Biggs throughout the broadcast. The live feed was ended when Police [...]
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