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A 2009 Q4 report from Akamai paints a gloomy picture for Internet users in the realm of security. While the number of countries attacks originated from went down, other statistics weren't that positive.In Q3, Akamai recorded more than 207 countries attacks originated from. In Q4, that number went down, but only ... |
19 April 2010
09:54 GMT |
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2009 was a terrible year for the worldwide economy and many sectors were hit hard. Advertising is one of them, spending dropping considerably from the previous year. Yet, according to new numbers from Kantar Media, they may not have been as bad as they seemed at first. Overall, advertising spending in the US dropped ... |
17 March 2010
12:20 GMT |
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Speculating on how much money Facebook makes is almost as popular as speculating on when Twitter will start bringing in the cash. We heard several numbers last year and, as the time passed, those numbers increased. The latest estimates coming from the Inside Facebook blog are higher yet again and put the social netwo... |
3 March 2010
04:33 GMT |
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A new set of data released by NASA exclusively to ScienceNow shows that last year was the warmest ever recorded in human history for the Southern Hemisphere. Even if it may seem counter-intuitive, given the fact that the Northern Hemisphere is currently experiencing one of its coldest winters in decades, officials at... |
15 January 2010
06:11 GMT |
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The Internet has had a profound effect on the music industry and, even now, more than a decade after Napster proved that the people wanted a digital alternative, there are plenty fighting against the obvious trend. With all the gloom and doom scenarios, how did the recording industry fare in 2009. Well, it all depen... |
8 January 2010
10:36 GMT |
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I think no one can honestly say that 2009 was an “empty” year. There were significant developments around the world, politically, economically, socially and scientifically. Undoubtedly, the year was marked by the economic crunch, by people losing their jobs across the world, but the upside to this is that... |
31 December 2009
22:01 GMT |
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Despite being rather conservative about its homepage, Google frequently features customized logos to mark special occasions and events. From sporting events to national holidays, from rather obscure celebrations to obvious choices like Christmas, Google isn't missing too many occasions to treat its users to a n... |
31 December 2009
07:11 GMT |
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Which is the most popular web site in the US? Normally, if you'd answer Google, you'd be right. On Christmas day though, it looks like Facebook managed to pull off the seemingly impossible, dethroning Google as the most visited online destination. At least that's what analytics firm Hitwise is saying,... |
29 December 2009
10:01 GMT |
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It has been one great year for Twitter with the service seeing huge growth, especially in the first half of the year. It rose from a microblogging service used by the hip, tech-savvy crowd to one used by millions of regular people, as well as the latest trend for celebrities and companies. Lately though, it looks li... |
29 December 2009
09:13 GMT |
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This time of the year is made for giving and most companies don't miss out on the opportunity to show just how much they care for their customers. This is true for web companies also and Facebook, which has had quite a good year, is trying to impress in 2009. It's not as much the value of the gifts which s... |
29 December 2009
07:25 GMT |
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Digg has had one busy year and, while things are looking up, it still has a lot of work cut out ahead of it. Twitter was a major disruptor and replaced the social news aggregator as a source for many users who found Twitter's immediacy a much better alternative to Digg. At the same time, Digg introduced quite a... |
29 December 2009
04:55 GMT |
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Google has finished off its holiday doodle series with a very interesting image of the moon and a space ship complete with Christmas lights to give it a festive touch. The image was a bit of a mystery for most people, but it all makes sense when you realize that Google is funding an ambitious project, the Google Lun... |
28 December 2009
06:10 GMT |
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A picture is worth a thousand words, they say, and Google has certainly taken it to heart. It never misses an opportunity to stick a new piece of graphic in place of the regular logo on its homepage to mark a celebration or noteworthy event. With the holidays basically here, Google is taking it one step further with... |
23 December 2009
10:24 GMT |
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T'is the season for number crunching. As the year draws to a close, everyone is releasing all sorts of stats, tops and trends. Facebook, with 350 million users and an unseemly amount of data flowing through its pipes, couldn't pass out on this opportunity so it's introducing what will become a yearly ... |
22 December 2009
04:51 GMT |
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Google has been using logo 'doodles' for years now to mark special occasions and celebrations and lately it looks like it's stepping up the process. So, it's not much of a surprise that Google is sporting a holiday related logo already and, in fact, it's the first from a series of images whi... |
21 December 2009
08:15 GMT |
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YouTube is, by far, the largest video site on the planet so if you want to know what were the hottest videos of 2009, there's no need to look any further. And since this was the biggest year for online video ever, with month after month of record-breaking audiences, there were some pretty big hits out there, mo... |
16 December 2009
08:05 GMT |
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As the year comes to an end, there's two than more weeks left but who's really counting, it's time to sit back and marvel at just how much we achieved in 2009. And if you're Twitter, you may even have a reason to be proud of yourself, the microblogging service exploded onto the scene and secured ... |
16 December 2009
03:37 GMT |
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While 2009 was one of the worst years for the gaming industry in a very, very long time and while people aren't so willing to give away their hard-earned cash to purchase a new video game, they are more willing to make a purchase from the “save your soul” publisher. Gaming studios are firing people i... |
7 December 2009
07:14 GMT |
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Games aren't always directed straight at the young, and video games are no exception. If anything, the age ratings prove this. But that doesn't mean that titles and children aren't strongly rooted together, and, as part of the family, video games come to share their load of the weight. The holidays are... |
9 November 2009
06:26 GMT |
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Even before hitting the large, North American gaming market, NCsoft, the developer and publisher of Aion: Tower of Eternity, can relish in its success. Launched in Asia at the end of 2008, the game has already generated for the massively multiplayer online role-playing game company a 315- and, respectively, a 451-per... |
18 September 2009
06:36 GMT |
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Time Magazine has spoken, and with a loud and powerful voice we might add. Its previous lists from 2007 and 2008 previewed many of the web's biggest hits even before they were on top of the world, so this year's list was eagerly awaited. The list is comprised of 50 websites that Time Magazine editors think ... |
31 August 2009
06:42 GMT |
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Earlier this week, Apple announced the Second Quarter Results Conference Call for its fiscal year 2009. The conference call was scheduled for Wednesday, April 22, 2009, at 2:00 p.m. PDT/5:00 p.m. EDT. As promised, Apple has disclosed financial results for its fiscal 2009 second quarter, ended on March 28, 2009. Acco... |
23 April 2009
03:37 GMT |
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The Entertainment Software Association, the entity organizing the E3 trade show, is saying that the videogame-oriented event is set to attract about 40,000 visitors this year and that over 90% of the space available for participant companies has already been allocated to about 100 companies.Last year, E3 was a rather... |
20 March 2009
14:11 GMT |
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Capcom is a company that has been in the spotlight quite a lot in the past few months, as it has just released a few blockbuster titles, like Street Fighter IV or Resident Evil 5, and is gearing up for yet another big release, in the form of Bionic Commando, a remake of the original arcade game. Besides these big re... |
17 March 2009
17:41 GMT |
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Nintendo is a company that has been experiencing a very high trend in terms of both popularity and sales, as its two major products, the Wii and the DS, are shattering records left and right, still being subject to heavy demand even after quite some time since their launch. This popularity is largely due to the fact... |
2 February 2009
13:11 GMT |
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The Grand Theft Auto franchise is probably one of the best-known and most popular sandbox game series out there, winning over a huge number of fans with its realistic gameplay and intriguing story. The brainchild of the Rockstar team, the franchise sold extremely well, and, with its latest iteration, Grand Theft Auto... |
15 January 2009
03:24 GMT |
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The console war is full of very tough three-way battles between Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony, but in 2008, the sales charts showed the winners and losers. Needless to say, the Wii enjoyed the same huge popularity, the Xbox 360 became very attractive to users, thanks to its price cut, while the PlayStation 3 failed to... |
7 January 2009
02:21 GMT |
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ifoAppleStore is reporting that, despite the economic downturn, tipsters have told them Apple is planning a good number of store openings in 2009 as well. In fact, according to the site's analysis, some 11 shops are expected to open their doors in the first half of the next year. “Despite the economic cris... |
30 December 2008
03:19 GMT |
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A new scientific study, published in the journal INFORMS, shows that many people meet their demise because of the decisions they make in their New Year's resolutions. Causing factors range from smoking to binge-drinking, using drugs, eating fast food and others. Cancer and heart diseases are still the main cause... |
23 December 2008
05:00 GMT |
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Microsoft will certainly have a very happy holiday season this year, as its Xbox 360 console is doing very well in terms of sales and profitability. The fact that the North American company employed several price cuts and partnered with quite a lot of publishers in order to launch bundles that would attract even more... |
22 December 2008
02:25 GMT |
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“Thanks” to the ever so popular and much discussed international crisis, which is said to get much worse next year, mobile companies have had to develop survival and also profitable plans to get through such rough times. Nonetheless, the fact that sales are going to drop is well known and recognized ... |
18 December 2008
10:49 GMT |
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The game distribution business is a very profitable one, as a lot of customers are buying games because they offer the best form of entertainment at a reasonable price, which is why a lot of gaming companies, like Microsoft or Blizzard, are claiming that they will keep this industry safe from the effects of the finan... |
5 December 2008
09:01 GMT |
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Microsoft is definitely a very happy company in terms of gaming these days. It has seen an almost trouble-free launch of the New Xbox Experience, it has the upper hand in what concerns sales and units moved as opposed to its main rival, the PlayStation 3, and it has seen a lot of Xbox 360 units sold during last week&... |
4 December 2008
03:00 GMT |
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Microsoft is definitely a happy company in terms of gaming, with its Xbox 360 console managing record sales in territories that have been initially dominated by Sony's PlayStation 3. However, this domination comes after some pretty tough measures introduced by the American company, which has set several price cu... |
5 November 2008
03:21 GMT |
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