Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez is the latest public figure featured in a malicious spam campaign that targets the information stored on the computers of Internet users.
After Steve Jobs’ and Muammar Gaddafi’s deaths became outdated subjects, hackers had to come up with something new to lure potential ... |
13 December 2011
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The website of the Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in Austria was breached by a hacker called SwichSmoke who managed to leak information on their customers and administrators. Judging by the names of the tables stored in its database, the site, austria.gob.ve, contained information such as videos, si... |
1 December 2011
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Cuba is about to get much faster internet connections thanks to a fiber-optic cable, some 1,000 miles long, from Venezuela to the communist country. The project is funded by a group tied to Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez and will provide the only means of communication with the outside world for Cuba apart from the... |
10 February 2011
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Twitter is quickly becoming the tool of choice for spreading any type of message and it looks like even the most oppressing of regimes are beginning to use it. North Korea is said to have set up an official Twitter account used, so far, for what most Twitter users do, self promotion. Uriminzokkiri.com is North Korea&... |
16 August 2010
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Twitter is growing at a healthy pace, at least according to the company, though it’s not seeing the huge infusion of users it once did. The latest comScore numbers confirm that the site is getting bigger, it has more than double the number of visitors it did last year, with several international markets leading... |
12 August 2010
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Just several months ago, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was labeling Twitter users as terrorists. Now, he is one himself and, by the looks of it, he’s taking the social network/information network by storm. He has over a quarter of a million followers already and is rising fast. In fact, his account is so pop... |
10 May 2010
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The Internet has been around for quite a while now but only recently has it gotten a wide enough spread and become accessible to enough people in developing countries that it is beginning to be a target for totalitarian regimes from Cuba to Italy. Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez is known for his increasingly strong ... |
15 March 2010
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The Internet is making it harder for dictators around the world to go about their daily business. Mass deception, control of the media, absolute power, that sort of thing. From Italy to China and, indeed, Australia, the people in power are finding it increasingly harder to control the flow of information. The poster... |
6 February 2010
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Video games have been considered a blight on society by many individuals, scattered more or less evenly around the globe. The interactive and immersive nature of the violent titles, along with the explicit gore, led some to voice out their strong belief that these games had a direct impact on the mind of the young, d... |
6 November 2009
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Ever since its TV debut in 1987, the iconic animated sitcom series "The Simpsons" has gained a cult following and a horde of loyal fans who appreciate its stinging satire and endless string of highly entertaining gags, pop culture references and satirical allusions to the realities of modern-day American life. Despit... |
9 April 2008
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It seems that game developers have a habit of making the protagonist and the player battle foes that are likely to become annoyed as they are mentioned in videogames. When Russia is an enemy from which you can expect some sharp replies about how it is now changed and no longer an evil empire. Mercenaries 2 is set in ... |
4 April 2008
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Hugo Chavez, President of Venezuela, announced last week a governmental initiative, called "Bolivarian Computers", through which the Government aims to sell four different computer models made in Venezuela shipping the Linux operating system.The computers are primarily addressed to the state companies and institutio... |
19 June 2007
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