Accessing Internet via cell phone is now possible in North Korea
North Korea is a country that likes to do things their own way and be totally separated from the outside world. However, with today’s current technology, it’s pretty hard to be completely isolated from people because of the abundance of communication tools. It was only a few years ago that… Continue Reading »
YouTube is latest site to be blocked by China
China has begun blocking all access to YouTube, adding it to a the long list of sites it blocks. Other sites on that list include the Amazon, Flickr, GoDaddy, Google News, iTunes, and Wikipedia. While this latest block has been confirmed, Chinese officials have not offered any explanation for it. … Continue Reading »
Yo Ho Ho - Ye Pirate Bay is under attack!
Apparently it isn’t only pirates that do the attacking. At least not when it comes to Pirate Bay. They’ve found themselves under attack quite a bit as of late, and it doesn’t look like that is going to be abating any time soon. Just last week, the trial kicked off… Continue Reading »
Delta to use filters on in air Wi-Fi
Delta says it plans to block websites it deems “inappropriate” when it rolls out its new Wi-Fi service. The service will be available on selected planes later this year and on all of its flights in 2009. The airline’s original plan was to let flight attendants handle any issues, but… Continue Reading »
China monitoring Skype messages
Researchers in Canada have discovered that Skype’s Chinese venture with Tom Online, called Tom-Skype, is filtering text chats and monitoring them. Chats are routinely scanned for politically censored keywords. If any are found, those chats and personal information are stored on insecure and publiclly accessible servers. They are encrypted, but… Continue Reading »
China lifts restriction to English Wikipedia
Chinese Internet users from Beijing and Shanghai are reporting that they can now access the English-language version of Wikipedia after it was blocked by the Chinese authorities a couple of months ago. However, the Chinese version and other sites which have politically sensitive topics such as Tibet and Tiananmen Square… Continue Reading »
GoDaddy hosted police-rating site shutdown: Was it censorship or bandwidth limitations?
Is GoDaddy playing censorship God again or did the police ranking site RateMyCop actually really hit its bandwidth limit? RateMyCop has been gaining popularity lately because it allows visitors to post comments and ratings on police officers. It would have been alright if the site was not disclosing officer names… Continue Reading »
Experience what it’s like to download at unlimited speeds from a massive collection of over 800 Terabytes of user uploads. You’ll max out your Internet connection downloading a file in… Continue Reading »
Palm Pre Information & Updates
Palm just introduced their next-gen smartphone, the Palm Pre, and next-gen operating system, Palm webOS. Gadgetell's got the latest Pre and webOS information and news for you right here.


