Full FeedFacebook tops 300 million users and is becoming profitable
Wow. Not only did Facebook wow us with reaching 300 million active users today, but they also announced they are getting to a cash positive position. That’s right, they are covering costs for keeping the monstrous social networking site going. Impressive work, but they are not done yet. As of… Continue Reading »
Android’s next device is a MID?
Ever since its release on cell phones, Android has been rumored to show up on other machines and has been hacked many times to do so. Of the major products that come to market all have been cell phones. We have yet to see the mythical Android netbook reach market,… Continue Reading »
Dell’s Android touchscreen phone is real
Dell has been rumored to be working on new smartphones for a while now. Finally, those rumors appear to be true as China Mobile officially showed the new Dell Mini 3I smartphone at a launch event for the company’s new Application Platform. While the specs are a bit on the… Continue Reading »
Dell to launch an Android based mobile phone in China (or so the rumor says)
We have seen reports in the past which suggested that Dell had an Android-based smartphone in the works, and once again that rumor has resurfaced. The latest is coming courtesy of TechCrunch, who are reporting that a “source with knowledge of the situation tells us that Dell is launching (or… Continue Reading »
China blocks Twitter and Facebook
Just two weeks after blocking most all Google services, China has blocked Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube (which had already been sharply restricted) following ethnic violence and civil unrest there. In the province where 140 people have been killed and 800 injured in clashes between Uighurs and authorities, the government cut… Continue Reading »
China blocks Google, Gmail as porn dispute continues
China’s dispute with Google has reached a new level as millions of users found they were unable to access the English or Chinese versions search engine or Gmail. The block was put in place after the government accused Google of willfully spreading pornography. “We have found that the English version… Continue Reading »
China says all new PCs must be sold with web blocking software
China has announced that it will demand that all new PCs sold in that country come with web filtering software included. The government said it is necessary to control pornography on the web and protect its citizens from “unhealthy” information on the Internet. Manufacturers will have to pre-install the blocking… Continue Reading »
Hackers hit U.S. power grid - could disrupt electricity, water, and sewage
This is big folks. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the U.S. power grid has been hit by cyber spies who planted software within it that could be used to disrupt it. The espionage was discovered by national security officials and doesn’t seem to be targeted at one specific… Continue Reading »
Chinese cyberspy ring discovered
Canadian researchers at the University of Toronto’s Munk Centre for International Studies in conjunction with the SecDev Group and the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory have discovered a huge cyberspy network based in China and say it has infiltrated more than 1,000 computer networks in over 100 countries. Dubbed GhostNet… 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 »
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.
