Largest DDOS Attack Ever is Slowing Down Global Internet Traffic
Blooming heck! A ridiculously large (the biggest ever) Distributed Denial of Service attack is currently slowing global internet traffic. Approximately 300 gigabits per second are hammering Spamhaus,...
View ArticleBBC Creates Open Source TV Application Layer
The good old BBC’s created a new application layer to distribute content to as many different devices as possible. What’s more, it’s Open Source and available on GitHub! TAL (TV Application Layer) uses...
View ArticleSpy on Tube Trains with the Live London Underground Map
Live maps are epic. Using computing to watch the world go by is great fun. Now you can watch London Underground trains whiz around their filthy tubes from the comfort of your own home (unless there’s a...
View ArticleWant to Make Pretty Infographics? Infogr.am is the Answer
Those visual representations of data you see floating around the web are a great idea, but they’re very labour intensive to create from scratch. Luckily for you infogr.am can help. Need to generate...
View ArticleYouTube No Longer Accepting New Uploads
After tonight YouTube will no longer be accepting new uploads. The creators of YouTube came up with the idea for the site in order to find the best video ever made, they feel like it’s time to finally...
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The Best Tech April Fools’ Day Gags of 2013
Hope you had a wonderful April Fools’ day. As usual most of the major companies, including Google, got into the mischievous spirit. So we decided to give you a taste of some of the best pranks of 2013....
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Anonymous Hackers Take Control of NK Twitter & Flickr Accounts
Twitter and Flickr accounts associated with North Korea have been hacked and subsequently defaced by Anonymous. Highly anti-North Korean images have been uploaded to Flickr, one of which depicts Kim...
View ArticleGoogle’s Search for Speed Means Dumping WebKit
The big G has announced that it’s dropping WebKit in favour of a new fork of the current code called Blink. Google hopes to enhance the code base to create a more concise and elegant solution that...
View ArticleOnline Throttling & Site-Blocking to be Outlawed in Europe
Under new rules soon to be enforced across Europe, ISPs can’t block or throttle customers access to services that rival their own. The new Net Neutrality plan should ensure a fairer experience for...
View ArticleGoogle’s Project Loon Brings Internet to Everyone
I think it’s wise I let this child explain… Got it? So basically Google is trying to bring the internet to everyone on Earth using giant balloons to create a global network in the stratosphere. It’s...
View ArticleUK Government: Design Principles
If you’ve visited a government website recently you might have noticed the clean and recognisable new design that’s being pushed out to all department websites. The simple use of colour and white space...
View ArticlePitifully Slow Broadband Speeds can be Solved With Satellite Broardband
The standard internet speed for many American citizens, particularly those living in remote areas, is appalling. Just like in the UK, remote areas rely on ageing infrastructure to deliver low-quality,...
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