U.S. shuts Megaupload.com, hackers retaliate.

By Jeremy Pelofsky and Jim Finkle

Fri Jan 20, 2012 12:42am EST

(Reuters) - The U.S. government shut down the Megaupload.com content sharing website, charging its founders and several employees with massive copyright infringement, the latest skirmish in a high-profile battle against piracy of movies and music.

The Department of Justice announced the indictment and arrests of four company executives in New Zealand on Friday as debate over online piracy reaches fever pitch in Washington where lawmakers are trying to craft tougher legislation.

The movie and music industries want Congress to crack down on Internet piracy and content theft, but major Internet companies like Google and Facebook have complained that current drafts of the legislation would lead to censorship.

A Justice Department official said the timing of the arrests was not related to the battle in Congress.

New Zealand police on Friday raided a mansion in Auckland and arrested Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom, also known as Kim Schmitz, 37, a German national with New Zealand residency.

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US shuts down MegaUpload as founders are arrested.

Uploaded by AlJazeeraEnglish on 20 Jan 2012 - The US government has shut down one of the world's most popular file-sharing websites for allegedly violating piracy laws, as police arrested MegaUpload.com's co-founders and another staff member in New Zealand.

Working with US authorities, police in the New Zealand's city of Auckland detained co-founders Kim Dotcom, also known as Kim Shmitz, and Mathias Ortmann, as well as the website's chief marketing officer, Finn Batato, after a raid on a luxury mansion.

... about SOPA and PIPA.

Boing Boing editor speaks to Al Jazeera

Uploaded by AlJazeeraEnglish on 18 Jan 2012 Numerous US-based websites, including Wikipedia, Boing Boing (Rob Beschizza, the managing editor speaking)and Reddit have gone offline as a protest against two US laws that they say limits important freedoms that the internet has brought people.

The two laws are called the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the "Protect Intellectual Property Act" (PIPA).Google, Facebook, Yahoo, Twitter, eBay and AOL have all spoken out against the proposed legislation.

nano tech for more memory energy efficient computers.

Researchers unveil new nano-data technology

Uploaded by AlJazeeraEnglish on 14 Jan 2012 - Researchers at IBM have created the world's smallest magnetic digital-storage device, using just 12 atoms to hold a single data bit of information.

The discovery could lead to a new class of memory chips that would make smaller, more energy efficient computers.

Tablets at Annual Consumer Electronics Show.

Published on 12 Jan 2012 by Euronews - The annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is, say the organisers, gadget heaven. They expect around 150,000 people to visit the show for a first look at some of the new gadgets being shown by around 2,700 exhibitors.

Intel is hoping to corner a new market with their "Ultrabook." An ultraportable laptop, it's very small and light but boasts standard performance by using low-power Intel processors.

Web addresses up for sale

Uploaded by AlJazeeraEnglish on 12 Jan 2012 - Web addresses like dot com, dot org, or dot UK have shaped the way we navigate the web, but now that is about to change. Anyone can now apply for an address using pretty much anything in any language and script.

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, the organisation which manages the addresses, says the changes will open the internet to the world. Applying for the suffix though is not cheap; you will have shell out a whopping $185,000 to buy an internet domain name ending in any word you like. Big corporate are expected to be first in line to register their brands.

What FACEBOOK and GOOGLE are Hiding from world.

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How to disable facebook timeline 2012.

Uploaded by YourFavourite Bobby on 2 Jan 2012:
Like this PAGE on facebook- http://www.facebook.com/pages/YourFavouriteBobby/125948130856309

This video tutorial is about how to remove/disable facebook timeline.A lot of People has been asking me to help them to remove timeline. so i made this video for them.

 For Mozila firefox users:- STEPS-
1-First open your Firefox Browser and goto TOOLS then Go to Add-ons.
2-Now you will found Add-on settings and then search "User Agent Switcher" in top search bar.
3-install this Add-on(user agent switcher).
4-now restart your Firefox Browser then go to TOOLS..
5-Now click on Default User Agent Switcher Button and then select Internet Explorer 7.
6-Now Login to Facebook and you will see your old profile back. (if you again want your facebook timeline account simply goto TOOLS, click add-ons,set user agent switcher=disable.)

For GOOGLE CHROME users:- STEPS-
1-Before Opening the Chrome browser Right click on the chrome icon and choose Properties.
2-Now Look for the Target box and add the following code after 'chrome.exe'. (leave space after chrome.exe) --user-agent="Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0)"
3-Now click 'Apply' and then 'ok'.
4-Restart Chrome.
5-Now open your facebook and you will see your old Profile back.

(if you want your timeline account again then right click on chrome before opening - goto properties, look for the target box and remove the code after chrome.exe, click apply then ok.)

New Facebook worm threatens user security

Published on 5 Jan 2012 by Euronews - More than 45,000 Facebook accounts - mostly in the UK and France - have been compromised. A computer worm - dubbed Ramnit - has stolen login credentials and sent malicious links to users' friends. Security experts recommend users run their anti-virus software to be sure their computer has not been infected.

2012 : coming up Technology.

Uploaded by AlJazeeraEnglish on 31 Dec 2011 - If it feels like you are forever playing catch-up in the digital world, it's probably because you are.Technology analysts say 2012 looks set to be another bumper year -- with a dizzying crop of innovations set to come to market.

Venture Capitalist Roger McNamee: 'Google Is Done'.

Uploaded by ForaTv on 30 Dec 2011 : Roger McNamee notices a precipitous decline in Google's search business as a result of the iPhone and other mobile devices, which use apps to access the internet instead of the world wide web. "Because search is falling, I believe that we're being liberated," says McNamee.

 Roger McNamee is a managing director and co-founder of Elevation Partners. Prior to Elevation, Roger was a co-founder of Silver Lake Partners, the leading private equity fund focused on technology and related growth industries. He was a member of Silver Lake's Investment Committee and was involved in all aspects of that partnership. Prior to Silver Lake, Roger was a co-founder of Integral Capital Partners. Integral is a leading technology investor in late-stage venture and public company investments. Founded in 1991 by Roger, John A. Powell, and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Integral pioneered the crossover investment strategy, which seeks maximum capital appreciation by making investments in expansion-stage private companies and growth-stage public companies in the technology and life science industries.

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Trouble viewing? Read this in your browser. From Mozilla, a non-profit organization and developer of Firefox

Hi there, As 2011 comes to a close, we at Mozilla want to say thank you to all of our Firefox users, supporters and community members. Quite simply, we do what we do because of you. Mozilla is the force behind Firefox, but we're also a whole lot more than that. And the more people I talk to, the clearer it becomes that not everyone knows what Mozilla is and how we're different. So today, I wanted to make sure you understand it because you're such an important part of our story. Mozilla is a global non-profit fighting to keep the Internet safe, accessible and awesome. Our goal is to put the power of the Web in people's hands and to innovate for users everywhere. That means a better experience for you and a brighter future for the Web. So what does that look like? We put together a short video that tells the story of what is possible when a small group of people – a community of idealists, innovators and collaborators – comes together to create, shape and build the future of the Web. Please take a moment to watch the video. If you like it, share it far and wide and consider making a tax-deductible gift to help support the work that we're doing together. Mozilla is always developing new projects that allow people to dream, discover and create online. Whether it's Hackasaurus, our project that teaches kids to remix and shape the Web in a way that sets them up for a lifetime of creation, or Popcorn, which lets anyone bring the Web into video, we're building software and programs that will create the next generation of webmakers. But as a non-profit, we can only do that if folks just like you support us. As the year is almost over – and as part of our ongoing fundraising efforts – I'd like to ask you to make a gift of just $10 or more: https://donate.mozilla.org/End-Of-Year With your help, we can continue to innovate on your behalf without any pressure to compromise, and make the future of the Web brighter than ever. We invite you to be part of something bigger than the Web – something bigger than all of us. Sincerely, Mark -- Mark Surman Executive Director Mozilla Foundation

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Facebook 'buys Gowalla to bolster location offering'

The social network is understood to have struck a deal with the Texas-based location start-up. Facebook has declined to comment. However, Josh Williams, the founder and chief executive of Gowalla, did not deny the deal was going through in an email to AllThingsD, an American technology site. 

He wrote: “The ink on the deal is not dry, so our holding pattern is that we do not comment on rumours and speculation. I have another email penned that was ready to send you today, assuming you would get this news before the story was officially released. “But now it is all over Twitter, so you have likely heard. A longer email will be sent soon.” 

Gowalla, a mobile phone app, allows people to share the details of their location by checking-in to different venues. People can score points by checking-in multiple times to the same place and create a visual picture of their day using the service.

daily telegraph Dec 5,2011 |  full news.

Computing With Light Is Now Closer To Reality.

November 25, 2011 | There has been enormous progress in recent years toward the development of photonic chips — devices that use light beams instead of electrons to carry out their computational tasks. Now, researchers at MIT have filled in a crucial piece of the puzzle that could enable the creation of photonic chips on the standard silicon material that forms the basis for most of today’s electronics.

In many of today’s communication systems, data travels via light beams transmitted through optical fibers. Once the optical signal arrives at its destination, it is converted to electronic form, processed through electronic circuits and then converted back to light using a laser. The new device could eliminate those extra electronic-conversion steps, allowing the light signal to be processed directly.

The new component is a “diode for light,” says Caroline Ross, the Toyota Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at MIT, who is co-author of a paper reporting the new device that was published online Nov. 13 in the journal Nature Photonics. It is analogous to an electronic diode, a device that allows an electric current to flow in one direction but blocks it from going the other way; in this case, it creates a one-way street for light, rather than electricity.

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GOOGLE WAR CRIME COVERUP MUST STOP

Uploaded by THElNFOWARRlOR on Oct 29, 2011 - Kurt Nimmo

 Alex Jones reveals the hypocrisy of the transnational corporation Google and its popular video asset YouTube. Libya, Wikileads

World's cheapest computer

Uploaded by AlJazeeraEnglish on 5 Oct 2011 - At the low price of $45, the world's cheapest computer tablet, made in India, is targeted mostly at students. In a country where laptops range from anywhere between $400 and $1,000, and where the average income is much lower, the hope is that more people, particularly the country's youth, will have greater access to technology. In the next few months over 100,000 such computers will be available in select universities. If successful, India may even sell it commercially, but experts say the design still has a long way to go.

BlackBerry users suffer blackout.

Uploaded by AlJazeeraEnglish on 10 Oct 2011 - With no emails, instant messaging, or social networking, BlackBerry users in Europe, Africa, the Middle East and India suffered a communication's blackout on Monday.The service disruption could not have come at worse time for Candian firm Research in Motion or RIM - the makers of the device - which faces stiff competition for corporate users as well as regular customers. 

Last month, RIM had to deal with another disruption of its Messenger service in the Americas.Critics say there is growing concern that its servers are not secure enough.