Netflix says FU to its long time customer base. Netflix has announced new pricing plans today moving forward. The company is increasing the price of its previous $9.99 a month plan with which subscribers were able to get unlimited streaming and one DVD at a time. Now that same plan is going to cost […]

  15 arrested in Anonymous probe Italian police have arrested 15 people believed to be involved with Anonymous. Anonymous is a hacker group responsible for a recent series of online attacks. Anonymous says the arrests won’t stop its attacks. Facebook blocks Open-Xchange contact exporter tool Facebook has blocked another tool that lets you export your […]

Facebook unveils video chatting, thanks to Skype The world’s largest social network will allow users to communicate with others via video, thanks to Skype. Google, Microsoft sued over mapping sites A Louisiana company is suing Google, Microsoft and MapQuest for copyright infringement. At issue are the sites’ street-level images. Transcenic says it owns patents on […]

Skype Video Calls Coming to Facebook? Video calls via Facebook appear to be coming to the Facebook platform, possibly providing Facebook’s answer to the Hangouts function in Google’s new social network, Google+. Facebook will implement Skype calling, including video chat, within the Facebook interface, TechCrunch reported. Zuckerberg most popular user of Google+ Who is the […]

The battle between Samsung and Apple is turning apocalyptic with Apple threatening to stop manufacturing and Samsung now suing to stop Apple’s US imports if someone doesn’t blink soon it is the consumers who are going to start feeling this one. Samsung Seeks US Import Ban Against Apple Products Samsung is asking the United States […]

Does Windows phone matter? Microsoft keeps on getting Android vendors to sign patent-protection deals so if Microsoft is going to get a cut of every Android device(they arguably make more now from Android patents than from Windows phone licensing) then they are going to win this war where it matters, on the bottom line. Microsoft […]

FTC, Senate rachet up Google antitrust probes The Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Senate appear to be stepping up their antitrust investigations of Google, a development that follows more formal investigations already underway in Europe. Pentagon gets guidelines for cyberwar President Obama has given the Pentagon guidelines for cyberattacks. They govern the use of […]

  iCloud sues Apple over name An Arizona company has sued Apple over its use of the iCloud name, claiming the tech giant’s use of it infringes on its trademark. Facebook shedding U.S. users as Brazil, Mexico gain Overall growth rate drops below 20 million new users for two months in a row, pushed by […]

Nintendo site hacked Hackers have attacked Nintendo’s servers in the United States. Nintendo says that no customer information was compromised in the attack. Hacker group LulzSec is claiming responsibility. It recently broke into Sony websites Site facilitates illegal drug sales Two senators will ask authorities to crack down on an online drug market. Silk Road […]

Criminals stay a step ahead of Apple Apple has released a security update to thwart the MacDefender Trojan. Unfortunately, the criminals were quick to respond. They released a new variant that can slip past the update. MacDefender is fake antivirus software Can Microsoft’s Windows 8 really do it all? Microsoft’s biggest risk with Windows 8 […]