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Zoe Lofgren, current representative for California's 16th congressional district, will be taking to Reddit on the 19th of November to ask the site's users how they think web freedoms would best be protected. Their responses will help build a new piece of legislation that will be put before congress in …

With the Wii U now available in the US, we can finally get a look at its innards. Some of the details emerging confirm that it has 2GB of RAM in four separate 512MB chips, that the AMD GPU core is built on 40nm technology and the IBM CPU is based on …

While Israel might have the support of Western governments with regards to its Palestinian conflict, it doesn't garner quite the same feelings from the online world. Apparently over the weekend, the Israeli government was hit by over 44 million hacking attempts, some of which came from the faceless hacktivist movement, …

I find it hard to believe that anyone would use a smartphone for anything but the most basic of photographs on the ‘spur of the moment', but research handled by Digitimes would indicate that camera sales in 2013 will drop. Digitimes say that the 7.2% drop to an estimated 93.8 …

A new solar power installation has been given planning permission in Leicester, which when constructed, will be the UK's biggest, producing 35 Megawatts in total – this could potentially power over 35,000 homes. Set to be built on a new World War 2 airfield known as Wymeswold, in Leicestershire, the …

In America, local police departments are informing the public about the new FBI Child ID Application which can be downloaded for free from the Android Apps section of Google Play or through iTunes. The software will let parents store pictures and vital information about their children in case they go …

The Sunday Telegraph has said that Marissa Mayer and Sheryl Sandburg may be forming an alliance between their companies – Yahoo! and Facebook. Mayer, CEO of Yahoo! and Sanberg, the COO of Facebook are in discussion on how they can work together to conquer the Internet. Unnamed sources said that …

Social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, have brought the world together. They've allowed us to communicate with the stars of our generation and previous ones, they've let us see into the lives of those protesting in war torn countries and made it possible for us to tell public figures …

BitTorrent Inc has announced that it is joining forces with author Tim Ferriss in order to promote his new book, off the back of US book retailers stating that they wouldn't sell anything that was published through Amazon. Unfortunately for Mr Ferris, that's where his latest book, “The 4-Hour Chef,” …

While Google might be ranked up there as one of the top companies to work for in the world, partly for its progressive stance on employment, it isn't quite so forward thinking when it comes to language – denying certain groups Google accounts when they try and use a domain …

MySpace has today taken one more step towards its relaunch, letting a select group of users have access to its revamped features in a closed beta, that will be used to test the public's reactions to new features and iron out any potential bugs or issues with them. This is …

In a recent interview Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has talked down the threat from other mobile platforms including Google's Android and Apple's iOS on its own Windows Phone platform. The interview was conducted by LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman and Ballmer said that Google's mobile platform is “wild,” “uncontrolled” and relatively …

Google's Android platform is dominating the Chinese market, taking 90 percent share. Analysts expect this figure will drop however when the iPhone 5 and Windows Phone 8 models will be introduced to the China market at the end of the year. Market Research as shown that Android has already taken …

Sparkle today releases the powerful Dual Fan series– SPARKLE GTX 660 OC Dual Fan, GTX 650Ti Super OC(SOC) Dual Fan and GTX 650Ti OC Dual Fan. The latest Dual Fan series features default overclocked setting, with up to 1006MHz core speed, the Dual Fan series delivers turbocharged performance, maximizing the …

At this stage in the life of social networking, we're all used to seeing downtrodden citizens using the site to show persecution by governments and their own struggles for freedom. However something a bit different is happening in the latest Israel/Hamas conflict: both sides are speaking out. The Israel Defence …

Vevo, the music video website and promoter of hideously censored Youtube tracks, is now set to launch across mainland Europe, beginning in France, Spain and Italy first. The service that has been available in the UK for just over a year now, is opening up country specific versions of its …

Texas Instruments have announced that they are axing 1,700 jobs worldwide in a strategy of reducing costs and to focus investments in their wireless business on embedded markets. They previously said they were going to focus OMAP processors and wireless connectivity solutions on a wider set of embedded applications with …

Microsoft are on the receiving end of a lawsuit over the advertised 32GB storage space in the Surface tablet – as the device only ships with 16GB ‘free'. The software giant are being sued over misleading advertising regarding the amount of storage space in the 32GB Surface tablet. The lawsuit …

Google has fired off a legal notice to online job search site, Doogle, suggesting that because of the similarities in name, it is harmful to the company's brand. The owner of Doogle, 22 year old Andries Maree Van Der Merwe, believes he has every right to continue its operation and …

When a company enters administration, one of the first things they do is blow out any remaining stock to get cash in – so that the business can be kept alive while a rescue plan is put in place. Comet seems to be going with a different strategy. KitGuru drives …

While it's been known about for some time, today is the day when Nintendo Power finally shuts down for good. The gaming magazine that has run for almost 25 years has now come to an end. Fortunately the editor and staff have one final hurrah for the long standing publication. …

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is set to star in a new iOS game alongside Danny Trejo called “Danny Trejo’s Vengeance: Woz with a Coz.” The game seems simple enough, both real life personalities will team up to fight bad guys in a city. The game is 8 bit and due …

Toyota have said they will recall 2.77 million cars worldwide, after they have detected faults in the steering and water pump systems in some of their petrol and hybrid models. A total of 14 models are affected by the problem, including the Corolla compact sedan and the Prius Hybrid. The …

The United States' department of Homeland Security has begun a one year operation that will test whether it's viable to secure information on terrorists through social networks like Facebook and Twitter, by scanning user communications. This study is being conducted in partnership with Accenture Federal Services, which has been contracted …

It's been down for over three months, prompting many to believe it had disappeared for good. However, today Demonoid, one of the world's biggest name torrent trackers is online once again, though the Demonoid domain still remains inactive. The last quarter of a year has not been easy for Demonoid or its …

The first indication that something was afoot came from Major Nelson himself. Larry Hryb, current head of programming for Microsoft's Xbox Live platform, said in a tweet that the company plans on celebrating the 10 year anniversary of Xbox Live with its users; and already the freebies have begun to …

Head at Valve, Gabe Newell, has expanded on the initial official statement regarding the company's Terms of Service that forced players to agree that they could not take out a class action lawsuit against Valve; apparently it's because lawyers suck. This all came out as part of a 4Chan visit …

The troubled Research In Motion are betting everything on the upcoming Blackberry 10 launch. Their latest plans indicate a showcase of the first 10 smartphones on January 30th, quickly followed by sales in February. Kristian Tear, the Chief Operating Offices said in an interview “We want to do it as …

Samsung are going to be showcasing an amazing 85 inch ultra high definition television at CES in January. This set boasts a resolution of 8 million pixels. Samsung are claiming that this television is “the world's largest commercialized UHD LED TV”. The company have not released any pricing information yet, …

A British man has been arrested for “malicious telecommunications,” after posting a picture online of him burning a poppy. From Aylesham, in Kent, the man was said on Sunday to be in custody awaiting interview. It's unknown at this time whether he will be officially charged. The announcement came as …