Microsoft, Nware sign 10-year cloud gaming deal
Microsoft and Spanish cloud-gaming platform Nware signed a 10-year agreement on Friday to allow Nware to stream Microsoft gaming
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Microsoft announces plan to acquire GitHub for US$7.5 billion
On Monday, United States technology giant Microsoft announced their plans to acquire GitHub, a San Francisco, California-based web-based hosting service for software version control using Git, for 7.5 billion US Dollars…
Fourth U.S. state governor orders net neutrality in government contracts
On Thursday, Phil Scott of Vermont became the fourth governor in the United States to sign an executive order requiring all companies providing Internet access to state agencies to abide by net neutrality for all…
Internet regulation bill approved by Russian Parliament
The Russian Parliament passed a new bill on Tuesday to restrict and regulate blogging and social media content, expected to be enforced in August. The bill comes following Russian actions in Ukraine and a Russian…
Weev iPad hacking conviction overturned
Yesterday, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit overturned the conviction of Andrew "weev" Auernheimer, who had been sentenced to three and a half years in federal prison after exploiting a bug in…
Wikinews interviews DuckDuckGo, Opera, Mozilla, Wikimedia about DoNotTrack feature
Following the introduction of a "Do Not Track" feature in modern browsers at the end of last year, Wikinews interviewed several companies and groups about the
British 4G mobile spectrum auction underway
The auction for the mobile spectrum capable of carrying 4G mobile broadband services in the United Kingdom got underway on Thursday. The auction process is expected to take several weeks and will take place online.…
Fujitsu launches cloud website for dog pedometer service
Japanese multinational company Fujitsu launched a website for a dog pedometer which allows customers to monitor their dog's health online. The device measures data while attached to the dog's collar. Customers are also…
Wikimania 2012 tackles diversity issues
Community leaders at the Wikimania 2012 conference, which is largely attended by Wikipedians and volunteers from other Wikimedia Foundation projects, focused attention on diversity within the projects and specifically…
Online retailer Zappos.com hit by hackers
Zappos.com, one of the largest online retailers of shoes and apparel, disclosed Sunday that it was hit by a cyber attack. The attack compromised as many as 24 million accounts. Personal data may have been taken, but…
Knight Foundation and Mozilla send geeks into newsrooms
In London last weekend, journalists, software developers, filmmakers, designers and many others spent time discussing ideas and building tools at the 2011 Mozilla Festival at Ravensbourne College. Following the theme of…
Google may shut down Chinese operations due to censorship and cyber attacks
The U.S.-based multibillion dollar online search engine, Google Incorporated, has announced Tuesday in a public statement on its official blog that the company has been the victim of a "highly sophisticated" and…
Apple and Orange pair up in UK iPhone deal
Mobile operator Orange has announced it will soon be selling Apple's iPhone in the United Kingdom. The deal marks an end to rival network O2's position as sole UK supplier of the
China targets Google, Baidu and Internet portals over porn
A blacklist of 19 leading search engine portals and websites, including Google and Baidu, that "spread pornography or vulgar content, and threaten the morals of young people" has been published, the Chinese government…
