Web is starting to die
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Friday, 17 November 2017 11:53

Web is starting to die


Inventor worried it will go the way of the passenger pigeon 

Sir Tim Berners-Lee is starting to fear that the WWW - which he invented - is starting to die off.

Wordpress sites under attack
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Friday, 10 February 2017 11:09

Wordpress sites under attack


More than 1.5 million pages defaced


More than 1.5 million Wordpress sites have been defaced after hackers took advantage of a vulnerability in the REST API, patched in WordPress version 4.7.2.

Immigrate to Canada site falls over
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Wednesday, 09 November 2016 10:37

Immigrate to Canada site falls over


Escaping the Orange revolution

The Canadian government’s immigration website crashed as thousands of Americans fearing the nation’s decision to elect its first Orange president tried to escape across the northern border to escape the new tyranny.

One in three net users attempt digital detox
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Thursday, 04 August 2016 15:40

One in three net users attempt digital detox

Hey you, get off of our cloud

A report by British regulator Ofcom said the time people are on the internet has increased so much that one in three adults in the UK are consciously giving up their reliance on gadgets.

Amazon’s web services make its fortune
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Friday, 23 October 2015 09:36

Amazon’s web services make its fortune


Books less so

Although it is more famous for its book sales, Amazon is making piles of cash thanks to its web services.

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The state of human connectivity in 2012

Wednesday, 04 January 2012 12:58

EU wants users to police the net

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Grass up terror sites and your mum

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If it can afford the satellites

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Ovum warns
Monday, 30 August 2010 10:46

Web could kill Oxford English dictionary

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Getting too big for its own good