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The takedown of Megaupload by the feds last week saw online storage service Filesonic disabling its file sharing service between its users starting from today. Banner on the company website reads, “All sharing functionality on Filesonic is now disabled. Our service can only be used to upload and retrieve files that you have uploaded personally.” Filesonic has...

With the takedown of Megaupload last week by the feds, Hacker Group Anonymous continues it strikes with shutting down CBS website for approximately 20 minutes on Sunday. Last week, online content sharing website, Megaupload was shut down by feds, resulting in a reaction from the Anonymous shut down various government agencies and big companies website. The CBS site...

Box, an online file sharing and cloud content management service, setting its 2012 sight high with adding the “federal government of U.S.” to its customer base. The company which last year grab Procter and Gamble as its one of the largest customer base for the year with helping around 18,000 users to the cloud all set to big high this year. Box CEO and co-founder...

PayPal, an American-based global e-commerce business, announced that the company is partnering with the home depot Ebay Inc., results into bring PayPal payments and state-of-the-art mobile purchasing to a sample of their retail stores. As a part of their initial roll-out, purchasers in select Home depot stores can pay with PayPal through cashiers or at self-checkout...

Google seems to have some major changes in its account creation process. Earlier, for creating a new account with Google – it only requires an email address. But from now onwards you are required to create both a Gmail account as well as having a presence on Google+. If you try to create a new Google account from Google’s homepage, you’ll surely notice that...

On Friday, when U.S. accuses a major internet content hosting website, MegaUpload.com of copyright infringement charges, till than no one knows what the future holds for the website. But when the site executives arrive in court to answer the charges, they’ll be backed by a well known Washington based attorney Robert Bennett. Robert Bennett mentioned on Friday that...

The anti-SOPA protest takes it next moves this morning (EST) with Senator Harry Reid said, “In light of recent events, I have decided to postpone vote on the Protect IP Act (PIPA).” The voting is scheduled for Tuesday, January 24. Yesterday, we saw an increase in number of senators who are in opposition of the bills. The number was raised to 122 against the 63...

The Marine Solar Cells (MSC) by British Industrial Designer Phil Pauley is a hybrid solar and wave energy generator with the unprecedented ability to establish photovoltaic power generation off shore. The solar-wave plant responds to the global need for large-scale renewable energy capture and has huge implications for offshore energy generation and local marine...

Apple is missing out its Chinese New Year sales as the company stopped selling all handsets at its five China outlets on January 13. Stop in the sales will result in giving the competitors a potential boost after pulling its all iPhone from company stores during the nation’s most important gift giving season. The customers on January 13 pelted the flagship store...

Singapore Mobile Operators M1 has made its non-camera iPhone public has begun offering the devices on its website. The operator currently offers the camera-less iPhone 4 and iPhone 4s models to military and government personnel. The phone is specifically for those subscribers that are unable to operate a mobile with a camera. M1 charging an additional S$49 ($38) for...