Ookla has Pingtest.net for testing network quality
Ookla is already well known for their Speedtest.net web service which enables you to check your internet connectivity speeds by connecting to various servers located around the world.
The company now has a new service named Pingtest.net which does something similar.
Pingtest.net performs three tests to determine the [...]
MySpace and Last.fm said to be blocked in Turkey
Online sources claim that the Turkish courts have banned MySpace and Last.fm in the country.
The ban is said to be due to music rights violation. YouTube is already banned in the country since some time now.
Webrazzi said in a blog posting:
Turkish internet users can [...]
RapidShare fined for copyright infringement in Germany
German courts have found RapidShare guilty of copyright infringement.
The web based file sharing service has been fined $34 Million. The money goes to GEMA which is the German body responsible for collecting copyright-related fees for distribution to member artists.
GEMA said in a statement about this victory: “The judgment [...]
Yahoo Gallery also shutting down
Yahoo continues to come out with more bad news for their users.
The latest is that they are now closing down yet another of their service named Yahoo Gallery.
Yahoo Gallery is not even out of Beta yet and it is already scheduled to shut down next month.
Yahoo said in a [...]
The Pirate Bay found guilty
This is good news for all the media companies around the world who have been targeting peer to peer sharing networks.
The Pirate Bay has been found guilty of breaking Sweden’s copyright law. They did that by allowing web users to freely download copyrighted content from the web.
The courts have also [...]
SpywareProtect2009 malware being downloaded by Conficker
Conficker is finally active and showing what it was designed to do.
Security experts have revealed that the computers infected with the Conficker worm are being delivered malware which includes the scareware product SpywareProtect2009.
Products like SpywareProtect2009 are called scareware as they try to scare users into believing that their system [...]
Conficker comes back to life with an update
Conficker worm is back in news as security experts have said that it has started updating itself with some new mysterious data.
The update system has delivered encrypted software to compromised machines.
No information is yet available on what sort of data is being supplied to the machines infected [...]
Conficker could strike again on April 1
Security industry companies are warning that the Conficker worm could strike again on April 1.
The latest variant of the Conficker worm is all set to start its damage from April.
Symantec Security Response however admitted: “It doesn’t mean we’re going to see some large cyber event on [...]
IPREDator public launch coming up!
IPREDator is a new service that is going to be soon available for public.
IPREDator would offer a VPN account to users who are interested in having a secure connection for peer to peer downloads.
This service would cost about 5 EUR a month.
The developers promise that they are not going to [...]
Domainr: Excellent site to find domain names
If you are hunting for a new domain name, Domainr is the site for you.
This is different from other domain search services.
In addition to finding the regular versions (.com, .net, .org) it also tries to find out other combinations like the ones used by del.icio.us.
You might [...]
