<![CDATA[News Tom's Guide US - Internet]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/ en 10 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:05:06 +0100 <![CDATA[News Tom's Guide US - Internet]]> http://m.bestofmedia.com/i/bestofmicro/design/groupe/logo_toms_guide_us.jpg http://www.tomsguide.com/us/ <![CDATA[Iran Has Severed External HTTPS Access]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Iran-censorship-HTTPS-Islamic-Revolution-protests,news-14148.html#xtor=RSS-2114 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Iran-censorship-HTTPS-Islamic-Revolution-protests,news-14148.html#xtor=RSS-2114 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:00:00 CET Locals cannot access external web sites using HTTPS possibly due to the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, or in preparation for the upcoming closed Intranet.]]> <![CDATA[U.S. Judge Sides With the Selling of Pre-owned Digital Music]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/redigi-capitol-records-copyright-lawsuit-mp3,news-14132.html#xtor=RSS-2114 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/redigi-capitol-records-copyright-lawsuit-mp3,news-14132.html#xtor=RSS-2114 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:00:00 CET A U.S. District Court has denied motion for a preliminary injunction to shutdown digital music marketplace ReDigi. ]]> <![CDATA[Amazon Expanding Video Streaming With Viacom Shows]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Amazon-Video-Streaming-Viacom-tv,news-14124.html#xtor=RSS-2114 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Amazon-Video-Streaming-Viacom-tv,news-14124.html#xtor=RSS-2114 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:00:00 CET Get ready for Jersey Shore on your Kindle.]]> <![CDATA[Hate Your Data Plan? Russian Rewarded for 419GB DL in 1 Wk]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Russia-MegaFon-Contest-Unlimited-Data-3G,news-14122.html#xtor=RSS-2114 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Russia-MegaFon-Contest-Unlimited-Data-3G,news-14122.html#xtor=RSS-2114 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:00:00 CET A carrier that encourages customers to use as much data as they want.]]> <![CDATA[Matching Algorithm Claim of Online Dating Sites Likely False]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/online-dating-match-love-meeting,news-14096.html#xtor=RSS-2114 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/online-dating-match-love-meeting,news-14096.html#xtor=RSS-2114 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:00:00 CET Your busy professional life does not allow you to go to bars to meet a boyfriend or girlfriend, but you don't want to shell out a few grand for a dating service. ]]> <![CDATA[Anonymous Preps Release of 2.6GB of Haditha Documents]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/anoymous-hackers-Haditha-Documents-marines,news-14101.html#xtor=RSS-2114 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/anoymous-hackers-Haditha-Documents-marines,news-14101.html#xtor=RSS-2114 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:00:00 CET Anonymous is apparently planning to release a massive stockpile of confidential information relating to the 2005 Haditha massacre, in which 24 unarmed Iraqi men, women and children were killed by U.S. Marines. ]]> <![CDATA[50 Million Tweets Are a Waste of Time Each Day]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/twitter-social-network-tweet-like-dislike,news-14055.html#xtor=RSS-2114 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/twitter-social-network-tweet-like-dislike,news-14055.html#xtor=RSS-2114 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:00:00 CET Following people on a social network does not necessarily mean that we generally enjoy and interact with their messages, tweets and status updates. ]]> <![CDATA[Google's Solve for X Website Goes Online]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/google-solve-for-x-website-ideas-video,news-14098.html#xtor=RSS-2114 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/google-solve-for-x-website-ideas-video,news-14098.html#xtor=RSS-2114 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:30:01 CET Google is expected to unveil a new website that is apparently designed as a communication channel for "moonshot thinking" and solutions that "could help billions of people".]]> <![CDATA[Neil Young Says MP3 Isn't Good Enough; Neither Are CDs]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/neil-young-mp3-dsd-digital-music-audio,news-14088.html#xtor=RSS-2114 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/neil-young-mp3-dsd-digital-music-audio,news-14088.html#xtor=RSS-2114 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:00:00 CET Neil Young believes that it is time that we finally demand a much higher audio quality in digital music. ]]> <![CDATA[Zuckerberg Paying Over $1.5B in Taxes Thanks to IPO]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Facebook-IPO-Mark-Zuckerberg-Stock-Income-Tax,news-14090.html#xtor=RSS-2114 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Facebook-IPO-Mark-Zuckerberg-Stock-Income-Tax,news-14090.html#xtor=RSS-2114 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:00:00 CET The man who created The Center of the Internet will have to pay over $1.5 billion in taxes.]]> <![CDATA[Facebook Now Reaches More than Half of All Internet Users]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/facebook-traffic-google-statistics-visits,news-14070.html#xtor=RSS-2114 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/facebook-traffic-google-statistics-visits,news-14070.html#xtor=RSS-2114 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:30:00 CET Google just updated its DoubleClick-sourced traffic estimations for Facebook. ]]> <![CDATA[Pirate Bay Appeal Rejected, Jail Sentences and Fines Final]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/The-Pirate-Bay-Sentencing-Ruling-Appeal-Final,news-14052.html#xtor=RSS-2114 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/The-Pirate-Bay-Sentencing-Ruling-Appeal-Final,news-14052.html#xtor=RSS-2114 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 CET Pirate Bay founders Fredrik Nej, Peter Sunde, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, and Carl Lundstrom have had their appeal to the Supreme Court denied, meaning the sentences handed down by the Swedish courts are final. ]]> <![CDATA[Carpathia Hosting Denies Having Any Megaupload Files]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Megaupload-file-hosting-SOPA-PIPA-DOJ,news-14040.html#xtor=RSS-2114 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Megaupload-file-hosting-SOPA-PIPA-DOJ,news-14040.html#xtor=RSS-2114 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:00:00 CET The January 21 shut down of Megaupload and the subsequent seizure of all files by the FBI has had a huge impact on a sizable portion of the Internet.]]> <![CDATA[British Nationals Refused Entry to U.S. Over Twitter Tweets]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Twitter-Department-Homeland-Security-British-Couple-Denied-Entry-tweets,news-14043.html#xtor=RSS-2114 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Twitter-Department-Homeland-Security-British-Couple-Denied-Entry-tweets,news-14043.html#xtor=RSS-2114 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:00:00 CET To DHS, 'Tweeter' is no joke.]]> <![CDATA[Report: Facebook Filing $5B IPO on Wednesday]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Facebook-IPO-Stock-Public-Offering-Morgan-Stanley,news-14049.html#xtor=RSS-2114 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Facebook-IPO-Stock-Public-Offering-Morgan-Stanley,news-14049.html#xtor=RSS-2114 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:30:00 CET Facebook is expected to file for an initial public offering of stock tomorrow, but will only generate $5 billion.]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft, Facebook, Google, Others Join Forces to Fight Phishing]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/email-security-authentication-dmarc-phishing,news-14033.html#xtor=RSS-2114 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/email-security-authentication-dmarc-phishing,news-14033.html#xtor=RSS-2114 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:30:00 CET DMARC, short for Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Compliance, is a new approach to help fight email phishing attacks. ]]> <![CDATA[Reminder: President Obama Speaks on Google+ Today]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Obama-Google-Hangout-White-House-YouTube,news-14038.html#xtor=RSS-2114 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Obama-Google-Hangout-White-House-YouTube,news-14038.html#xtor=RSS-2114 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:50:00 CET President Obama will soon be on Google+, answering questions live from the White House.]]> <![CDATA[Gmail Logo Was a Rush Job With Two Totally Different Fonts]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Gmail-Logo-Font-Deisnger-Dennis-Hwang-Google-Doodles-Artist,news-14027.html#xtor=RSS-2114 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Gmail-Logo-Font-Deisnger-Dennis-Hwang-Google-Doodles-Artist,news-14027.html#xtor=RSS-2114 Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:00:00 CET You might see it every day but have you ever really looked at it?]]> <![CDATA[Facebook May Go IPO on Wednesday]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Facebook-IPO-Initial-Public-Offering-Stock-Mark-Zuckerberg,news-14028.html#xtor=RSS-2114 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Facebook-IPO-Initial-Public-Offering-Stock-Mark-Zuckerberg,news-14028.html#xtor=RSS-2114 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 04:00:00 CET It's almost time to get your piece of the social networking pie... if you can afford it.]]> <![CDATA[Twitter Talks #Censorship, Google Talks +Teens]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Twitter-censorship-Google-teens-chilling-effects,news-14016.html#xtor=RSS-2114 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Twitter-censorship-Google-teens-chilling-effects,news-14016.html#xtor=RSS-2114 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:00:00 CET Twitter says it will censor Tweets locally only. Meanwhile, Google has finally opened the Google+ doors to the 13+ group.]]> <![CDATA[Google Privacy Policy Will Track Users Across All Products]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Google-Privacy-Policy-Changes-New-Track-Users-All-Sites,news-13987.html#xtor=RSS-2114 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Google-Privacy-Policy-Changes-New-Track-Users-All-Sites,news-13987.html#xtor=RSS-2114 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:00:00 CET Google this week announced changes to its privacy policy and plans to consolidate users' information from across all products.]]> <![CDATA[Facebook is Mass Surveillance, Says Free Software Founder]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/richard-stallman-free-software-foundation-gnu-facebook-Surveillance,news-13974.html#xtor=RSS-2114 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/richard-stallman-free-software-foundation-gnu-facebook-Surveillance,news-13974.html#xtor=RSS-2114 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:00:00 CET Richard Stallman, founder of the GNU Project and the Free Software Foundation, remains the most outspoken public personality against "non-free" software and recently lashed out against commercial software services that restrict "freedom".]]> <![CDATA[Pirate Bay to Offer Downloads of Real, Physical Items]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/download-torrent-the-pirate-bay-3d-printer-replicator,news-13983.html#xtor=RSS-2114 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/download-torrent-the-pirate-bay-3d-printer-replicator,news-13983.html#xtor=RSS-2114 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:00:00 CET Downloads do not have to be just files, they can be physical objects. ]]> <![CDATA[MegaUpload Shut Down Because of Megabox Jukebox Service?]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/megaupload-kim-dotcom-megabox-downloads-shut-down,news-13982.html#xtor=RSS-2114 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/megaupload-kim-dotcom-megabox-downloads-shut-down,news-13982.html#xtor=RSS-2114 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:00:00 CET The downfall of MegaUpload is surrounded by yet another conspiracy theory. ]]> <![CDATA[President Obama Hanging Out on Google+ Next Week]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Google-Hangouts-President-Barack-Obama-State-Of-The-Union,news-13973.html#xtor=RSS-2114 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Google-Hangouts-President-Barack-Obama-State-Of-The-Union,news-13973.html#xtor=RSS-2114 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:30:00 CET Here's your chance to talk with the President.]]> <![CDATA[Anonymous Threatens Attack on Facebook for January 28]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Anonymous-Facebook-Low-Orbit-Ion-Canon-OpGlobalBlackout-DDoS,news-13971.html#xtor=RSS-2114 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Anonymous-Facebook-Low-Orbit-Ion-Canon-OpGlobalBlackout-DDoS,news-13971.html#xtor=RSS-2114 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:00:00 CET Anonymous is telling Facebook to "Expect Us" at midnight on January 28.]]> <![CDATA[YouTube is Now Getting 4 Billion Hits a Day]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/YouTube-Hits-Uploads-Per-Day-Page-Views,news-13969.html#xtor=RSS-2114 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/YouTube-Hits-Uploads-Per-Day-Page-Views,news-13969.html#xtor=RSS-2114 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:50:00 CET That's a lot of cat videos.]]> <![CDATA[Megaupload Staff Arrested for Copyright Infringement]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/megaupload-racketeering-justice-department-copyright-infringement-money-laundering,news-13951.html#xtor=RSS-2114 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/megaupload-racketeering-justice-department-copyright-infringement-money-laundering,news-13951.html#xtor=RSS-2114 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:00:00 CET The U.S. Justice Department has accused Megaupload founders and staff with money laundering, racketeering and copyright infringement.]]> <![CDATA[Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Speaks Out Against SOPA]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Facebook-SOPA-PIPA-Mark-Zuckerberg-Blackout-Day,news-13938.html#xtor=RSS-2114 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Facebook-SOPA-PIPA-Mark-Zuckerberg-Blackout-Day,news-13938.html#xtor=RSS-2114 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 01:00:00 CET The King of Social Mark Zuckerberg has spoken on the SOPA topic, and it was mediocre.]]> <![CDATA[Gaikai's David Perry Confirms Upcoming Facebook Launch]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/facebook-gaikai-cloud-gaming-World-of-Warcraft-Crysis,news-13910.html#xtor=RSS-2114 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/facebook-gaikai-cloud-gaming-World-of-Warcraft-Crysis,news-13910.html#xtor=RSS-2114 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 08:00:00 CET Gaikai's streaming platform is coming to Facebook soon.]]>