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JP Morgan becomes the latest hacking victim

Banking giant JP Morgan Chase was off the internet this afternoon owing to distributed-denial-of-service attack.

Samsung snatches advertising rights from notorious piracy website

A popular website of Vietnam, Zing .vn, providing unlicensed local and Western songs, by the method of downloading has been deprived of advertisements of Samsung and Coca-Cola. Online piracy is being carried out uncontrolled and unchecked in Vietnam, it seems Samsung and Coca-cola have decided to pull their advertising from the Vietnamese region.

Now, pay to increase post visibility on Facebook!

"Facebook is free and always will be," but conditions apply, says the company!

Hackers attack Sony Ericsson's site in Canada

Sony acknowledged Wednesday that Sony Ericsson's eShop website has been hacked in Canada and personal information of about 2000 users has been compromised.

MySpace fading out: 10mn users quit in one month

MySpace is declining and it's declining fast. Despite attempts to rejuvenate the social networking site, MySpace is losing users.

New York Times to charge $15 for online content

The New York Times announced Thursday that it is erecting pay wall for access to its website and mobile apps, and will start charging its online readers starting March 28.

Reed College website plagiarized by scammers

Those applying for colleges and universities based on the information offered online, beware! You might come across a fake website trying to cheat you off your money. This is what a fake educational institute, University of Redwood, has been accused of.

FBI launches raids in connection to 'Anonymous' cyberattacks

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has cracked the whip against those who participated in the distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack against some financial institutions and websites in support of the whistleblower site WikiLeaks.

Chinese could replace English as number one internet language

English is the major language in communications, science, business, aviation, entertainment, radio and diplomacy around the world. But this dominant international language could soon be replaced by Chinese, at least on the World Wide Web.

Baby named by Facebook vote

Toronto -- A Toronto couple who put the name of their newborn girl to a Facebook vote said Internet users picked Melania as the infant's moniker.

Rommy and Robert Alpinelli said 2,862 of the participants in the poll of 20,000 people voted for Melania, with Aria in second with 2,853 votes, the Toronto Sun reported Thursday.

Rommy Alpinelli said the vote was organized by Web site FabFind and suggested to her by a friend who works for the social commerce Web site.

"At first I was a little apprehensive," Alpinelli said. "What if it was a name I didn't like? But then there were rules in place, like no vulgar names, and things like that."

Voting officially ended at 3 p.m. Tuesday, when baby Melania was born and given her name.

Site lists most 'obscene' U.S. cities

Ashburn, Va. -- A business news Web site said its analysis of Google data named Ashburn, Va., as the most obscene location in the nation.

Business Insider said its analysis was performed by putting comedian George Carlin's famous "seven dirty words you can never say on television" into Google Trends and giving each city a score for each appearance of the word in a local Google search.

The news Web site said the rest of the Top 10 on the list, which is in its third year, are Tampa, Fla.; Herndon, Va.; Rochester, N.Y.; Irvine, Calif.; Newark, N.J.; Philadelphia; Louisville, K.Y.; Pittsburgh and Los Angeles.

Church Web site lists 'Grinch' businesses

Dallas -- A Dallas church has created a "Grinch Alert" Web site for users to report businesses refusing to acknowledge the upcoming Christmas holiday.

The Rev. Robert Jeffress of the First Baptist Church of Dallas said the Web site, GrinchAlert.com, allows people to post names on a "naughty list" of businesses leaving Christmas out of its displays, advertising and customer greetings, The Dallas Morning News reported Wednesday.

"Too many businesses have bowed down to political correctness," Jeffress said. "I thought this would be a fun way to call out businesses that are refusing to celebrate Christmas."

The Web site also includes a "nice" section for business who have gotten into the spirit of the season.