Dutch government website outage caused by cyber-attack

Cyber attackers caused the outage of Dutch government websites and a prominent satirical news portal for most of Tuesday, a Dutch government official said on Wednesday. The outage affected most of the central government’s main websites but phones and emergency communication channels remained online. Other websites, including GeenStijl.nl, which mocks politicians and religions, were also hit by the “distributed denial of service” attack,...

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Google Maps can now be used to book Uber rides in India

There have been a lot of Uber specific announcements off late. Yet another new announcement is its partnership with Google Maps. It looks like you can now book Uber rides through Google Maps. This service was first introduced in select countries abroad back in May last year. If you have the Google Maps and Uber app installed on your phone, and if you are looking for ways to get from point A to B, you will be provided with a list of options....

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File-sharing site RapidShare to shut down on March 31

One of the most popular file-sharing service, RapidShare, has called it quits. It has announced that it will shut down the service on March 31. After March 31, all accounts will no longer be accessible and get deleted automatically. The service also states that customers will be able to use Standard Plus (€49.99 per month) and Premium (€99.99 per month) subscriptions only until February 28. RapidShare has also asked its users to secure...

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Xiaomi violating orders, selling non-Qualcomm phones: Here’s all you need to know about Ericsson-Xiaomi legal battle

Xiaomi India has been embroiled in a legal battle with Ericsson. According to the latest reports, Ericsson has claimed that Xiaomi is violating the Delhi High Court’s order by still selling phones with the MediaTek-based chipsets via a website called www.xiaomishop.com. But Xiaomi’s lawyers have refuted the claim saying that the company has absolutely no stake in the website and in fact some third party is misusing its name. This issue...

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Yahoo can’t be indefinitely gagged about subpoena, US Judge rules

Law enforcement cannot indefinitely forbid Yahoo from revealing a grand jury subpoena that seeks subscriber account information, a U.S. judge ruled, because doing so would violate the company’s free speech rights. US Magistrate Judge Paul Grewal in San Jose, California on Thursday wrote that the government’s request would prohibit Yahoo from disclosing the subpoena, even years after the grand jury concluded its probe. The court order does not...

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Goodbye Gtalk: Starting February 16, Google will force you to switch to Hangouts

Starting February 16, users will have to move away from Google Talk and embrace Hangouts, whether they like it or not. Yes, Google is all set to force users to switch to Hangouts, as it seems to be the future for the search giant. This isn’t surprising as Google had already made it clear as Gtalk was unavailable for download from Google. Lats year, GTalk was suddenly replaced with Hangouts and most people started finding it very confusing....

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