Google are experimenting with several improvements to the Transmisson Control Protocol (TCP) to make a faster Internet. The people working with this goes by the name of "Make The Web Faster Team" and they are currently looking into four potential improvements to the existing protocol. 1. Increase TCP initial congestion window to 10 ... Continue Reading

The popular Linux distribution Ubuntu has just unveiled its new focus: A way to navigate the menu choices, without actually using any menus. The menus have simply been replaced by a so-called HUD (Heads Up Display), which allows you to search for what you are trying to find, without the ... Continue Reading

Through the whistle-blower web site Wikileaks, Julian Assange has got a lot of enemies around the world by revealing top secret documents from various governments. Now, the founder of WikiLeaks has found a new media channel, he is in fact going to host a TV-series "of in-depth conversations with key political players, ... Continue Reading

The White House plans an intensive week of social media in connection with the president's annual State of the Union address. Among other things, Barack Obama will be hosting a video chat in Google+ Hangouts. Every year, the U.S. President holds a speech to Congress on the state of the country, ... Continue Reading

YouTube has experienced an incredible growth over the past year, according to the news agency Reuters. Every day a staggering 4 billion videos is streamed by users of the service, which is a growth of 25 percent compared to eight months ago. Every minute an average of 60 hours of video ... Continue Reading

The Norwegian developer Haakon Bertheussen has made a lot of money on the Scrabble-inspired game Wordfeud, with an expected turnover of $1,2 million (7 million NOK) in the first year of operation. The game has been a huge success on iPhone and Android, and now, Bertheussen is introducing a Windows Phone ... Continue Reading

There are already several apps for iPhone and Android that will make it easier to use Wikipedia on your mobile phone. But now, Wikipedia has finally launched an official Wikipedia app. The app is free and has a simple and clean user interface. It provides easier access to content on Wikipedia ... Continue Reading

Co-founder of Yahoo!, Jerry Yang, left the company yesterday. His departure is the latest in a series of dramatic changes in Yahoo!'s management. Jerry Yang co-founded Yahoo! in 1995 with David Filo. The company grew quickly and has since been one of the largest sites on the Internet. David Filo, however, ... Continue Reading

The Pirate Bay has released a new platform that will make it easier for unknown artists to market themselves. The new service, known as The Promo Bay, is supposed to be a platform for unknown and independent artists who want to find a new audience. All kinds of artists are ... Continue Reading

Adobe has released a beta version of the image editing software Photoshop Lightroom 4 for Mac OS X and Windows. If you are in search of a new image processing software you can now download a beta version of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 at no cost. New Features in Lightroom 4 ... Continue Reading

A man from Washington in the United States has filed a lawsuit against the security company Symantec, where he accuses the company of fraud and illegal practices. According to the lawsuit, Symantec uses the same kind of intimidation techniques as fake scareware software to sell its PC cleanup utilities. The man who submitted ... Continue Reading

In case the images which are now all around the web isn't enough, androidcentral has released a video showing a few minutes of the shiny new Sony Xperia S in action. Enjoy! Related articles Goodbye, Sony Ericsson (skuggen.com) Samsung: Something BIG is Coming (skuggen.com) Grand Theft Auto III: Coming to Mobile Devices December 15 (skuggen.com) ... Continue Reading