Hackers Focusing On VoIP Accounts

Hackers are in the early stages of targeting voice-over IP telephony accounts according to one VoIP equipment maker.Private information, including usernames and passwords from VoIP phone accounts are being sold online for more than stolen credit cards Newport Networks says. The information lets hackers use the telephone service for free.

Earthquake In China Unnoticed By Google?

This article was going to be a quick roundup of Google's response to the earthquake in China - mention a donations page here, a map there, done.  As it turns out, though, the company didn't provide much material.

Google Starts Blurring Faces On Streetview

Last month, Google had incorporated a new feature in Google Maps, called 'Street View'. Besides fetching directions for a destination, this feature enabled users to view images of their destination and its routes as well.

Commenting Through Disqus

If you aren’t a blogger you probably haven’t noticed this company named Disqus unless you really are paying attention when you leave a comment. But head over to Dave Winer’s blog, click on the comments, and if you leave a comment there, like I just did, you aren’t actually leaving it on Dave Winer’s blog. You’re using Disqus’s commenting service. “So what?” you’re probably asking.…

Microsoft’s WorldWide Telescope Beta

Microsoft offered a sneak peak back in February, and as of Tuesday the public beta of WorldWide Telescope has been made available, according to a Press Release issued by Microsoft.