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On Saturday, October 11th, Edward Snowden, the N.S.A. whistle-blower, spoke via live video with the New Yorker staff writer Jane Mayer. In the interview, the former N.S.A., C.I.A., and D.I.A. employee was asked some questions of what the public (that’s you and me) can do to protect our privacy, now that it’s an open secret governments are spying […]
... written on Oct 13 2014Remember Apple’s latest promise to protect your personal data stored in iPhone or iPad to prevent any other third parties except the owner (that’s you, dude) from accessing them, as long as the devices are running iOS 8? Well, Apple fanatics rejoiced when the company announced that the new privacy policy (finally) means the police, […]
... written on Oct 08 2014Facebook shares jumped 0.82%, or 63 cents, to $77.89 after yesterday’s closing bell. The stock actually breached the $78 a share during morning session. Nevertheless, a significant milestone has been achieved. Facebook’s market value now has exceeded $200 billion (£124 billion, RM638 billion). At yesterday’s closing, the company has market cap of a whopping $202.52 […]
... written on Sep 09 2014Google is more than just search engine. There’re reasons how Google could survives all these years from competitions. The company that receives 100 billion search queries per month has been investing heavily in tons of other projects which may or may not be made public. Some of them are successful while others flop. But we’re […]
... written on Aug 06 2014Where do you go for help when you want to watch movies or TV series, listen to songs or read some e-books, but don’t want to pay for it? The Pirate Bay, of course, and it’s not that hard to understand why. Sure, downloading copyrighted materials from the site is illegal but not everybody did […]
... written on Jul 27 2014Ever since former CIA agent Edward Snowden leaked secret surveillance techniques, the world has become a more dangerous place. This is true mostly to intelligence agencies around the world, especially United States and United Kingdom. The business of combating terrorism will never be the same again. But it’s a total different stories to the average […]
... written on Jun 19 2014There’re good reasons why parents sometime need to discipline their kids on the do’s and don’ts, especially when your kids are particularly talented in art. There were tons of news how kids decorated their parents’ expensive new sofas with drawings using marker pens. They might try their luck on your home’s wall as well. But […]
... written on Jun 02 2014Ever since U.S. notorious subprime crisis in 2008, U.S. companies have been building cash as if there’s no tomorrow. Some even joke that U.S. will never have another similar subprime crisis again considering the gigantic amount of cash reserve these companies have. Besides financial institutions, U.S. companies are holding a staggering US$1.64 trillion at the […]
... written on Apr 09 2014Bersih 3.0, perhaps the mother of all rallies before the coming snap election has ended with jaw-dropping reactions from both parties – the organiser and the government. This beast attracted such a huge crowd that even the police, infamous for playing down rallies participant’s number, estimated the number at 25,000. Some government-linked mouth piece toned […]
... written on Apr 29 2012The news (or rather rumours) is out that Google’s highly secret project conducted at “Google X” lab will be churning out its product by end of the year (that’s end of 2012). Google X is a secret laboratory where Google scientists work on wild and futuristic ideas. The lab is so secret that most Google […]
... written on Feb 23 2012
