These websites will go dark if the government shuts down
So far the Library of Congress and the Federal Trade Commission have confirmed their sites won’t be accessible during a government shutdown.
On Sep 30, 2013 by [email protected]
The onion deal that brought down Groupon India
An unbeatable price holds an entire country in thrall.
On Sep 9, 2013 by Miles Klee
Man says son kidnapped by own mother, pleads for help online
Kris Morness’s ex-wife fled to Japan to be with her ailing mother—taking 5-year-old Max with her.
On Aug 30, 2013 by Kris Holt
A math genius with dementia took his own life, but he left behind this website
“I decided I wanted to have one of the most organized good-byes in recorded history and I think I will be successful.”
On Aug 16, 2013 by Fernando Alfonso III
British government plans major crackdown on extremist websites
The U.K.’s Home Office wants the power to take down radical websites without court orders.
On Jun 5, 2013 by Aja Romano
Reddit’s WTF hub won’t take your gore—unless clowns are involved
Reddit’s premier forum for bugs, bullet holes, and eyeball stitches just banned blood and guts.
On May 23, 2013 by Mike Fenn
You can buy this guy’s personal data for $2
To protest data mining, Federico Zannier has violated his own privacy and is offering the results on Kickstarter.
On May 8, 2013 by Tim Sampson
#OpUSA hits an online bakery, but banks and the FBI are safe
#OpUSA, an Anonymous-affiliated plan to take out major U.S. government and banking websites, seems to be a dud.
On May 7, 2013 by Lorraine Murphy
YouTube Guide: “Law & Order’s fakest websites”
Parodies, mashups, and more in today’s YouTube Guide.
On Apr 15, 2013 by Michelle Jaworski
YouTube Guide: Taylor Swift is “32”
If Taylor Swift thought 22 was hard, wait until she’s 32.
On Apr 5, 2013 by Michelle Jaworski
That viral Guy Fieri menu was plagiarized from Weird Twitter
A hilarious fake menu posted on the domain name of Guy Fieri’s restaurant was apparently lifted word for word from some of Twitter’s funniest users.
On Feb 20, 2013 by Kevin Collier
Anonymous installs Asteroids on U.S. government websites
The ’80s arcade classic is being used as a form of protest in Operation Last Resort, a hacker protest in honor of recently-deceased Web activist Aaron Swartz.
On Jan 28, 2013 by Curt Hopkins
Who hacked the Dalai Lama’s website?
A website associated with the Dalai Lama’s YouTube account has been hacked using malware, a member of the security firm F-Secure’s Threat Research team discovered on Monday.
On Dec 6, 2012 by Curt Hopkins
What President Mitt Romney’s website would have looked like
Romney’s campaign website was mistakenly switched into victory mode on Tuesday night. Here’s what a Romney Adminstration’s web presence would have looked like.
On Nov 8, 2012 by Kevin Collier
Tumblr reaches 20 billion monthly pageviews
The popular blogging platform is now one of the 20 most-visited websites in the U.S.
On Nov 5, 2012 by Fernando Alfonso III
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