July 31, 2008

Top shows on Bit Torrent

Top TV shows are still making onto the top bit torrent sites, where they are getting some really great viewing figures, this is good for the shows coverage, but the producers would not be too pleased to see their shows on the list.
This is the top ten list for the Torrent Freak
Top Gear
Stargate Atlantis
Weeds
Generation Kill
The [...]

July 24, 2008

Digg and FaceBook connected

All FaceBook users can automatically become Diggers at the click of a button. This is because there have been a partnership agreement made between the two organisations recently as many people use one or the other, but not always both services.
Members of FaceBook will see a Digg connection feature which when clicked on will use [...]

July 18, 2008

Do you Google your name?

There are not many things that are free these days, but one thing you can rely on is your own reputation, it follows all of the good work that you have done and any achievements that you may be able to use to your advantage, this is one that you are in total control of, [...]

February 20, 2008

Wikileaks closed down by courts

The site that allows people to whistle blow from their computers has been closed down in the states, Wikileaks has been responsible for many leaks that have embarrassed politicians and the government, but now under the orders of a Judge in California the US site has been forced to go offline. But there are other [...]

January 18, 2008

The editing of Digg

Have you ever wondered how particular stories end up on Digg where there are just as many equally as good stories that do not and how some stories appear one minute and disappear the next?
Well its all down to the Digg human editors or as one of the co-founders Kevin Rose likes to call [...]

December 11, 2007

Stupid filter on its way

It’s about time that something like this came along, working on the same principles as the Spam filters use, this piece of open source brilliance will detect any stupidness that appears on a web page and will grade it to certain degrees.
Exactly what the criteria is for stupid writing is not really known, it will [...]