Techie News will be covering Nullcon 2014 to be held at Goa between February 12 and 15. Celebrating its fifth anniversary this year, the primary idea behind Nullcon is to provide “an…
The Pirate Bay moves to new .AC domain after thepiratebay.sx seizure
The Pirate Bay has moved to a new .ac domain after domain name registry of Sint Maarten seized thepiratebay.sx domain name. The Pirate Bay was rendered inaccessible apparently because of an overnight…
H33t.com alternative H33t.to is now live
After nearly two months of waiting h33t.com alternative h33t.to is finally live and kicking. Originally slated for a go live of October 16, the h33t.to domain has been showing the below message…
Qualcomm announces its first 64-bit Snapdragon 410 processor
Qualcomm has announced its first ever 64-bit mobile processor, Snapdragon 410, based on ARM Cortex A53. Qualcomm revealed that the Snapdragon 410 is targeted at high-volume markets including China and supports LTE…
Guess what? NSA looking for terrorists inside online games!
Latest set of documents leaked by whistle-blower Edward Snowden throws light on how spooks over at NSA and GCHQ infiltrated the virtual worlds of online games like World of Warcraft and Second…
Galaxy S4 catches fire, Samsung tries to silence user asking for replacement
A Galaxy S4 has reportedly caught fire while being charged and Samsung tried to silence the user by asking him to pull the video showing the damage, but the tactics have backfired….
Mozilla to release Firefox 26 today
Mozilla is all set for an official release of Firefox 26 today with a number of changes and exciting new features including support for H.264 video codec. Available for download right now…
31 new communities in Devon, Somerset to get superfast broadband in early 2014
Thirty One new communities in Devon and Somerset are set to receive superfast broadband connectivity by March 2014. Connecting Devon and Somerset is entrusted with the task of overseeing the rollout process…
Aldi runs out of initial Lifetab stocks
Aldi has managed to sell all of the initial stock of its low-cost £79.99 Lifetab tablet, the company has revealed. Launched in the first week of December, and pitched directly against other…
Affordable 3D metal printer developed, opensourced
Researchers have developed and opensourced a low-cost 3D metal printer capable of printing metal tools and objects with cost under £1,000. A team of researchers led by Associate Professor Joshua Pearce at…
Samsung announces first ever 1TB mSATA SSD
Samsung has announced industry’s first ever 1TB mSATA Solid State Drive (SSD), which is roughly a twelfth in size of traditional hard drives. Samsung revealed in a press release that the new…
Spotify could launch ad-supported free music steaming service as early as this week
Spotify is prepping for launch of a free ad-supported alternative to its paid music streaming service, and reports claim that the service could launch this week itself. Users wanting to stream music…
Creator of Blackhole exploit kit ‘Paunch’ arrested
Creator of one of the most feared and successful cybercrime tools, Blackhole Exploit Kit, known as ‘Paunch’ has been arrested along with 12 others and has been charged with creating and participating…
Tech behemoths urge President Obama to limit government surveillance
Technology giants including Microsoft, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Twitter, Apple, AOL and Yahoo have come together and issued an open letter to US President Barack Obama and the Congress to bring in reforms…
Call of Duty: Ghosts retains top position in gaming charts
Call of Duty: Ghosts has managed to retain its top position in the latest UK software charts for the week ending December 7. According to Gfk Chart-Track, the latest edition in Call…