Aaron Swartz, the brilliant young software programmer and Internet activist who inspired awe and reverence from leading figures in the technology world, died in his Brooklyn apartment on Friday, his family said in a statement. New York City’s chief medical examiner ruledthe death a suicide by hanging. Swartz was 26 years old. Read more:
Facebook spooked many of its users within minutes of its “major” announcement yesterday of the company’s new Graph Search, which will delight advertisers but risk scaring the hell out of Joe Public. Guy Daniels reports. read more
Speaking at a morning session at this year’s CES, a major consumer electronic event held from January 8-11 in Las Vegas, on the topic of the future of “connectivity,” Vint Cerf, known as “the father of the Internet,” outlined what could be in store in the near future for software-enabled clothes. read more
A petition to de-fund the U.N.’s telecom arm emerges just as the ITU readies to hammer out internet governance plans at the World Telecommunication Information and Communication Technology Policy Forum meetings in February and May 2013. read more
As IT leaders think about their SharePoint strategy, here’s a look at the most important changes in SharePoint 2013, broken down by the most likely benefit to line of business teams, end users and the IT organization. read more
UniForum SA is increasing the price of .co.za domain names by 50%, but only on its legacy system. But the price on its new registration system is set at a significantly lower level in an effort to encourage registrants to move from one to the other. By Craig Wilson. read more
Facebook, Gmail, and other ad-supported online services would need to start charging users if proposed changes to EU data protection laws go ahead, a legal expert has warned. Substantial restrictions on how companies handle personal data have been put forward under the draft European Data Protection Regulation, read more
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales appeared on The Colbert Report yesterday and confirmed that the site would be launching “soon.” Wales told the show’s host that the site does not have a business model and will not have any advertising — as is the case for all sites run by the Wikimedia Foundation. read more
ICANN 46th meeting will be held in Beijing, People’s Republic of China . China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), the state network information center of China, was founded as a non-profit organization on Jun. 3rd 1997. China Organizational Name Administration Center(CONAC) is a non-profit organization established in March 2008. It is affiliated to E-government Center …
Wi-Fi adoption is growing in Africa with solution providers committed to developing viable services that improve the way we communicate and work, says Michael Fletcher, sales director sub-Saharan Africa at Nigeria’s Ruckus Wireless. read more