The hacktavist group Anonymous is said to be currently attacking Facebook. This is part of the response to the shuttering of Megaupload, the webs most popular file locker, on January 17 2012. Anonymous has been on a Denial of Service spree these last few days, causing service outages for a number of worldwide government agencies, companies and organizations that were implicated or condoned the Megaupload raids. The validity of the reports are questionable though. So far the attack (if its actually happening) has yielded few results, Facebook was reported to…

This afternoon FileSonic, one of the most popular internet file lockers, disabled it’s file sharing functionality. That is, you will no longer be able to access files uploaded by other users or upload new files to be publicly accessed. Individuals who have uploaded files to FileSonic can still access their own files but have to be logged into their FileSonic account to do so. This is in response the recent shutdown of Megaupload, a competing file locker, by the FBI earlier this week. FileSonic shares many of the same characteristics…

Notorious file locker Megaupload has been taken down today as of 2:15PM, the day after SOPA was shelved. Seven individuals and two corporations- Megaupload Limited and Vestor Limited – have been charged by the FBI for piracy related crimes in the United States and New Zealand and forced to shut down Megaupload.com. This marks the largest criminal copyright cases ever in the history of the United States as the site generated $175 million in criminal proceeds and allegedly caused more than $500 million in damages to copyright holders. In response…

The recent SOPA/PIPA row has been making mass media headlines and bringing the censorship and copyright row to the main stream. Though SOPA/PIPA were temporarily defeated, there is no doubt that another iteration of these bills will resurface in the United States (as Maddox eloquently posits). Around the world, governments are imposing sanctions on ISP’s to block certain sites, the most frequently targeted are, of course, the pirate bay and wikileaks. Now, a group of evangelist WordPress developers from the Netherlands based Greenhost have built a plugin so that you…

Clik, the new application from the Waterloo Canada Company Kik (which FSB has followed quite closely), had it’s debut yesterday at the University Waterloo. The application lets you pretty much use your Apple or Android device as a remote control/media server or more for your internet connected tv or computer screen. Users only have to visit the Clik website which displays a QR code on the screen that smart phone users can pair with their mobile devices. The device then becomes a “super remote control” for the screen able to…

The popular image posting website is going down sporadically tonight due to a 4chan led denial of service attack. The login, search registration and voting features are also failing on 9gag.com and no posts posts have been recorded since 17 hours ago. This was presumably to keep 4chan users from uploading obscene images and up-voting them to appear on the front page. It appears that 4chan users, specifically residents of the /b/ section, are fed up with their content being re-published and shared on 9gag. The attack is also in…

Top Tech Toys for Christmas 2011 Christmas is just around the corner and if you are serious about offering something brilliant and great this Yuletide season especially for the kids, you need to know what’s hot and what’s not in toys. You can go traditional with your gift giving or go on a budget spending to be more practical but for those who like to feel generous and have enough money to spend on good toys, then here is a list of the top 10 technology gifts to offer kids…

January 19 2011 Megaupload has been taken down by FBI, the below workarounds will not work. More info here. Anonymous has retaliated by taking down the US Department of Justice and Universal Music Websites and “more is coming”. More information here. Megaupload.com, the file repository website has been down for some since November 28 at 4:50PM EST for some. Megaupload is one of the largest upload sites on the internet and the source of content for dozens of online video link indexers like Icefilms.info and Ceuvana video.   November 29…

Decemeber 2011 7:00PM Letmewatchthis.ch/1channel.ch is currently down and throwing an 502 Bad Gateway error. We can’t access the site through IP (which is often possible when this error occurs) because Let me watch this is using Proxyshield which forbids direct ip connection. Just have to wait it out for now. In the meantime we are compiling a list of sites to tide us over if there is ever another 1channel.ch outage. You can check them out at 1channel/LetMeWatchThis Alternatives. Leave a comment on the article if you know of any…

January 24 2012 It looks like the downtime today was not due to a DDoS attack but to make changes to the database for the allowance of Rapidshare files. Update your IQS script to version 4.5 to make it compatible with these new links! Most of the smaller files, like standard definition TV shows, will now be hosted on Rapidshare but larger files, movies and HD shows, will probably still have to come from 2shared. Since the loss of Megaupload, XBMC/Apple TV users have had very limited access to the…

The following is a list of the best bars in Waterloo Ontario as of September 2011 The list starts with the best. Click on the name of the bar to see a map of its location in Waterloo. The post is just our opinion and we are heavily in favour of cheap, fun, student bars. Let us know what you think by leaving a comment. Phil’s Everyone knows Phil’s as one of the dirtiest bars in the city, but everyone also agrees that it’s probably the most fun. We recommend…

This article explains the best strategy to run game on chat roulette. As we all know, the goal of chat roulette is to find a girl and get her to NOT click Next within the first 2 seconds. Here are the 3 stages to the perfect chatroulette wooing. The Hook: First of all, you need to get the viewer somewhat hooked. We recommend having a girl within the frame of your webcam. If you don’t have a girl handy, we recommend going to a library, a starbucks,  or another public…