An alleged former Google employee claims that the original name for the famous search engine was Go-Ogle. The insider suggests that Google originally wanted a website where people could search or “ogle” anything they wanted. “Larry and Sergey were toying with various names back in the day,” says the anonymous former colleague. “The original name…
A computer security expert has warned of an upcoming “computer apocalypse” due to the end of Microsoft support for Microsoft Windows XP. The newly dubbed XPocalypse is likened to the Y2K bug, but could be more than two thousand times worse. “The difference between XPocalypse and Y2K is that billions of dollars were spent fixing…
A wealthy Vietnamese businessman has erected a monument as a tribute to the success of the Flappy Bird mobile phone game. The monument, which is situated in Lenin Park south of Hoan Kiem Lake, depicts three pillars similar to those in the game. “We wanted to pay tribute to one of Vietnam’s great entrepreneurial endeavours,”…
Banks and other financial institutions all over the world may be scrambling to patch their automatic teller machines with news that the fabled ‘Super Hack’ has been published on the Internet. The mythical hack that allegedly allows someone to enter a special code into any cash machine and withdraw cash without a card, is said…
Billionaire philanthropist and former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates will be visiting Canberra on May 28 but is unlikely to answer any questions relating to the Windows 8 suite of products. “We have some basic questions about the Windows Kernel we would like to ask Mr Gates, but have been told this is not going to…
A new global news service has been launched which is completely funded by BitCoins. Total Global News is claiming to be the first news website funded entirely by the virtual currency. “We are very excited about this initiative,” says the Executive Editor of Total Global News. “It is amazing to watch the company net worth…
A quantum computer that was left to its own devices has designed the next generation of super computer. The aptly named “Deep Light” quantum computer was given the task of designing new sub-routines for an improved quantum computer operating system, but when researchers checked the results, they were stunned to find a whole new computer…
Security analysts are unable to explain the origins of the exceptionally complicated Flame virus and some believe it may not be the work of humans. The Flame virus is the biggest viral sensation since the outbreak of the US government made Stuxnet virus, but many doubt that it was written by a hacker. “This is…
Apple fansites have been buzzing with the latest rumour that the iPhone 5 will include some kind of cloaking technology. The rumour began when Apple lodged a patent which shows a diagram of what looks to be a man holding a mobile phone, and then in the next frame there is nothing but an empty…
A Belconnen man has contacted the ACT Registrar-General’s Office to find out how he can marry his new iPad. “I have fallen in love with my new iPad,” said James Hicks in an exclusive interview with The Canberra News Digestive. “Why should I be discriminated against, just because my love interest is different to yours?…
