A botnet called “Grum”, which was responsible for over 18% of all the world’s spam email, has officially been shut down, according to a new report. Online security firm FireEye worked with local internet service providers and spam-tracking service SpamHaus, they were able to locate the “Grum”-net command and control servers in Panama, Russia, and … [Read more…]

A botnet called “Grum”, which was responsible for over 18% of all the world’s spam email, has officially been shut down, according to a new report. Online security firm FireEye worked with local internet service providers and spam-tracking service SpamHaus, they were able to locate the “Grum”-net command and control servers in Panama, Russia, and … [Read more…]

Amazon is set to open a new London-based site for some of its design and development teams. The centre, based near London’s “Silicon Roundabout” will house hundreds of staff including software development engineers, graphic designers and teams from both Pushbutton and Lovefilm.

A new study from comScore has found that Chile ranked as the most engaged online video market in Latin America with viewers watching an average of 176 videos per viewer during May 2012, an increase of 60% from the previous year. “Online video consumption in Chile has grown immensely in the past year, fuelled by … [Read more…]

Jimmy Carr, Father’s Day and 50 Shades of Grey are among fastest moving search terms in the UK in June, according to new data.

Jimmy Carr, Father’s Day and 50 Shades of Grey are among fastest moving search terms in the UK in June, according to new data.

Google has launched Gmail SMS across Africa, a new tool that lets Gmail users who own a simple feature phone to send and receive emails using only text messages.

Mail Online – the world’s leading online English-language newspaper website – has turned its first ever profit as revenues rose 80% year-on-year, predominantly driven by online advertising sales. Revenues for the quarter were boosted in the UK by the Queen’s Jubilee and Euro 2012 football championship.

Baidu the Chinese search giant has posted net profits of 2.77bn yuan ($436m) for Q2, up from 1.63bn yuan in the same period last year. Revenues were up 60% and reached 5.46bn yuan ($858.8m).

YouTube has launched a new tool letting users “blur” the faces of subjects before uploading them to the website.