Yahoo Messenger loses important features starting December 14th

 

Yahoo has been in a transition period for quite some time trying to get back some of its market and mindshare, and that has occasionally meant cutting things off.


This time it’s Yahoo Messenger’s turn to get a feature trim, and the company has announced on their blog that the once popular messaging service will lose some important features starting December 14th.

Screenshots of MegaUpload's successor released

Nearly a year ago, the popular file sharing website MegaUpload was shut down by the U.S. government, which claimed the site was the bastion for online piracy. Its founder, Kim Dotcom, was arrested, along with several other MegaUpload team members.

Windows Blue: the next big Windows 8 update

Though Windows 8 little more than a month old, attention is already turning to what Microsoft has planned for the future of its new-generation OS. With over 40 million licences already sold, Windows 8 is off to a solid start, but it will come as no surprise to anyone to learn that the company is already working on updates for the OS.

DNS change puts 284 Pakistani websites at mercy of hackers

It seems there's at least one notable case of hacking each week, if not more. Today could be the biggest event of the year in Pakistan, due to a change in the DNS entries for 284 Pakistani domains managed by MarkMonitor.


These aren't small sites feeling the impact. Sites such as Google.pk, eBay.pk, and Microsoft.pk are all affected by the DNS entry changing. At the time of writing, Microsoft and Google's Pakistani sites cannot be reached at all. eBay's page has been defaced, as you can see in the screenshot above.