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A small group of committed programmers has taken it upon themselves to build a central network for Occupy groups and protesters around the world, Wired reported on its Threat Level blog. It's partly a function of not wanting Facebook to have access to private activist messages, but it's also an attempt to simplify communications among the many groups.

For the first time, Netflix has fallen below Amazon in customer satisfaction, landing with some of the worst companies in a new ForeSee poll with a rating of 79 out of 100. For investors anxious about Netflix stock, however, this survey has a silver lining. Here, find out the five things investors should know about the streaming site's ranking in this new poll.

Rumors of a potential spilt between Twilight stars Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson have been crushed, after US Weekly revealed the actress bought her on-screen boyfriend two vintage guitars worth $12,000 for Christmas.

The digital world is moving fast. We know it very well. But how fast? Here is some idea on how fast the digital world is moving. Put on your seat-belts as - hold your breath - it is moving at the speed of light.

Investors didn’t get rich owning generalized technology stocks but they fared well with some of the traditional winners with good management and proven technology.

Siku, an adorable baby polar bear, was born on Nov. 22 at the Scandinavian Wildlife Park in Kolind and is being hand-reared in the Denmark zoo. The precious newborn has melted the hearts of animal lovers around the globe as videos of Siku have gone viral online.

The Humane Society is facing heat for euthanizing the cat of a reformed heroin addict after it had been brought in for medical treatment and was put down because the owner could not pay upfront.

Abercrombie and Fitch's Ashley Push-Up Triangle bikini has been dubbed the worst product flop of 2011.

Google+, Google’s challenge to Facebook, is adding 625,000 daily users and already may have as many as 62 million signed up, unofficial statistician Paul Allen claimed.

Mark Zuckerberg and girlfriend Priscilla Chan are vacationing in Vietnam. The couple might actually get some peace and quiet since Facebook is banned in the communist country.

This is the third time in the last few months that Facebook has helped in tracking criminals and proved useful in prevention of a crime twice.

Hackers affiliated with the Anonymous group said they are getting ready to publish emails stolen from private intelligence analysis firm Strategic Forecasting Inc, whose clients include the U.S. military, Wall Street banks and other corporations.

In a bid to boost its digital revenue, the Los Angeles Times has struck a deal with Arkadium, a major online game developer, to add more than two dozen games to that section of its Web site.

Joe Bodolai -- who wrote for Saturday Night Live for the 1981-1982 season and co-wrote the first draft of the Wayne's World movie with Mike Myers -- has died in an apparent suicide, according to various reports. He was 63.

James Marshall Reilly, author of the newly published Shake the World: It's Not About Finding a Job, It's About Creating a Life, does a Q-and-A with the International Business Times.

iPhone Dev-team member MuscleNerd congratulated rival Chronic Dev team member pod2g for being the first to release an untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.0.1 (non-A5 devices).

Stratfor, the security company which was hacked by a group claiming to be from the infamous hacking group Anonymous on Christmas Eve, warned followers on Facebook not to speak out in support of the company, or face retribution.

Michael Plumadore, the babysitter charged with the murder of Aliahna Lemmon, who disappeared from an Indiana trailer park last week, admitted to beating the nine-year-old girl to death with a brick, dismembering her with a hacksaw, stuffing her limbs into freezer bags and hiding parts at his trailer and at a nearby business according to reports.

A recent, supposedly leaked, cover from People magazine that circulated on Monday claims that Taylor Lautner is gay but the Twilight star and a rep for the magazine said the cover is an absolutely fake hoax.

A new feature that allows users to include friend' photos in messages just made Facebook chat a little cooler.

Boxing Day 2011 boasts huge sales from some of the biggest brands in the UK, with up to 80 percent slashed off original prices.

Apple newbies can rest assured. This handy guide to the top ten free apps is guaranteed to put your shame to rest.

Internet and Facebook have seen exponential growth in activities during this year that was considered as sensations, such as planking, owling, plowling, horsemaning, levitating girl, batmanning, leisure diving, teabowing, teapotting, and plumbking.

As Congress debates the Stop Online Piracy Act and Go Daddy suffers for its early support, many Americans still don't know exactly what SOPA bill is or how it would affect their day-to-day lives. Here, read a complete and easy-to-grasp guide of the controversial bill and why it's so dangerous, from why it's supported to the threat of censorship it poses.

NORAD teamed up with Google Earth once again in 2011, tracking Father Christmas' progress around the world as volunteers fielded 100,000 calls. As NORAD reports a record holiday, find out how the Santa Tracker got started, and check out 2011's best Google Earth videos tracking Santa's progress, from the Great Wall and Taj Mahal to Hilo, Hawaii.

The North American Aerospace Command who is tracking Santa’s route said that with lots of present this year Santa Claus is also breaking records this Christmas Eve.

Santa Claus tracking has gone digital for 2011, with many smartphone applications and online tools like a live video feed on Google Earth through Norad to track ole St. Nick on his journey from the North Pole.

Santa Claus tracking is set for a record-breaking year in 2011, as applications on smartphones are being used with North American Aerospace Defense Command data to track The Big Red One on his journey from the North Pole to all points south.

The Internet is abuzz with claims that an 18-year-old boy from Washington D.C. named Tyreek Amir Jacobs was killed in Maryland Thursday while shopping for Air Jordan Concords. But was he really murdered or is it a hoax?