If you live in Europe, are a fan of Michael Jackson and need a storage device, check out the new Samsung S2 Portable HDD. This special edition external drive is preloaded with Michael Jackson’s “This is It”, timed with the release of the DVD and Blu-ray Disc release on February 22nd. Samsung did not release more »

An unknown hacker attacked Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s website last week. As a result the site was briefly redirecting to another domain that contained a plea to God from someone who appears to be a fan of Michael Jackson, Brittany Farrah Fawcett and several other celebrities who died in 2009: “Dear God, In 2009 you more »

Welcome to the pilot episode of Gadgetell’s InterrupTech. Here’s how this works: every Monday we get you caught up on the most important tech news with a bit of analysis. Since we don’t want to waste your time, we’re on a timer. When the time’s up, we switch topics.

In this first episode we tackle Google’s Chrome OS, Michael Jackson and the internet, Microsoft’s loss of market share, the latest security attacks, and Amazon’s new cell phone site.

Just two weeks after blocking most all Google services, China has blocked Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube (which had already been sharply restricted) following ethnic violence and civil unrest there. In the province where 140 people have been killed and 800 injured in clashes between Uighurs and authorities, the government cut mobile phone service and internet more »

Michael Jackson’s funeral was the most watched daytime program in history and quite probably the most watched program ever worldwide. The service, held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, was broadcast all across the globe, and for those who couldn’t get to a TV, it was streamed live on the net. Unlike the day more »

If you weren’t one of the few to get your hands on a ticket voucher for the Michael Jackson memorial service, you may be wondering where to watch coverage of the event. Several news outlets and social networking sites will provide continuous live streams throughout the day. The actual memorial will begin at 10:00 AM more »

This week we’re going to take a look at how spammers and scammers use news headlines to do their dirty work. It’s an old and well worn technique, presumably because of its effectiveness. Scammers and spammers love to send emails and links claiming to have exclusive info about a hot news story. So far this more »

A new malware attack exploiting the upcoming and highly anticipated new Harry Potter movie “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” is hitting the net. Using black hat SEO and malicious posts in blog comments, the scammers try to trick fans into clicking on the link, which claims they can watch the new movie online for more »

Wikipedia editors have found themselves overwhelmed as scores of users log on to make edits to Michael Jackson’s Wikipedia page. His death was quickly reported on the site, but users continuously tried to delete the references and made comments, such as “He’s Not Dead” and “Unverified.” The references came soon after TMZ reported the death more »

With help from the so-called Web Sheriff, Michael Jackson (along with The Village People, UB40, and some folks who have the rights to Bob Marley’s music) are going to take on The Pirate Bay, just like how MPAA did. This all springs from, as you may already know, the fact that a lot of people more »