Internet Explorer 6 funeral held, Microsoft sends flowers

Friday, March 5th, 2010

Internet users from all around gathered today to finally lay Internet Explorer 6 to rest, in it’s very own funeral.  IE6 (support) was officially killed on March 1, 2010, almost 8.5 years after it’s initial release.  IE6 supporters attended the funeral, even with a special gift ...

YouTube confirms “Rickroll” removal was a mistake, brings back video

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

A YouTube spokesperson has confirmed that the "Rickroll" removal that we reported on earlier today was a mistake. In an email statement a spokesperson confirmed accounts are occasionally marked as spam and mistakenly taken down: "With 20 hours of video uploaded every minute to YouTube, we count on our ...

YouTube removes original “Rickroll” video due to terms of use violation

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

UPDATE: YouTube has confirmed the removal was a mistake. The Interwebs came together in a collective gasp on Wednesday as it was discovered that YouTube removed the original "Rickroll" video that has clocked up 30 million views to date. For those not familiar with the term "Rickroll" or "Rickrolling", ...

YouTube will kill Internet Explorer 6 support on March 13

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

In January, BlogoFlux reported that Google would begin dropping support for IE 6.  Today, more evidence of that move has been made apparent as YouTube will no longer support IE 6 after March 13th. Ars Technica, whose readers must still use IE 6, has taken a screen ...