As many as 6,000 Indiabased websites, including those of corporate companies, were defaced by hackers to kill their customers’ confidence in 2009. This was revealed during a daylong seminar on `Digital Technology In Crime Investigation’ organised by the Crime Investigation Department (CID). Similarly, 14 lakh Indian computers were affected by Botent, a syndicated way of [...]
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DAVOS – The world’s elite all agree that the Facebook IPO will be the most important world event since the invention of fire! The world’s elite leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos said that the upcoming Facebook IPO could potential heal ALL the world’s economic and social problems. “To me, this event [...]
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Google Inc. has bought another 188 U.S. patents and 29 patent applications from IBM Corp., IBM confirmed on Wednesday. Google has been buying patents from IBM and others over the past year to bolster its defenses against lawsuits over its Android smartphone software. It’s used by a variety of manufacturers in phones that compete with [...]
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AllThingsD reported late yesterday that PayPal president Scott Thompson will likely be named CEO of Yahoo. So far there has been no independent confirmation of this. AllThingD’s Kara Swisher said that a formal announcement could come as early as this morning. Assuming the accuracy of the report Yahoo is choosing a leader with a deeper [...]
Add to orkutFacebook is making it easier for people who express suicidal thoughts on the social networking site to get help. A program launching on Tuesday enables users to instantly connect with a crisis counselor through Facebook’s ‘chat’ messaging system. The service is the latest tool from Facebook aimed at improving safety on its site, which has [...]
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San Francisco: Google is rolling out a feature that lets members of its online social network automatically find themselves in photos posted by friends. The “Find My Face” feature being added to Google over the next several days is opt-in only, meaning people have to make a point to turn it on. By leaving it [...]
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Beijing: Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates says he is in discussions with China to jointly develop a new kind of nuclear reactor. During a talk at China’s Ministry of Science & Technology on Wednesday, the billionaire said: “The idea is to be very low cost, very safe and generate very little waste.” Gates backs Washington-based [...]
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New Delhi: Social networking site Facebook has hired Ankur Dahiya, a student of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi. Twenty one-year-old Ankur, who belongs to Rohtak, will have a package of Rs. 65 lakh. This is the first time that Facebook has hired someone from IIT-Delhi. Ankur’s family is elated. “Since the time I [...]
Add to orkutYouTube received a more polished design yesterday that focuses the user’s attention on the channels he/she follows and adds a video feed that reminds slightly of a twitter feed. The new homepage consists of a predominating gray background, bigger video thumbnails and a cleaner video watch page. The redesign comes with a fresh homepage that [...]
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Tokyo: Toyota’s president unveiled a futuristic concept car resembling a giant smartphone to demonstrate how Japan’s top automaker is trying to take the lead in technology at the upcoming Tokyo auto show. Toyota Motor Corp. will also be showing an electric vehicle, set for launch next year, and a tiny version of the hit Prius [...]
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