300,000 computers with deadly virus to lose internet: FBI
July 8th, 2012 - 7:44 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 8 (IANS) Around 300,000 internet users across the world may lose their internet connections July 9 if their computers have been infected with the deadly "Alureon/DNS Changer ... Read more...
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Computers with deadly virus to lose web link: FBI
July 5th, 2012 - 9:52 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 5 (IANS) Internet users across the world have been warned by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) that if they have the "Alureon/DNS Changer bot" virus ... Read more...
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Pakistan wants website filtering system
March 16th, 2012 - 4:39 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, March 16 (IANS) Pakistan is looking at having a website filtering system, a move that has come in for criticism from bloggers.Information Communication Technology Research and Development Fund has ... Read more...
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China puts French satellite into space
October 8th, 2011 - 3:40 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, Oct 8 (IANS) China Friday successfully put a French telecom satellite into space from its Xichang launch centre.A Long March-III2 carrier rocket, launched from Xichang in southern China, put ... Read more...
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Syria faces total internet blackout
June 3rd, 2011 - 9:55 pm ICT by IANS
Damascuss, June 3 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Internet services across Syria were down since Friday morning and the west Asian nation remained completely offline, the country's state telephone and internet service ... Read more...
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Georgian woman facing 3 years in jail for shutting off internet service
April 11th, 2011 - 8:21 am ICT by ANI
Tbilisi (Georgia), Apr. 11 (ANI): An elderly Georgian woman is facing charges that could lead to three years in prison for allegedly shutting off the internet service in her country and neighbouring ... Read more...
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Lufthansa to relaunch onboard internet service
December 1st, 2010 - 8:52 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Dec 1 (IANS) Lufthansa passengers travelling on transatlantic flights can now gain internet access through the airline's onboard service FlyNet, an airline official said Wednesday."It is an innovation in the interests ... Read more...
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Comcast Internet Connections Fail On The Eve Of Cyber Monday
November 29th, 2010 - 7:07 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
Nov 29, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Last night it became a 'all hell broke loose' kind of situation for the Comcast customers as well as for the company itself. The Internet connections ... Read more...
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Nokia launches N8 smartphone
October 12th, 2010 - 6:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) Mobile handset manufacturer Nokia Tuesday launched the Nokia N8 smartphone with Ovi services which will enable its users to create content, connect to their favourite social networks ... Read more...
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Best Sites To Watch Tv On Computer
October 2nd, 2010 - 6:50 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Oct 2, (THAINDIAN NEWS) With the advent of technology and spread of broadband Internet service more and more people are becoming dependent on the Internet and computer for watching TV ... Read more...
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5,300 British web users shared porn movies online
September 28th, 2010 - 6:38 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 28 (IANS) Over 5,300 people who use the Sky network's internet service in Britain downloaded pornographic films and illegally shared them online.
The personal details - names, addresses and the titles ... Read more...
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China says citizens’ freedom of speech on Internet protected by law
September 26th, 2010 - 5:22 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, Sep 26(ANI): China has said that law protects its citizens' right to freedom of speech on the Internet, and netizens can voice their opinions "in a wide variety of ways on ... Read more...
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Chattanooga offers the fastest Internet Service in the US at 1 Gbps
September 14th, 2010 - 9:59 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Chattanooga, Sep 14 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The city of Chattanooga is offering its residents Internet speed of up to 1 gigabit per second!The city authorities and Alcatel-Lucent partnered to provide what has become ... Read more...
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UAE mobile carrier offers alternative BlackBerry services
August 4th, 2010 - 7:48 pm ICT by IANS
Dubai, Aug 4 (IANS/WAM) A United Arab Emirates mobile carrier Wednesday offered BlackBerry users alternative services to manage the current situation arising after the country's decision to ban key features on the ... Read more...
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Pilot promises telecom upgrade in insurgency-hit northeast
February 2nd, 2010 - 8:19 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Feb 2 (IANS) The central government has decided on a massive plan to upgrade and boost telecommunications facilities in insurgency-hit and border areas in the northeast, a sharp contrast to New ... Read more...
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Blackberry outage on 22nd December
December 23rd, 2009 - 7:24 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington DC, Dec 23 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The second Blackberry outage was reported in December, and this time around the outage was quite long at around 9 hours. It was reported to ... Read more...
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Blackberry outage - Email not working
December 18th, 2009 - 1:05 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Ontario, Dec 17 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Research In Motion Ltd., maker of the BlackBerry phone, said on Thursday that some of its North American customers are experiencing outages with the phone's BIS, or ... Read more...
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Beijing Olympics promises easy Internet access to reporters
July 31st, 2008 - 6:30 pm ICT by IANS
Xinhua
Beijing, July 31 (Xinhua) All journalists covering the Olympic Games in Beijing would enjoy convenient Internet access, a Beijing Olympic Games organising committee official here said. "The reporting on the Games will ... Read more...
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Oz govts no-cost, no-jargon service warns against cyber threat
June 7th, 2008 - 4:34 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, June 7 (ANI): Australian government has launched a no-cost, no-jargon Internet service that alerts computer users to cyber threats.The plain-English Stay Smart Online alerts service has been provided by the ... Read more...
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Philadelphia Wi-Fi Network Hits Snags
November 20th, 2007 - 12:19 am ICT by admin
Alfred Zaccaria was finally going to leave the world of dial-up for high-speed access to the Internet without having to pay a lot more for service.Or so he thought.A 63-year-old landlord in ... Read more...
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