Wikipedia, Google join anti-piracy bill protest (Lead)
January 18th, 2012 - 11:35 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 18 (IANS) Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, went offline Wednesday, joining a daylong internet strike of over a dozen other websites, including Google, to protest proposed US laws purportedly ... Read more...
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China’s internet users rise to 513 million (Lead)
January 16th, 2012 - 10:33 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Jan 16 (IANS) China's internet users rose to 513 million in December 2011, while the number of Chinese who took to microblogging reached nearly 250 million last year, four ... Read more...
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Katrina tops list of malware-prone celebrity names: Report
November 23rd, 2011 - 6:08 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 23 (IANS) Bollywood actress Katrina Kaif's name has emerged on top among the most dangerous celebrity-related key words in the Indian cyber space that expose computers to ... Read more...
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Internet users don’t like paid ads along with search results
November 16th, 2011 - 7:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) Internet users in India do not like advertisements mixed with search results and found paid links less useful in regard to the information they were ... Read more...
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Pakistan threatens to block Google
September 19th, 2011 - 3:22 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 19 (IANS) Pakistan has threatened to block Google as its administrator was not helping the country's premier investigating agency in nabbing people involved in cyber crime.Interior Minister Rehman ... Read more...
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UK kids with own Internet profile are ‘vulnerable’ to grooming online
April 20th, 2011 - 2:45 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 20 (ANI): A survey has found that nearly half of nine to 12-year-olds in the UK, who have an Internet profile of their own, are "vulnerable" to grooming and stalkers ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Updates on social networking sites worth more than $30m a day
April 13th, 2011 - 7:20 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 13 (ANI): Penn State researchers have claimed that updates on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and other real-time content sites could be worth more than 30 million a day, or nearly ... Read more...
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Forget search engines, try the new ‘answer engines’
February 14th, 2011 - 1:00 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 14 (ANI): Computer wizards have claimed that by using a 'cutting-edge' technology they have created a clever website that gives direct answers to direct questions.According to creators, "trueknowledge.com" site is ... Read more...
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Google accused of breaching Spain’s privacy law
January 17th, 2011 - 7:26 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 17 (IANS) Google will challenge the Spanish authority which has asked the internet search engine giant to remove links of the country's newspapers and official gazettes, accusing it of breaching ... Read more...
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Winter Clearance Sales Tips One Should Know
January 7th, 2011 - 7:51 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Jan 7, (THAINDIAN NEWS) It is wrong to think that Thanksgiving and Black Friday is the only time to make some bargain deals. In fact those events only mark the ... Read more...
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Facebook topples Google as the most visited website in US in 2010
January 1st, 2011 - 11:56 am ICT by ANI
London, Jan 1 (ANI): Facebook has claimed the Internet's top spot from Google as the most visited website in the United States in 2010, according to a new study from online ... Read more...
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Sarah Palin’s e-mail hacker sentenced to 1 year and 1 day in prison
November 13th, 2010 - 12:11 am ICT by BNO News
KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE(BNO NEWS) -- A Former University of Tennessee student has been sentenced to one year and one day in prison for hacking into Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's email, prosecutors said ... Read more...
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MI5 launches recruitment drive for women
November 8th, 2010 - 10:13 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 8 (IANS) British intelligence agency MI5 Monday began a recruitment campaign targeting women after violence in a TV show appeared to be scaring away would-be female recruits, a media report ... Read more...
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Erin Andrews’ Peephole Video Resurfaces
October 25th, 2010 - 2:00 am ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
Oct 24, (THAINDIAN NEWS) ESPN sportscaster Erin Andrews has hogged the limelight once again. The beautiful sportscaster's infamous nude video became an on-line rage last year when an insurance agent ... Read more...
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Erin Andrews Peephole Video Leaked Again On Internet
October 23rd, 2010 - 6:30 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Oct 23, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The American sportscaster of ESPN, Erin Andrews got into a controversy 3 months before after she filed a lawsuit in the Chicago courts against a chain ... Read more...
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Games and Kalmadi dominate cyberspace
October 7th, 2010 - 7:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) It is not just the real world which has its eyes set on the Commonwealth Games, the virtual world is also googling its way to make ... Read more...
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Wake up to harmful effects of Internet on our brains, says top scientist
September 15th, 2010 - 1:40 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep 15 (ANI): Society should be aware of the potentially harmful effects of the Internet on the brain, leading neuroscientist Baroness Susan Greenfield, one of Britain's most prominent female scientists, has ... Read more...
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Google Continues To Rule Internet Search
August 22nd, 2010 - 7:07 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Aug 22, (THAINDIAN NEWS) There is no denying the fact that despite the emergence of rival search engines uniting Google continues to be the most sought after search engine for ... Read more...
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‘Foreign hackers operate via Chinese internet links’
August 6th, 2010 - 4:45 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 6 (IANS) China is not home to the global nexus of computer hackers and many attackers based in foreign countries use the Chinese internet network to target their preys worldwide, ... Read more...
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Overseas hackers using Chinese IPs to launch cyber attacks: Experts
August 6th, 2010 - 1:29 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug.6 (ANI): China is not home to malicious hackers, as many of the web-related attacks in the country originate from overseas, according to analysts."It is very complicated to locate an ... Read more...
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Young people give Google search results more credibility than needed
July 27th, 2010 - 5:50 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 27 (ANI): Youngsters trust Google so much that they don't think twice before clicking on websites that turn up at the top of their search to complete their projects, ... Read more...
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Google cuts ties with Chinese advertisers
July 27th, 2010 - 4:29 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, July 27 (IANS) Google Inc has cut commercial ties with two of its Chinese advertising agents, raising concerns that the internet giant's recent standoff with the government may scare away more ... Read more...
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Seeking medical advice online can lead you astray
July 20th, 2010 - 5:30 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 20 (ANI): If you are among those who look for medical symptoms online for every problem, then beware, for at least 20 percent of the time your search will lead ... Read more...
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Google denies agreeing to China’s demand for self-censorship
July 2nd, 2010 - 5:25 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, July 2 (ANI): Software search engine giant Google has rubbished reports that it has approached the Chinese government with a proposal for self-censorship, saying it would never consider it.Obert Boorstin, ... Read more...
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Proposal For Internet Kill Switch Alarms Many
June 28th, 2010 - 8:19 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
June 28, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): The president of The United States, Barrack Obama, can actually make use of the so called ‘Internet kill switch’ in times of emergency.This ... Read more...
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Pak puts Google, Yahoo, MSN under observation for blasphemous content
June 26th, 2010 - 1:15 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, June 26 (ANI): Pakistan has put sites such as Google, Yahoo, MSN, Hot Mail and You Tube under observation for displaying blasphemous content besides banning 17 other websites deemed offensive to ... Read more...
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Lieberman’s ‘Internet Kill Switch’ Gives US President Power to Shut Down Internet!
June 18th, 2010 - 11:25 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
June 18 (THAINDIAN NEWS) In a report from CNET the news is spreading of a newly proposed Senate bill which would give the President of the United States the power and ... Read more...
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China issues white paper on internet policy
June 8th, 2010 - 6:21 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, June 8 (IANS) China Tuesday published a white paper on its internet policy, stressing its commitment to freedom of speech on the internet.
The white paper, released by the State Council Information ... Read more...
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57pc Americans google themselves regularly
May 30th, 2010 - 11:55 am ICT by ANI
Washington, May 30 (ANI): As Internet users grow by millions everyday, so does the importance of one's online identity - a fact proven by numbers - 57 percent American adults google themselves ... Read more...
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Amy Mickelson Had An Extramarital Affair With Michael Jordan?
April 12th, 2010 - 7:34 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Apr 12, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Reports have surfaced claiming Amy Mickelson, wife of golfer Phil Mickelson, had an extramarital affair with basketball icon Michael Jordan. Amy Mickelson has been married to ... Read more...
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Spokeo.com Services Under Scanner
April 7th, 2010 - 10:58 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Apr 7, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The services of the site Spokeo have created widespread controversy among the web users in recent times. The site is not very old nor are many ... Read more...
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Can China live without Google?
March 23rd, 2010 - 6:28 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, Mar 23(ANI): Google's decision to withdraw from China showcases a war between the biggest search engine company and the biggest Internet market in the world, and questions are being raised in ... Read more...
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Dhaka seeks easier browsing in Bengali on the Internet
February 22nd, 2010 - 12:42 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Feb 22 (IANS) Bangladesh has filed an application with the global internet body to facilitate easier browsing on the net in Bengali.
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina filed the formal ... Read more...
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Danica Patrick’s NASCAR Debut Eagerly Awaited
February 11th, 2010 - 8:28 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Feb 11, (THAINDIAN NEWS) A lot of people are eagerly waiting for the NASCAR debut of the IndyCar star, Danica Patrick. She has come into the limelight of late owing ... Read more...
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Cyber conmen take advantage of Apple iPad craze
February 1st, 2010 - 3:15 pm ICT by ANI
London, February 1 (ANI): Cyber conmen have been pouncing on the opportunity to steal netizens' personal and valuable information by twisting the craze surrounding the recent launch of Apple's iPad in their ... Read more...
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