‘Occupy’ is most commonly used English word
November 11th, 2011 - 8:02 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Nov 11 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Global Language Monitor has come out with the commonly used words on the Internet. The compilation is made up of English words which were commonly used ... Read more...
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World Wide Web consortium sets up India office
September 15th, 2011 - 10:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) The World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C) India office was inaugurated by Minister of State for Communications and IT Sachin Pilot Thursday.W3C is engaged in development ... Read more...
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Iran to launch national internet in August
July 5th, 2011 - 6:32 am ICT by IANS
Tehran, July 5 (IANS) Iran is all set to launch the first phase of its national internet in August, a minister said.Minister of Communications and Information Technology Reza Taqipour said ... Read more...
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300 mn Chinese surf internet via mobile phones
June 13th, 2011 - 9:37 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, June 13 (IANS) Around 303 million Chinese people use their mobile phones to surf the internet.This accounted for 66.2 percent of all internet users in the country, Qian Jinqun, ... Read more...
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UK govt. urged to review cyber-stalking laws
May 1st, 2011 - 6:11 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 1 (ANI): A senior British police officer has urged the government to review cyber-stalking laws, and empower police to seize computers used to harass victims online.It is hard to prove ... Read more...
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Russia hit by internet addiction
April 27th, 2011 - 9:59 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, April 27 (IANS) Psychologists in Russia say addiction to the world wide web has begun affecting the teenaged population in the country.This obsession with the internet could be ... Read more...
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Iran announces new Islamic internet
April 16th, 2011 - 8:39 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, April 16 (IANS/AKI) Iran has announced it would launch an Islamic internet to counter the influence of the US-dominated world wide web."Iran will soon create an internet that conforms ... Read more...
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Web founder says Facebook is a trap
November 24th, 2010 - 1:50 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Nov 24 (ANI): Tim Berners-Lee, credited with creating the Web, has warned that social networking sites like Facebook and Linkedln represent one of the several threats to the future of ... Read more...
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Jimmy Kimmel’s Video Is A Different Version Of ‘It’s a Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown’
October 30th, 2010 - 6:36 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
October 30, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): ‘It's a Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown’ aired on ABC last night has set the tune for this years Halloween. The story of Charlie Brown looking ... Read more...
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Australian cops use Facebook to curb stalker
October 20th, 2010 - 12:06 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Oct 20 (IANS) Now the long arm of the law can reach you through the world wide web too. Australian police have shown the way by using Facebook to restrict ... Read more...
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‘Don’t Stop’ Two Years Old - Discloses Lupe Fiasco
October 11th, 2010 - 8:20 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
October 11, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): Rap star Lupe Fiasco has disclosed the ‘Don’t Stop’ by Kanye West isn’t really a new song. Lupe says that it had been created ... Read more...
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After exposing celebs, Perez Hilton to write on fitness
October 9th, 2010 - 4:07 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 9 (ANI): The man who exposed Britney Spears' uncensored private parts, Perez Hilton, has now entered the arena of advising how to keep up the toned body.Perez has come ... Read more...
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Inventor Berners-Lee says Internet disconnection is ‘like being imprisoned’
September 29th, 2010 - 5:00 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept.29 (ANI): The inventor of the World Wide Web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, has said going into forced offline is like being imprisoned."Disconnection from the Internet is a form of imprisonment," The ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Users Face Worst Outage In 4 Years; Facebook Apologizes
September 24th, 2010 - 9:35 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
September 24, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Facebook is perhaps the most popular social networking site on the World Wide Web right now and it is accessed by millions of users every second. On ... Read more...
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Bryan Singer, McG Make Digital Shorts For Warner Bros.
September 24th, 2010 - 9:04 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
September 24, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Bryan Singer and McG are soon going to make a few digital short films for Warner Bros. These two directors have earned a name for themselves after ... Read more...
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Song From Jackie Leaked?
August 6th, 2010 - 10:04 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
August 6, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): The leaked out song of the film Jackie is doing the rounds. The movie stars Puneet Raj Kumar and Bhavana. The song is making waves all ... Read more...
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Internet ‘in the run’ for Nobel Peace Prize
March 11th, 2010 - 1:24 pm ICT by ANI
London, March 11 (ANI): The World Wide Web has been nominated among a record 237 individuals and organisations in the run for this year's Nobel Peace Prize.The nomination for the extraordinary ... Read more...
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Four in five people feel Internet access should be ‘a fundamental right’
March 8th, 2010 - 2:52 pm ICT by ANI
London, March 8 (ANI): Almost four in five people feel that access to the World Wide Web is a fundamental right, according to a survey.The poll for the BBC World Service, which ... Read more...
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Time constraints make older adults turn to net to find love
February 14th, 2010 - 5:21 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, February 14 (ANI): Older adults turn to the Internet to find "The One" largely because of the time constraints in their busy lives, experts have observed.Alicia Cast, the Iowa State University ... Read more...
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‘Color Test’ Indicates CEOs Are Private & Sensitive
February 9th, 2010 - 8:52 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Feb 9, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The availability of multiple aptitude tests in the World Wide Web have helped many people know more about themselves. As per the reports, an online personality ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Google And NSA Team Up For Better Cyber Security
February 5th, 2010 - 9:06 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
Feb 5, (THAINDIAN NEWS) With reports of cyber crimes increasing with every passing day, it was necessary to take some strict measured in cyber policing. In an initial step toward ... Read more...
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Chennai court sent Heum to judicial custody
November 18th, 2009 - 5:52 pm ICT by ANI
Chennai, Nov 18 (ANI): William Heum, a Dutch national, who has been charged for child sex, has been sent to 15 days judicial custody by the Saidpet Magistrate Court here on Wednesday.Disclosing ... Read more...
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Web creator Sir Tim Berners-Lee apologises for the irritating “//” in URLs
October 14th, 2009 - 12:58 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 14 (ANI): Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of the world-wide-web, has finally accepted that he could have created the web without the two backslashes, //, that Internet users often grumbled ... Read more...
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75 pct Malaysians learn bedroom sex secrets from Internet
October 13th, 2009 - 5:28 pm ICT by ANI
Kuala Lumpur, October 13 (ANI): As many as 75 per cent of Malaysians have Internet to thank for providing them information on sex, a new poll suggests.According to the Durex Sexual Wellbeing ... Read more...
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First Gmail now Dell.com down
September 2nd, 2009 - 4:45 am ICT by admin
By Sajal Kayan
For about 2 hours, anxious internet users were deprived of their access to their emails, now online shoppers will have to wait for a while since there is an ... Read more...
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Teens living digital lie by faking age, looks online
July 6th, 2009 - 5:03 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, July 6 (ANI): Teenagers are living a digital lie by faking their age, looks, and lives on the Internet, suggest a new study.According to the study, headed by a skincare products ... Read more...
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McCains daughter says Republican Party not tech savvy
February 20th, 2009 - 4:53 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb.20 (ANI): Arizona Senator and 2008 Republican presidential candidate John McCains daughter Meghan has said that the GOP is not tech savvy, and therefore continues to lag behind the Democrats ... Read more...
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Now, mobile phones that can tell you where your friends are
January 5th, 2009 - 3:11 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 5 (ANI): A team of Scottish scientists has developed mobile phones that can tell you where your friends are or can warn you if it is going to rain.Professor ... Read more...
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Web, Fox News polled Most Trusted News Sources
November 23rd, 2008 - 3:59 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 23 (ANI): The World Wide Web has been named as the most trusted news medium (over TV and print combined) in a new Zogby poll, which also labeled Fox ... Read more...
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Malayalam music now on the web for free
August 6th, 2008 - 5:59 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 6 (IANS) Now, Malayalam music will have its own place on the world wide web(www). In Bangalore Guruji.com Tuesday launched the first Malayalam music search engine in the country. The ... Read more...
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12pc centenarians use Internet
July 31st, 2008 - 5:51 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 31 (ANI): New research has shown that three per cent of 100-year olds have referred to an online encyclopaedia, and that four times that number use the Internet.During ... Read more...
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Incredible India scores more hits
May 12th, 2008 - 5:03 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) With more hits from countries like China, Germany and Japan, the Incredible India website, the country's popular tourism campaign, has moved from the 100,000 rank to 25,000 ... Read more...
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‘Semantic web’ could displace Google, says Berners-Lee
March 13th, 2008 - 4:58 pm ICT by admin
London , Mar 13 (ANI): Google may soon be displaced from its position as the paramount brand on the internet by a 'mega-mash-up' company is able to harness the power of ... Read more...
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