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Terrorists could use Internet to launch Nuclear Attack
Written on 26 Jul, 2009 at 21:06 in Featured, Technology | viewed 1,937 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
According to research, terrorists groups could soon use the internet to help set off a devastating nuclear attack. This may be an easier alternative for terrorist groups than building or acquiring a nuclear weapon or dirty bomb themselves. Cyber-terrorists could provoke a nuclear launch by spoofing early warning and identification systems or by degrading communications networks. Full Story : Technology.am….
Internet hurts family time, study says
Written on 24 Jun, 2009 at 16:25 in Featured, Technology | viewed 211 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
A new study has found the time per week that families interact as a group has fallen by nearly a third between 2005 and 2008. In a new survey from the Center for the Digital Future, researchers found that in 2008, 28% of people said that being wired has resulted in them spending less time with family members, a threefold increase from the 11% reported just two years ago, in 2006. In 2005, the survey found that the amount of time family members spent together averaged about 26 hours a month. Full Story : Freep.com….
Consumers Favor Internet Over Cell Phone and Cable TV According to New Study From Pew Research Center
Written on 17 Jun, 2009 at 14:19 in Featured, General | viewed 267 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Americans value broadband more than ever with home broadband adoption rates up 15 percent in 2009 and consumers favoring Internet over cell phone and cable TV, according to new research from the Pew Internet & American Life Project. The new research shows 63 percent of adult Americans surveyed now have broadband Internet connections at home. The growth in broadband adoption indicates that the economic recession has had little effect on decisions about whether to buy or keep a home high-speed Internet connection. Full Story : PRNewswire.com….
MiFi Will Change Everything You Know
Written on 4 Jun, 2009 at 12:09 in Featured, Technology | viewed 352 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
MiFi is an interesting new invention that gives you a personal modem that will work just about anywhere. That’s right. Your own signal. Novatel MiFi 2200 is available from Verizon or Sprint ($100 with two-year contract, after rebate). It’s a little wisp of a thing, like a triple-thick credit card. It has one power button, one status light and a swappable battery that looks like the one in a cellphone. When you turn on your MiFi and wait 30 seconds, it provides a personal, portable, powerful, password-protected wireless hot spot. The MiFi gets its Internet signal the same way those cellular modems do — in this case, from Verizon’s excellent 3G (high-speed) cellular data network. Full Story : Manolith.com…..
Internet TVs, Other Video Devices To More Than Quadruple By 2013
Written on 2 Jun, 2009 at 15:21 in Featured, Technology | viewed 224 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Worldwide shipments of consumer-electronics devices capable of supporting Internet video are projected to rise by nearly a factor of five from 2009 to 2013, according to research firm iSuppli. The firm forecast that 376.5 million devices supporting Internet video will be shipped annually by 2013, up from 80.5 million in 2008. The devices include televisions, set-top boxes, Blu-ray DVD players, videogame consoles and dedicated video platforms. Full Story : MultiChannel.com….
Twitter Unveils New Premium Accounts
Written on 20 Mar, 2009 at 12:05 in Featured, Technology | viewed 254 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Twitter co-founder and CEO Evan Williams today announced part of the company’s long-awaited business model: Twitter Premium accounts. Premium accounts will come in four tiers: Sparrow, Dove, Owl and Eagle. An Eagle account will get 500 character limit, 1000 extra random followers, 3 celebrity followers of their choice, 5 hours on recommended list each month, Twitter Concierge for Tweeting while user is asleep or busy (and more), auto-spell check, “Fail Whale” tuxedo, custom “Fail Whale” page when service is down for $25/month. Full Story : BBspot.com…..
Google: Internet disconnection a “disproportionate” penalty
Written on 19 Mar, 2009 at 8:50 in Featured, Technology | viewed 260 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Google has waded into the worldwide debate over disconnecting file-sharers after repeated copyright infringement. Google makes clear in its comments that it supports copyright and the ability of rights holders to stop infringement, but it has serious concerns about the process, especially when no judge is involved in disconnection proceedings. Full Story : Arstechnica.com…..
(Continue reading)Facebook launches Arabic version
Written on 11 Mar, 2009 at 12:20 in @ a glance, Technology | viewed 818 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Social networking site Facebook, has officially launched in Arabic. Arabic, spoken by 250 million people – and Hebrew, spoken by 7 million – will now be available from a drop-down menu at the bottom of the homepage. Facebook is now available in 40 languages with more than 60 others in development. Full Story : Guardian….
(Continue reading)Craigslist Sued For Promoting Prostitution
Written on 7 Mar, 2009 at 13:20 in Featured, Really? | viewed 286 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
A complaint filed against Craigslist by the sheriff of Cook County, Ill, says that while the site does not profit directly from prostitution, the popularity of its erotic services ads is the reason Craigslist is the ninth-most-popular Web site in the country and the reason the site can charge up to $75 for job ads. The sheriff is seeking an injunction to prevent further erotic services ads from being posted on the site, and reimbursement for the more than $100,000 in costs incurred policing prostitution-related crime over the past year. Craiglist is a free online classified advertising service.
(Continue reading)ToysRUs pays $5m for toys domain
Written on 6 Mar, 2009 at 11:37 in @ a glance, Technology | viewed 1,128 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Toy retailer ToysRUs has paid $5.1m (£3.6m) for the Toys.com domain name. The domain had previously been up for auction and went to a company called Faculty Lounge for $1.25m. In 2007 $14m is paid for the domain sex.com. Although the current domain market is nowhere as strong as it was during the dot-com heyday, it remains strong and is currently experiencing solid growth again. Full Story : BBC.com
(Continue reading)Facebook targets Twitter with latest makeover
Written on 5 Mar, 2009 at 13:05 in Featured, Technology | viewed 315 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Facebook is changing its homepage design once again. The recent change will have a Twitter like feature added to it. In the new design users will be able to sign up for constant update from public profile pages. The increasingly popular Twitter is a social networking and micro-blogging service that allows its users to send and read other users’ updates (known as tweets), which are text-based posts of up to 140 characters in length.
Saving Canada’s internet
Written on 22 Feb, 2009 at 15:45 in Featured, Technology | viewed 250 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
SaveOurNet.ca is a coalition of citizens, businesses, and public interest groups fighting to protect Internet’s level playing field in Canada. SaveOurNet.ca co-founder Steve Anderson had this to say today, “If traffic growth is slowing, then it is hard to imagine why the ISPs need to suddenly selectively throttle Internet traffic. The fact that ISPs are slowing access to Internet technologies that compete with their own services seems like more than just a coincidence”.
Doodle for Google competition
Written on 3 Feb, 2009 at 15:44 in Technology | viewed 254 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Today, Google announced this year’s U.S. “Doodle 4 Google”. The competition invites all K-12 students in the U.S. to design a Google logo inspired by the timely theme, “What I wish for the world”. The winning student’s doodle will be displayed on the Google homepage on May 21, 2009. The champion “doodler” will also receive a $15,000 college scholarship and a $25,000 technology grant for his/her school. This year’s competition also includes a $10,000 award to recognize the school district with the greatest quality participation.
@ a glance : Google Malware Warnings in Every Result?
Written on 31 Jan, 2009 at 12:55 in @ a glance | viewed 230 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Sometime late Friday/ early Saturday morning, Google flagged the ENTIRE internet as malware. Full Story : G4tv.com…..
(Continue reading)Google’s MLab, fights for Net Neutrality
Written on 29 Jan, 2009 at 17:54 in Technology | viewed 314 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Many ISPs (Internet Service Providers) have a practice of blocking or restricting certain kind of internet traffic for their users. There are many groups fighting for what they called network neutrality. Network neutrality is the principle that Internet users should be in control of what content they view and what applications they use on the Internet. Google is a strong advocate for network neutrality, and as part of its efforts towards network neutrality, it released a open source tool MLab. If you want to know if your ISP blocks or throttles applications you are running, you can diagnose it using this tool.
@ a glance : Access to Gmail available when you’re offline
Written on 29 Jan, 2009 at 12:16 in @ a glance | viewed 274 views times and users have made 1 comment so far
Gmail, the best known, best used and best overall (this may not be entirely without bias) of webmail services is going offline. Kinda. Specifically, Gmail users will now be able to access their inbox from their desktop, without needing to be connected to the internet. Full Story : Shiny Shiny……
Google places more ads
Written on 26 Jan, 2009 at 18:50 in Technology | viewed 207 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Google’s latest attempts look like, the search giant is aiming to make some more money in the slowing economy. It places ads now on previously ad free services like Google image search and Google finance. Google also lifted the restrictions on the kinds of ads that can appear. Alcohol related ads are now permitted in US and gambling related ads are allowed in UK. Google reported annual profits of $6.63 billion on $21.8 billion in revenue,
Google is Shutting down unpopular Applications
Written on 15 Jan, 2009 at 18:06 in Technology | viewed 221 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Google announced plans to end support for a number of Web-based applications. Google Video is also one of the application which won’t be supported by Google any more. Acquisition of Video sharing site YouTube made Google Video some what redundant. There are also other applications like Google Notebook and Catalogue search will stop receiving support because of their low popularity.
@ a glance : Internet Usage Rises in China
Written on 14 Jan, 2009 at 13:34 in @ a glance | viewed 198 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
The number of Internet users in China has reached 298 million, nearly equal to the population of the United States, according to official figures. Full Story : NYTimes…..
(Continue reading)@ a glance : China shuts down 41 websites containing porn
Written on 9 Jan, 2009 at 14:55 in @ a glance | viewed 310 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
The Chinese government blocked 41 websites Friday for containing porn and lewd content as part of a month long campaign to purify the Internet. Full Story : Xinhuanet……
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