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Facebook offers private sharing of web pages through 'Send' button

Tue, 04/26/2011 - 23:51 by Ann Tyler

The latest buzz about The Social Network features the introduction of a new friend just next to the 'Like' button!

Court orders permanent injunction on LimeWire's music sharing service

Wed, 10/27/2010 - 11:55 by Anter Prakash Singh

A U.S. District Court judge has issued a permanent injunction against popular file sharing programme LimeWire. Judge Kimba Wood ordered the managers of LimeWire to stop all functions like searching, uploading, downloading and file sharing.

Homeland Security gets a new tool

Thu, 06/10/2010 - 12:51 by Pankaj Damin

Washington -- U.S. security experts say they've developed a 360-degree surveillance system using image-stitching technology to create detailed edge-to-edge views.

The Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate said the system solves a problem inherent in existing security cameras, in that it presents a detailed clear view despite zooming close to a target.

Called the Imaging System for Immersive Surveillance, the video signal is made from a series of individual cameras stitched into a single, live view -- described as being similar to a high-resolution video quilt.

Tool use in octopuses discovered

Tue, 12/15/2009 - 12:55 by Jaspreet Virk

New York, December 15 -- In an activity never associated with marine invertebrates, scientists from Australia have discovered octopuses carrying coconut shells for shelter, an evidence of tool use in an invertebrate.

Stanley to buy Black & Decker in $4.5B deal

Tue, 11/03/2009 - 11:43 by Jamie Anderson

Connecticut, November 3 -- In what may be termed as a marriage among equals, the two largest U.S. toolmakers, Stanley Works (NYSE: SWK) and Black & Decker Corp (NYSE: BDK), have decided to join hands and get together.