Technology

Schoolboy, 13, invents 'Smart Bell' to trick burglars Mon, 06/06/2011 - 17:32 by NeelamGoswami Do you feel your home is safe from burglars when you are away? Yes, as far as you are using ‘Smart Bell’ doorbell. A young boy in the UK has invented a doorbell that he claims can secure the home from intrusion by tricking potential burglars into thinking you're at home, even when you're not. Comments Read more	LulzSec hacks PBS; posts fake 'Tupac still alive' story Mon, 30/05/2011 - 18:17 by NeelamGoswami Online hackers have pirated the US Public Broadcasting Service and created pages along with a fake story claiming that famed dead rapper Tupac Shakur is alive and well and living in New Zealand. Comments Read more	Facebook adopts PhotoDNA to detect child porn Mon, 23/05/2011 - 17:25 by NeelamGoswami Facebook, the world's largest social network, has joined forces with Redmond software giant Microsoft to fight child pornography. Using Microsoft’s image-matching technology, Facebook will stop the online distribution of child rape and pornography images. Comments Read more
China's 'great firewall' creator attacked with shoes, eggs Fri, 20/05/2011 - 18:31 by NeelamGoswami Chinese police are seeking a college student who allegedly threw eggs and his shoes at the computer scientist Fang Binxing, better known as the architect of the country's Great Firewall of web controls. Comments Read more	Now, stay connected on Facebook without internet Thu, 19/05/2011 - 16:41 by NeelamGoswami Want to chat with your friends on Facebook without spending money on internet usage? A Singapore-based software applications developer U2opia Mobile has made it possible to access Facebook on all kind of handsets without connecting to internet. Comments Read more	US Secret Service apologizes for errant FOX News tweet Thu, 19/05/2011 - 13:04 by NeelamGoswami The United States Secret Service has joined Twitter! But just a week after activating its official account on the microblogging site, the government agency has gotten into hot water over an eyebrow-raising tweet. Comments Read more
Woman's Twitter pics of Endeavour launch become Web sensation Wed, 18/05/2011 - 17:28 by NeelamGoswami An iPhone user’s plane ride from New York to Florida brought her instant fame! Stefanie Gordon, who aboard a passenger flight to Palm Beach Monday morning, caused an internet storm recently after snapping photos and a short video of space shuttle Endeavour as it burst through the clouds near her plane. Comments Read more	Name error: Facebook deletes Mark (S.) Zuckerberg's account, restores Fri, 13/05/2011 - 19:05 by NeelamGoswami Sharing a name with world-renowned personality brought great confusion and frustration for an Indianapolis bankruptcy lawyer, whose name is strikingly similar to that of Facebook founder Mark E. Zuckerberg. Comments Read more	Google threatens to shut down Street View service in Switzerland Thu, 12/05/2011 - 18:01 by NeelamGoswami Internet search and tech giant Google is threatening to shut down its Street View mapping service in Switzerland unless the supreme court of that country overturns a ruling requiring the company to guarantee absolute anonymity of faces and cars pictured on Street View imagery. Comments Read more
Facebook in privacy breach; massive user data leaked Wed, 11/05/2011 - 17:12 by NeelamGoswami Millions of Facebook users' personal data have been leaked to advertisers and other third-party internet companies, security experts at Symantec Corp. have warned. Comments Read more	Microsoft acquires Skype for $8.5B in cash Wed, 11/05/2011 - 13:39 by NeelamGoswami In a landmark deal, Microsoft Corp. has acquired internet phone company Skype Technologies SA, reps for both the companies announced Tuesday. Placing its biggest bet yet, the Redmond software giant paid $8.5 billion in cash to buy VoIP provider Skype Global. Comments Read more	Beijing iPad feud: Apple compensates injured customer Tue, 10/05/2011 - 17:34 by NeelamGoswami US high-tech giant Apple Inc. has settled its Beijing iPad brawl out of the court by paying hefty money to a customer who had sustained injuries during a bloody altercation that broke out over the weekend between a foreign Apple employee and the customers lined up to buy the iPad 2 at Beijing's flagship Apple retail store. Comments Read more