Two-thirds of Internet users hit by cyber crime: Norton
September 9, 2010
About two-thirds of Internet users globally and nearly three-quarters of Web surfers in the U.S. have been victims of online crime, according to a study to be released on Wednesday.
The top countries as far as reported victims are China, Brazil and India tied for second, and then the U.S., according to the findings of the study, titled Read more
Twitter tops 145 million registered users
September 5, 2010
Nearly 300,000 apps, current top ten chart revealed
Twitter CEO Evan Williams has revealed that Twitter now has over 145 million users and nearly 300,000 apps.
Williams posted on the Twitter blog this week about the state of Twitter on mobile phones, outlining the top ten apps.
Interestingly, Twitter for Android does not even make the top Read more
World’s Most Dangerous Places to Access Internet
September 2, 2010
Internet security company AVG Technologies has revealed that web surfers in Russia, Turkey, Azerbaijan and Armenia are most likely to face risks while online.
The company’s researchers have prepared a list of virus and malware attacks by country picked up by AVG security software. Data has been collected from nearly 127 Million Read more
Apple iPads A Mobile Electronic Wonder
July 17, 2010
The Apple iPad is much more than a telecommunicaton device. It is, in fact, an eletronic marvel. No wonder the Apple iPads sold more than three million units within a month or so of their official launch in April, 2010. In the United Kingdom alone, the Apple iPads sold one million units. This computer tablet brings Read more
Mac people vs. PC people: Ultimate lab test
July 3, 2010
This computer rivalry has been elevated to a cultural divide on par with Pepsi versus Coke. Apple’s popular commercials have painted the picture in stark terms: There are two types of people, Mac people and PC people. And if the marketing is to be believed, the former is a hip, sport-coat-and-sneakers-?wearing type of guy who uses his computer for video chatting, music Read more
Finland makes broadband access a ‘legal right’
July 2, 2010
Finland has become the first nation in the world to make broadband Internet a legal right, with every citizen guaranteed the right to at least a 1Mbps connection.
Under the new regulation, which came into effect on July 1, all Finnish citizens are guaranteed the right to a 1 mbps (megabits per second) Internet connection, and a 100 mbps connection by Read more
Robots with knives have a lethal strike
May 11, 2010
Science News
Soon, we might finally have robots in our house to do our chores for us. This of course would be awesome, as long as the robot doesn’t cause any unwanted accidents.
It certainly would be nice if the futuristic robots were roaming around your house, chopping up a home cooked meal with a steak knife – but it would suck if it gashed you in the wrong Read more
Google Adds 3D “Earth” View to Google Maps
April 28, 2010
Google on Monday augmented Google Maps with a feature called Earth view that brings the Google Earth software’s 3D perspective to the Web browser.
Earth view is available through the installation of a browser plug-in Google originally issued in 2008. With it, people can see the contours of world–canyons and mountains, most dramatically–using the Read more
Firefox Mobile review
March 30, 2010
We review Firefox Mobile (Fennec) to see whether the mobile browser is as good in smaller form factors as it has been on the desktop.
For some years now the Mozilla Foundation’s Firefox browser has been something of a people’s champion, wresting a huge slice of the market share from the likes of Microsoft and Apple and offering users a stable and Read more
Sex.com auction postponed due to bankruptcy claim
March 19, 2010
The sex.com domain name auction scheduled for Thursday 18 March has been postponed due to an Involuntary Chapter 11 petition, or involuntary bankruptcy, against the current holder of the domain.
The petition, published on the Domain Name Wire website, notes three claimants for a total Read more
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