 Cyber laws must punish individuals not society: specialist Laws regulating cybercrimes must target individuals and not society as a whole, an IT specialist told an Internet governance forum at the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on Tuesday. Gisele Da... November 17, 2009 06:53 PM Internet Google image search gets a 'swirl' Google Labs on Tuesday brought more focus to finding pictures online, adding a "Swirl" tool that automatically groups similar images into categories presented on results pages. "What Image Swirl... November 17, 2009 06:36 PM Internet EU shuts down ringtone scam sites targeting youngsters European nations have closed down over 50 Internet websites after a crackdown on mobile phone ringtone scams often targeting youngsters. In an 18-month "consumer crackdown" 300 websites were... November 17, 2009 05:27 PM Internet Bing gains search market share, nears 10 percent Microsoft's new Internet search engine Bing increased its share of the US search market in October, edging up half-a-point to nearly 10 percent, online tracking firm comScore said Tuesday. It was... November 17, 2009 04:34 PM Internet Technology failing disabled net surfers: forum Technology should be harnessed better to give the world's estimated 650 million disabled people improved access to the Internet, experts said here on Tuesday. [...] November 17, 2009 04:16 PM Internet China's Internet users hail Obama's Web show Chinese Internet users have hailed the webcast town hall meeting held by Barack Obama, expressing hopes the US president can help them convince authorities to tear down the "Great Firewall of... November 17, 2009 03:55 PM Internet YouTube to connect 'citizen journalists' with media outlets YouTube launched a free tool on Tuesday that allows news organizations to highlight newsworthy video footage from "citizen journalists" on their websites. The Huffington Post, National Public... November 17, 2009 02:41 PM Internet Internet access 'can be matter of life and death' The inability to access to the Internet in one's own language can be life-threatening, a forum at the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh heard on Tuesday. [...] November 17, 2009 12:47 PM Internet British town to offer free wi-fi to all residents Swindon has become the first place in Britain to offer free wireless Internet access to all its 186,000 residents, in what is thought to be the first such scheme, officials said on Tuesday. [...] November 17, 2009 12:37 PM Internet Microsoft violated Chinese company's rights: court A Chinese court has found Microsoft Corp. infringed a Chinese company's intellectual property rights by including certain fonts in its operating systems, according to a court judgement. [...] November 17, 2009 05:55 AM Internet Microsoft co-founder diagnosed with cancer Billionaire Paul Allen, who founded US software giant Microsoft with Bill Gates in 1975, has been diagnosed with cancer, technology blogs have reported. Allen, 56, one of the wealthiest men in the... November 17, 2009 05:54 AM Internet Microsoft co-founder diagnosed with cancer Billionaire Paul Allen, who founded US software giant Microsoft with Bill Gates in 1975, has been diagnosed with cancer, technology blogs have reported. [...] November 17, 2009 05:48 AM Internet One-fourth of teen drivers text behind the wheel One-fourth of US teenagers aged 16 and 17 have sent text messages while driving and over 40 percent have had a cellphone conversation while behind the wheel, according to a study published on... November 16, 2009 09:42 PM Internet 'Unfriend' is New Oxford American word of the year The New Oxford American Dictionary named "unfriend" -- as in deleting someone as a friend on a social network such as Facebook -- its word of the year on Monday. [...] November 16, 2009 09:09 PM Internet Semiconductor revenue to fall 11 percent: Gartner Worldwide semiconductor revenue is expected to decline by more than 11 percent in 2009 over last year, less than previously forecast, market research firm Gartner said Monday. [...] November 16, 2009 08:18 PM Internet Univision coming to YouTube YouTube and Univision announced an agreement on Monday to bring short- and long-form programming from the Spanish-language broadcast network to the video-sharing site. YouTube said shows from... November 16, 2009 07:42 PM Internet Internet inches closer to 'internationalisation' The first applications were accepted on Monday for internationalised domain names (IDNs), in one of the most significant steps to making the Internet more accessible around the globe. [...] November 16, 2009 06:17 PM Internet Oldest US newspaper for gays and lesbians shutting down Washington Blade, the oldest newspaper in the United States for gays and lesbians, said Monday it was shutting down. [...] November 16, 2009 04:33 PM Internet Samsung, Acer team up with AT&T on netbooks South Korea's Samsung and Taiwan's Acer are teaming up with US telecom giant AT&T to introduce low-priced netbook computers for the holiday shopping season. [...] November 16, 2009 04:05 PM Internet In China, Obama says sites like Twitter should be open US President Barack Obama Monday admitted in China that he had never used Twitter but said sites like the micro-blogging network should be available everywhere, even though his hosts restrict its... November 16, 2009 04:04 PM Internet |
