 China defence website gets 2 mln hack attacks: report The website of China's defence ministry has been hacked more than two million times since it was launched three months ago, state media said on Wednesday. [...] November 18, 2009 07:08 AM Internet NASA, Microsoft take Web surfers to Mars NASA and Microsoft launched an interactive website that allows Web surfers to become Mars explorers. The "Be a Martian" website invites members of the public to help scientists perform such... November 18, 2009 03:45 AM Internet Telecom giants converge at Asia's top mobile show Manoj Kohli, the CEO of Bharti Airtel, attends the Mobile Asia Congress, the Asian segment of the world's premier telecom event held in Barcelona every year, in Hong Kong, on November 18.... November 18, 2009 03:05 AM Internet Web security company warns of 'cyber arms race' Warning of a "cyber arms race," a leading Web security firm said that China, France, Israel, Russia and the United States were among countries that have developed "cyber weapons." "McAfee began to... November 18, 2009 02:37 AM Internet 'Dozens' of layoffs at Associated Press: Guild The US news agency the Associated Press (AP) laid off dozens of employees on Tuesday as part of a plan to reduce its global payroll by 10 percent this year, a union statement said. The News Media... November 17, 2009 10:53 PM Internet Web security company warns of 'cyber arms race' Warning of a "cyber arms race," top Web security firm McAfee Inc. said Tuesday that China, France, Israel, Russia and the United States have developed "cyber weapons." "McAfee began to warn of the... November 17, 2009 09:49 PM Internet Microsoft 'cloud' service Azure to launch January 1 US software giant Microsoft announced Tuesday that its Internet-based cloud computing service Windows Azure will launch on January 1. [...] November 17, 2009 09:48 PM Internet 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 |
