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Google to make tablets, Amazon planning iPad-sized Fire?

Get ready for even more tablet options this summer. Google is working with Asian PC makers to produce a Google-branded Android tablet that will be priced at $199 to complete with Amazon's Kindle Fire, according to reports in Taiwan [...]

Posted On : Mar, 30 2012 | Comments : 0

Beware bloggers, Google Panda has been unleashed – Computers...

Google Panda is the latest algorithm released by Google. The main purpose of this algorithm is to discourage the malicious webmasters who are running blogs and websites with poor quality content and the networks that are only created for [...]

Posted On : Mar, 26 2012 | Comments : 0

Virtual University wins Int’l award

ISLAMABAD - The awards committee of the open course ware consortium has selected the Virtual University open course ware site as the 2012 recipient of the outstanding new site award for open course ware excellence. The open course ware co [...]

Posted On : Mar, 21 2012 | Comments : 0

Microsoft unveils prototype universal speech translator soft...

Microsoft has demonstrated prototype software that can translate a user’s words into another language, while maintaining the voice and pitch. For now, all 26 major languages on the Microsoft Speech Platform are supported by what is [...]

Posted On : Mar, 15 2012 | Comments : 0

Yahoo sues Facebook for infringing 10 patents

SAN FRANCISCO - Yahoo Inc. sued Facebook Inc. over 10 patents that include methods and systems for advertising on the Web, opening the first major legal battle among big technology companies in social media. The lawsuit, filed in a San [...]

Posted On : Mar, 14 2012 | Comments : 0

More fear online invasion of privacy

Americans are using online search engines, especially Google, more than ever, but an increasing number worry that the tracking of their online activities is an invasion of privacy, according to a study released last week. The Pew Inter [...]

Posted On : Mar, 12 2012 | Comments : 0

Facebook: DDoS Attack Didn't Cause European Outage

Facebook was intermittently unavailable across parts of Europe Wednesday, and at least one national security warning team said that it was due to a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. "There is an ongoing DDoS attack towards [...]

Posted On : Mar, 09 2012 | Comments : 0

Facebook crash caused by 'technical difficulties'

The social networking site, which has 850million users worldwide, went offline across Europe and Africa. CERT.be, the Belgian government's agency for responding to hacking, claimed the outage was caused by a cyber attack. But Facebook [...]

Posted On : Mar, 08 2012 | Comments : 0

Microsoft showcases cloud software at Hanover IT event

A staff at the Microsoft booth demonstrates how a cloud computing software for airline operations works during the CeBit computer fair in Hanover, Germany on Monday. The biggest fair of its kind opened Tuesday will run up to Mar. 10. Reut [...]

Posted On : Mar, 06 2012 | Comments : 0

Internet muscles in on world's biggest IT fair

HANOVER - Internet players are set to make a big splash at the world's biggest IT fair opening in Germany Monday, likely to widen the event's appeal from a traditional devotion to pure technology. While CeBIT, held in Hanover, [...]

Posted On : Mar, 05 2012 | Comments : 0

Google rolls out new privacy policy, stirs controversy

WASHINGTON: Google rolled out a new privacy policy on Thursday allowing the firm to track users across various services to develop targeted advertising, despite sharp criticism from US and European consumer advocacy groups. Google cont [...]

Posted On : Mar, 03 2012 | Comments : 0

Google privacy settings: How to change them to protect yours...

With Google's new privacy policy in effect, users’ data from 60 separate Google services is now collected in one profile. Does this leave you feeling a bit overexposed? You might want to delete your web browsing history and prev [...]

Posted On : Mar, 02 2012 | Comments : 0

Yahoo Warns Facebook of a Potential Patent Fight

As Yahoo struggles to keep up with younger competitors, the Web portal company is weighing a new tactic: threatening legal action over its patent holdings. Yahoo is seeking to force Facebook into licensing 10 to 20 patents over technol [...]

Posted On : Feb, 29 2012 | Comments : 0

Wikipedia top rated for ‘health’ information

SYDNEY: Wikipedia is the most highly rated website for providing information on mental-health related topics, a study reveals. Researchers from the University of Melbourne assessed a range of online and print material on mental health-rel [...]