Chennai: DMK Treasurer MK Stalin on Saturday launched a website brought out to wish party chief M Karunanidhi on the occasion of his 89th birthday on Sunday. An initiative of DMK's Student Wing, www.wishthalaivar.com was launched by Stalin here, who also registered the first greetings for his father, Student Wing secretary Ela Pugazhenthi said in a statement. Karunanidhi turns 89 on Sunday and will be meeting his party supporters at...
01:23 PM, Jun 02, 2012
Los Angeles: Facebook's website suffered sporadic outages on Thursday (Friday in some time zones), anywhere from half an hour to two hours according to various blogs, tweets and affected users, but the company said the problem has been fixed. "Earlier today, some users briefly experienced issues loading the site. The issues have since been resolved and everyone should now have access to Facebook," company spokesman Michael Kirkland told Reuters. The...
02:43 PM, Jun 01, 2012
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Wednesday dismissed a plea by Facebook India to drop its name from a civil suit filed against certain websites for hosting "objectionable content". The internet company argued that its India office merely provided technical support to the parent company, based in US, and did not host any content. The court, however, said that prima facie there was enough evidence to implicate Facebook in the...
05:05 PM, May 30, 2012
Mumbai: Irrfan's star is on the rise. The actor is enjoying rave reviews and not just from his Bollywood buddies. 'The Amazing Spiderman' director Marc Webb was full of praise for the actor and didn't mind openly talking about his admiration for him. "I think Irrfan is very talented. He has such intensity. I first saw him in 'The Namesake' and then 'In Treatment' and he really bowled me over....
11:45 AM, May 30, 2012
Trenton: An Indian-born former Rutgers University student criticised by a judge for refusing to apologise for using a webcam to spy on his male roommate kissing another man days before the roommate killed himself apologised on Tuesday and said he has accepted responsibility for what he did. Dharun Ravi, 20, also said he will begin serving a 30-day jail term on Thursday even though he doesn't have to. Through a...
09:48 AM, May 30, 2012
New Delhi: Computer security analysts have issued an alert for Internet users and operators against hackers attempting to target websites of "reputed" government and private organisations. Cyber security agencies have also asked Internet users to deploy adequate firewalls and security measures to combat these attacks originating through Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS). "It is observed that some hacker groups are launching distributed denial of service attacks on websites of government...
10:19 AM, May 27, 2012
Monaco: Veteran Michael Schumacher posted the fastest time in an action-packed qualifying session at the Monaco Grand Prix on Saturday, but a grid penalty means that Mark Webber's Red Bull will start Sunday's race in pole position. Webber beat Nico Rosberg's time on his final lap, only for the 43-year-old Schumacher to surpass Webber's effort just moments later in a thrilling finale. But the grid penalty Schumacher incurred at the...
07:18 PM, May 26, 2012
New York: India-born Dharun Ravi, convicted of hate crime for spying on his gay roommate and sentenced to 30 days in jail, could end up spending only 20 days behind bars due to prison regulations in New Jersey that give credit to inmates for good behaviour. Ravi, 20, was to begin his prison term on May 31, after being sentenced earlier this week by Superior Court Judge Glenn Berman to...
03:20 PM, May 25, 2012
San Francisco: Joining the battle to redefine Internet search, Yahoo is taking aim with a new browser enhancement it calls "Axis". It alters browsers made by other companies to display search results in a more convenient and visual format. The troubled Internet company Yahoo Inc. released Axis in Apple's app store late Wednesday. That version will work only on Apple's iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. The software also can be...
07:14 AM, May 25, 2012
New Delhi: While you were busy creating new tunes with the Google doodle version of the Moog Synthesizer on your non-Chrome Web browser a little link below the doodle may have missed your eye. It says "Upgrade to a modern browser and see what this doodle can really do" and leads to a Google Chrome download page that suggests that Google doodles are best experienced on Google Chrome. With the...
04:56 PM, May 23, 2012
Chennai: A software engineer couple in Chennai have been troubleshooting all 'trash' problems. Chennai grapples with over 3,200 tonnes of solid waste everyday and much of it is recyclable. This struck two young software engineers, Sujatha and Jegan, the couple who started Kuppathotti.com in November, 2011. Kuppathotti, when translated in Tamil means a 'trash can'. This eco-friendly initiative also helps some souls to make a quick buck. The process is...
10:20 AM, May 23, 2012
Ew Brunswick: A former Rutgers University student who used a webcam to spy on his gay roommate was sentenced on Monday to just 30 days in jail " a punishment that disappointed some activists but came as a relief to others who feared he would be made a scapegoat for his fellow freshman's suicide. Dharun Ravi, 20, could have gotten 10 years behind bars for his part in a case...
07:50 AM, May 22, 2012
New Delhi: After a long reign at the top of the Web browsers, Microsoft's Internet Explorer is finally making way for a new leader, Google Chrome. Chrome which was launched in 2008, has in a span of a few years posed a serious threat to the dominance of Internet Explorer which Mozilla's open source Firefox, inspite of its loyal following, couldn't. According to the latest statistics released by Web analytics...
11:37 PM, May 21, 2012
New York: Indian student Dharun Ravi was on Monday sentenced to 30 days in jail by a New Jersey judge on hate crime charges for using a webcam to spy on a homosexual roommate who later committed suicide. Judge Glenn Berman pronounced the sentence against the 20-year-old former Rutgers University student for bias intimidation and invasion of privacy charges for the 2010 episode involving his roommate Tyler Clementi. Ravi had...
11:02 PM, May 21, 2012
Detroit/New York: Facebook may only have itself to blame for why General Motors rained on its IPO parade this week. GM announced the decision to drop Facebook paid ads on Tuesday in what was the first highly visible crack in Facebook's strategy and illustrated doubts about its perceived advantage over traditional media. GM's decision followed Facebook officials' failure to convince top marketing executives at the US automaker of the benefits...
02:06 PM, May 18, 2012
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