London: The US military is making a software that will allow it to clandestinely manipulate social websites like Facebook and Twitter to spread propaganda, it was reported here Friday. The Guardian reported that the 'sock puppet' software creates fake online identities to influence internet conversations and then spread pro-US propaganda. A firm based in California has been awarded the contract with US Central Command (Centcom) to develop an "online persona...
01:22 PM, Mar 18, 2011
Vatican City: The Vatican will unveil the latest instalment in its social media transformation next week - a Facebook page dedicated to the upcoming beatification of Pope John Paul II, officials said. The site, which will link to video highlights of John Paul's 27-year papacy, is designed to promote the May 1 beatification. But it may well continue beyond given the global and enduring interest in the late pontiff, Vatican...
10:46 AM, Mar 14, 2011
Bangkok: A Thailand-based news website critical of Myanmar's military government says it has been hacked by unknown attackers who posted fake articles on it. The Irrawaddy website is run by exiled Myanmar journalists. It said on its home page Sunday that it was trying to fix the problem and prevent further attacks. The Irrawaddy's coverage of Myanmar has included exclusive photos of secret military missions to North Korea. It has...
10:42 AM, Mar 14, 2011
New Delhi: Communications Minister Kapil Sibal launched the 'ePost Office' - the e-commerce portal of India Post which will provide postal transaction and tracking facilities to customers online, a statement said. The portal will enable the customers to transact postal business any time and from anywhere using debit or credit cards. "In the changing word, the ways we live are changing. Launch of e-Post is a step in this direction...
01:17 PM, Mar 10, 2011
Chicago: There was a time when LOL - "laughing out loud" - was so simple. If I thought something in a casual online conversation was funny, I typed it. If I wanted to let someone know I was kidding in an e-mail or an instant message, same. I might've even felt a little cool, using inside lingo that, at one time, was exclusive to the online world. (You know I'm...
11:11 AM, Mar 07, 2011
New Delhi: Google is helping people track the missing after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake levelled large parts of Christchurch, New Zealand's second-biggest city. The online tool 'Person Finder: Christchurch Earthquake, February 2011' helps keep track of missing people hit by the earthquake that killed 75. The tool on Google's Appspot service launched soon after the earthquake on February 21 is currently tracking about 8,800 records. The Person Finder for the Christchurch...
05:48 PM, Feb 23, 2011
New Delhi: Facebook is rolling out a new photo viewer to all of its users over the next few weeks. Unlike the older version of the viewer, the user stays on the same page while viewing a photo from his/her wall or elsewhere on Facebook. The images get displayed in a pop-up with a lightbox-like effect. Comments viewing and sharing has also been made easier. According to Facebook, over 100...
10:51 AM, Feb 15, 2011
New Delhi: Blogs with the domain name blogspot.com have been reported as inaccessible by users of certain internet service providers (ISPs) in India. Though other blogs powered by Google's Blogger service, but having their own domain names are accessible. The block seems to be currently limited to only a few ISPs, with many users on other ISPs still being able to access blogspot.com freely. Airtel has denied any blocking on...
05:54 PM, Feb 12, 2011
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05:51 PM, Feb 08, 2011
Srinagar: Hackers owing allegiance to protesters in Kashmir have hacked a website of Sikkim government and posted a message and pictures of the agitators on the page. The hacked website - www.sikkim-culture.gov.in - belongs to the Cultural Affairs and Heritage Department of the Sikkim government, which promotes art and culture of the north-eastern state. The group, which claims to have hacked the website, identified itself as Z-Company and in the...
10:21 AM, Feb 07, 2011
San Francisco: Thirty years after the first Internet addresses were created, the supply of addresses officially ran dry on Thursday. But don't panic. The transition to a new version of addresses is already well under way and, for most people, should occur without even being noticed. At a special ceremony in Miami on Thursday, the organization that oversees the global allocation of Internet addresses distributed the last batch of so-called...
02:32 PM, Feb 04, 2011
London: Google aims to bring the world's great art galleries into the home with a new website that offers virtual tours using Street View technology, the ability to build private collections and ultra-high resolution images. While most big galleries have been busy making their works accessible online for years, experts told a launch at London's Tate Britain gallery on Tuesday that Google's site was looking to take the online art...
10:15 AM, Feb 02, 2011
Houston: Facebook is soon launching a third-party commenting system, that will power the comments on large online publications. This new feature could see Facebook as the engine behind the comments system on many high-profile blogs and other digital publications. The company is actively seeking major media companies and blogs to partner with it for its launch, part of a bigger media industry move spearheading in part by the recent hires...
02:11 PM, Feb 01, 2011
Tehran: Iranians have found their access to major news websites even more restricted than usual as more foreign sites were blocked by a government filter, Reuters witnesses observed on Monday. Yahoo News and Reuters.com, both usually accessible in Iran, were unavailable, joining other long-blocked news sites such as the BBC and social networks Facebook and Twitter as beyond the reach of Iranians using a standard Internet connection. There was no...
11:56 AM, Feb 01, 2011
New Delhi: Whenever we want to know something about something we log on to Wikipedia. Even though the information is not always correct, the online encyclopaedia manages to, more often than not, quench our thirst for knowledge. On Wikipedia's 10th anniversary I dug through Wikipedia and its associated websites to come up with 10 Wikipedia trivia that, chances are, you were not aware of: 1. The most Wikipedia 10th anniversary...
12:29 PM, Jan 15, 2011
New York: Jo Ann Montrose-Eichelberger, 55, never thought she would meet her second husband on an online dating site - especially not one for seniors. The stewardess who lives in California said she signed up "as a joke" in March 2009. She had been divorced for about 18 years and was content being single, but an ad for the site sparked her curiosity. At first she felt uncomfortable about even...
09:47 AM, Jan 15, 2011
London: Wikipedia's impact on the world has yet to peak as the open online encyclopaedia aims to double its reach, mainly through expansion in developing countries, founder Jimmy Wales told Reuters. Wikipedia already has about 400 million users and is in the top 10 most popular websites in the world. It aims to reach a billion through international expansion, starting with India, where it plans its first office outside the...
06:56 AM, Jan 15, 2011
Boston: Thousands of documents, photos and even recorded phone conversations of President John F Kennedy are going online and available to a whole new generation of high-tech armchair historians. The online digital archive of the 35th US president was unveiled on Thursday by the John F Kennedy Library and Museum in Boston. Now, instead of having to travel to Boston, historians and the general public alike will have online access...
05:27 PM, Jan 14, 2011
