Top-flight technology more sophisticated than Facebook and Google helped stop David Headley, charged with plotting 26/11 attacks, from carrying out more strikes, according to a top US official.
The US government’s counter-terrorism system is using top-flight technology, President Barack Obama’s Homeland Security and Counter-terrorism adviser John Brennan asserted Sunday on ABC, citing the Headley case.
‘Well, in [...]
Mumbai, Jan 3 (IANS) Director Rajkumar Hirani is flabbergasted by author Chetan Bhagat’s allegation that ‘3 Idiots’ was majorly copied from his bestseller ‘Five Point Someone’ without giving him due credit. Terming it a ‘clear case of defamation’, Hirani says they may take legal action against Bhagat for flouting their contract.
‘It’s a clear case of [...]
Melbourne, Jan 1 (ANI): If you’re glued to Twitter and Facebook you may soon find a job, suggest media experts.
According to consultant Laurel Papworth there were nearly 350million Facebook users across the world, which made the social networking site the best way to find a job. [...]
London, Dec 31 (ANI): While social networking sites like Facebook are keeping people more connected than ever, loneliness is still a problem, especially among young people.
In fact, young people are worried more about loneliness than the elderly, according to a new survey by the Samaritans. [...]
BOB GELDOF’s wildchild daughter PEACHES has caused outrage by posing for a picture holding a gun at her friend’s head and posting it on the internet.
The socialite aimed the replica pistol at her pal A.J. English for a fashion shoot, which also included a shot in which she pointed the prop down his trousers in [...]
New York, Dec 24 (ANI): It is supposed to get people together, but nowadays, social networking site Facebook is increasingly being used as evidence of cheating in divorce cases, a British law firm has found.
According to divorce lawyers, the social networking site is tempting users to cheat on their spouses and flirty messages and wall [...]
London, December 23 (ANI): Singer Lily Allen has revealed the reason she dropped her accounts on Facebook and Twitter, saying she wants to regain her “real life”.
The 24-year old singer, who used to be one of the music world’s most prolific bloggers, said she renounced the popular social networking sites to become a “neo-Luddite”.
“I just [...]
London, December 23 (ANI): Singer Lily Allen has revealed the reason she dropped her accounts on Facebook and Twitter, saying she wants to regain her “real life”.
The 24-year old singer, who used to be one of the music world’s most prolific bloggers, said she renounced the popular social networking sites to become a “neo-Luddite”.
“I just [...]
Wellington, Dec 18 (ANI): Kids as young as seven are searching for sex online, reveal a new Kiwi study.
A list of popular search terms used by teens and children released by anti-virus firm Symantec shows that searches for “porn” and “sex” have become quite common.
Although kids show a lot of interest in YouTube, Facebook [...]
Lahore, Dec 14(ANI): The Lahore High Court (LHC) has issued orders against any possible bid to deport the five Pakistan-origin US nationals detained in Pakistan.
The five US nationals were arrested in Sargodha after an intelligence [...]
San Francisco, Dec 8 (DPA) Google unveiled new features for its signature search tools Monday, including an ability to search by sight, a mobile translator and a real-time search of more than 1 billion new social media pages created every day.
Google executives showed off the upgrades at an annual company event called Searchology.
The search engine [...]
London, December 04 (ANI): A man in the US is so obsessed with Twitter that he updated his page while standing at the altar.
A YouTube video of Dana Hanna’s wedding shows him take out a phone from his suit and enter a post.
The man from Maryland even interrupts the priest and passes a second mobile [...]
Beijing, Nov. 25 (ANI): Chinese Internet users would no longer be able to access Facebook, as the web browser Opera has upgraded its Chinese version closing a loophole that allowed users to access websites banned by the government.
Mobile users of the Opera Mini browser were asked to upgrade to a Chinese version at this [...]
Beijing, Nov. 25 (ANI): Chinese Internet users would no longer be able to access Facebook, as the web browser Opera has upgraded its Chinese version closing a loophole that allowed users to access websites banned by the government.
Mobile users of the Opera Mini browser were asked to upgrade to a Chinese version at this [...]
EVA MENDES is urging fans not to fall for internet impostors posing as her on social networking sites.
The actress is baffled when fans and friends believe they’re really chatting with her on Facebook and Twitter because she’d never put her saucy snaps online like the hoaxers do.
She says, “I’m not anti (against) it but I’m [...]
London, November 22 (ANI): Social networking site Bebo has set up a special onscreen panic button for users to report abuse without delay.
The pressing of the button will alert specially trained officers at the Government’s Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre.
The centre’s chief executive has advocated other sites like Facebook and MySpace to start a [...]
London, Nov 14 (ANI): Grey’s Anatomy actress Kate Walsh has warned fans to be aware of hackers posing as her online, after she came to know that an impostor had duped her neighbour on a fake Facebook page.
Walsh, 42, was left shocked and disturbed after she learned that the impostor had planned a dinner date [...]
Toronto, Oct 31 (ANI): Facebook has won 712 million dollars in damages after a California court ruled against a spammer for trying to get personal information from the users of the social networking website.
The court ordered Sanford Wallace to pay Facebook the money after the [...]
London, Oct 26 (ANI): British economy is wasting time worth 1.38 billion pounds owing to social networking websites such as Twitter, claims a survey.
Over 50 percent of office workers use sites like Twitter and Facebook for personal use during the working day, and admit wasting an average of 40 minutes a week each.
One in [...]
London, Oct 26(ANI): A recent survey done in the UK has revealed that the cost to the economy due to use of social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook by office workers during office hours could be over 1.38 billion pounds per year.
The survey on 1,460 office workers commissioned by Morse, an IT services [...]
London, Oct 13 (ANI): A new survey has revealed that British people feel happy and relaxed only when they are connected to Internet.
The obsession with online social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter is keeping two-thirds of the population hooked to Internet 24 hours a day.
They are busy looking for new lovers or clothes that [...]
London, October 4 (ANI): Jealous Jordan a.k.a. Katie Price has launched a series of abusive rants on Facebook against lover Alex Reid’s former girlfriend.
The glamour girl taunted Marie Thornett on Alex’s Facebook page, calling her a “slag” and a “slut”.
Her tirade was said to have begun after Marie, 29, sent a private email via Facebook [...]
London, Oct 1 (IANS) Troubled singer Amy Winehouse is still sending love notes to her ex-husband via the internet.
The ‘Rehab’ singer whose divorce from Blake Fielder was finalised in August has been reminiscing with her former spouse through social networking website Facebook, reports femalefirst.co.uk.
This is not the first time that 26-year-old actress has used this [...]
London, Oct 1 (ANI): Amy Winehouse has fuelled rumours of a reunion with ex-hubby Blake Fielder-Civil after both went public with love messages on Facebook.
The Sun quoted Winehouse as writing on the social-networking site: “I found a picture of you three boys in our old bathroom – I fink you’ll remember it.
“You’re in [...]
Mumbai, Sep 25 (IANS) A Sushmita Sen impersonator on the social networking site Facebook has started asking for money in her name for charity. After being inundated by anxious queries from friends, the Bollywood actress has clarified that she is not the one asking for money.
‘It’s not a game. For this gentleman or lady, whoever [...]
London, Sept 24 (ANI): Popstar Justin Timberlake has reportedly been roped in to play founder of social networking site Facebook in a new movie.
According to Daily Variety, ‘SexyBack’ singer will be playing the role of Facebook founding president Sean Parker.
Adventureland star Jesse Eisenberg and The Other Boleyn Girl actor Andrew Garfield are likely to join [...]
London, September 22 (ANI): Most people look for their long lost love on the Internet, a new survey has found.
The study found that one out of four people are using social networking sites like Facebook to search a childhood sweetheart.
Search engine Ask Jeeves claims that nine per cent even confessed trying to know details of [...]
London, September 16 (ANI): Baffled parents trying to make sense of words coming out of their teenage children’s mouth have help at hand, for a guide demystifying the slang used by youngsters has been published.
Lucy Tobin, the author of ‘Pimp Your Vocab’, revealed she was hit with the idea of a new dictionary of “teenglish” [...]
London, September 16 (ANI): Facebook has announced that it has crossed a benchmark of 300 million active monthly users from across the world and also started raking in profits ahead of schedule.
Founder of the world’s largest social networking site Mark Zuckerberg said the company had not expected to begin reaping financial benefits until sometime next [...]
London, Sep 12 (ANI): Social networking site Facebook has launched a slimmed-down version of its site for people with slow or poor Internet connections, and it is currently available only in India and the US.
Facebook’s Lite site, which will be faster and simpler because it offers [...]
