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Google appears to have dropped censorship in China

Sensitive subjects, such as the Tiananmen Square democracy protests, Tibet and regional independence movements could all be accessed through Google's Chinese search engine Tuesday, after the company said it would no longer bind itself by Beijing's...

Can Microsoft employees use iPhones?

At an all-company gathering in a Seattle sports stadium last September, Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer told participating executives that he grew up in Detroit, where his father worked for Ford Motor Co., and that his family alway...


Twitter now lets the world know WHERE you are

A new feature allows Twitter users to display their location, when they are tweeting, via a tracking tool that can be turned on or off.

Mark Zuckerberg

A series of articles by BusinessInsider.com have accused Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg of hacking into the email accounts of rivals and journalists. The articles allege that the CEO of the world's most successful social networking has breached ...


7 Must-have Firefox Add-Ons

The following Firefox add-ons could be considered applications on their own and transform Firefox into a fully functioning application. Some of these are so good, they can even replace standalone applications.

New Face Recognition Application for Android Criticized As "Stalker's Dream"

Recognizr, a new face recognition application for Android mobile phones, has been blasted by security experts as "stalker's dream".


Italian court convicts 3 Google executives in bullying video case

A Milan court convicted three Google Inc. executives for privacy violations Wednesday, because they did not act quickly enough to remove an online video that showed the bullying of a youth with Down's syndrome in 2006.

The World's Largest Military Aircraft Cemetery

Nicknamed "The Boneyard", the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG) US airbase facility in Tucson, Arizona, is the world's largest military aircraft cemetery.


Alleged Chinese hacking schools sponsored by American companies

Investigators looking into cyber attacks on Google and numerous other American companies last year have linked the intrusions with computers at Shanghai's prestigious Jiaotong University and another vocational school in eastern China.

Apple bans 5,000 iPhone applications for sexual content, offers list of new rules

Blogger Jon Atherton at iPhone application developer Chillifresh wrote in a blog post that Apple has banned 5,000 applications with sexual content. One of Chillifresh’s apps "Wobble" also fell victim of this clean-up campaign. On his website, Athe...


Which Malware Should Businesses Worry About This Year?

Internet security company Webroot recently surveyed over 800 IT professionals in the US, UK and Australia to find out what are their biggest concerns are for 2010.

Best of Apple's Innovations

Since its establishment in 1976, Apple has gained a unique reputation in the consumer electronics industry. Besides consumer electronics, the American company manufactures computer software, and commercial servers too. Here are some of the best of...


Tech columnist creates fake alias to sound more "credible"

An investigation, launched by ZDNet.com, has revealed that performance and metrics researcher Devil Mountain Software's chief technical officer does not exist; Craig Barth is an alias only created by a tech writer.

Sony unveils new DSLR-quality interchangeable-lens camera concept at PMA 2010

Sony unveiled a concept model of a compact interchangeable-lens camera with an APS-C sized sensor (24mm x 16mm) at PMA 2010 in Anaheim, California today. The upcoming camera will share the same Alpha branding as the company's DSLR line and will be...


Seven Fun and Free Android Applications

Don't expect all your Android apps to have real functionality. Here are seven applications for your Android phone that are merely cool and interesting:

How to block FarmVille updates and notifications on Facebook

FarmVille, Facebook's most popular game application can really go on your nerves at times by sending out status updates to your friends & receive theirs. Here are a few tricks of how to stop them.


Surprise, surprise: "Windows Safer Than Mac" says chief hacker

The organizer of the Pwn2Own hacking contest claims that Windows 7 is found to be more secure than Snow Leopard, and that Safari will be the first browser to fall victim in the upcoming hacking contest. Not all hackers agree that Windows 7 is more...

Google's New Mobile Shopping Application Enables Users to Search by Voice

Google has launched "Google Shopper," a new application for Android mobile phones that offers various different ways to search for products.


New Google application to translate street signs, posters and other text while on the go

Google has unveiled a prototype of a real-time optical character recognition system at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona that complements the Goggles Android application capable of copying business cards directly into the address book and pro...

Social networking sites tell robbers when you are away from home

Sharing every happening in your life with friends and family on social networking sites is getting more and more popular. However, providing up-to-the-minute updates on websites such as Twitter or Foursquare has also made it a lot easier for users...



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