Wednesday, January 18, 2012

`Google, FB should be ready to face legal action`

`Google, FB should be ready to face legal action`

`Google, FB should be ready to face legal action`

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Justice Markandey Katju has said that social networking sites like Facebook and Google should be ready to face legal action on failure to remove objectionable content uploaded on them.

Wikipedia editors question site`s blackout

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Can the world live without Wikipedia for a day? The shutdown of one of the Internet`s most-visited sites is not sitting well with some of its volunteer editors.

Frequency of cyberbullying higher in India: Report

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The frequency of cyberbullying of children in India is higher than that in western nations, including the US, with more three out of 10 Indian parents saying their children have been a victim.

Insects watch skies to navigate

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How do insects such as butterflies, locusts and fruit flies navigate thousands of miles so precisely with only the unchanging sky in the foreground? Researchers now have an answer.

Google maps help find predator that existed before dinosaurs

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A fanged reptile that lived about 265 million years ago - before the age of the dinosaurs - has been dug up in southern Brazil by scientists.

Microsoft opens technology centre in Brazil

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Microsoft inaugurated a major technology centre in Brazil`s largest city Sao Paulo Tuesday.

Indians among top contenders in Space Lab contest

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Indian students are among the 60 finalists in a global science competition, `YouTube Space Lab`, and if they win, experiments they have designed will be conducted in space with the help of NASA, ESA and JAXA.

RISAT-1 to be launched anytime from March 15

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Indigenously developed remote sensing satellite RISAT-1, which can take images of the Earth in all weather conditions, would be launched by space agency ISRO anytime from March 15.

10-sec electron dance key step towards quantum PCs

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An international team of researchers have achieved a 100-fold increase in the ability to maintain control over the spins of electrons in a solid material, which is a key step in the development of ultrafast quantum computers.

US, EU join hands to set outer space code

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The US has decided to join the European Union (EU) and other nations to draw up an international code of conduct for outer space activities, said Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Tuesday.

Smartphone addicts haunted by ‘phantom’ vibrations

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Addiction to smartphones literally stresses out users, and many a times they experience "phantom vibrations".

Feeling down about your life? Blame Facebook

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The more people use Facebook, the more they tend to believe that others are much happier, a new study has found.

James Bond getaway car gets new lease on life

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For a former James Bond car, it`s a chance to live twice.

Symantec says hackers stole source code in 2006

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Symantec Corp said a 2006 breach led to the theft of the source code to its flagship Norton security software, reversing its previous position that it had not been hacked.

NASA moon probes renamed as Ebb and Flow

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A pair of unmanned NASA spacecraft that are orbiting the Moon were renamed Ebb and Flow on Wednesday by a middle school class in Montana, the US space agency announced.

Mars rocks fell in Africa last July

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Scientists are confirming a recent and rare invasion from Mars: meteorite chunks from the red planet that fell in Morocco last July.

SpaceX delays February flight to space station

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SpaceX said on Thurday it has postponed its February test flight of the Dragon capsule to the International Space Station, the first-ever bid by a private company to dock at the orbiting lab.

Wikipedia blacks out over anti-piracy bill

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Wikipedia blacked out the English language version of its website Wednesday beginning 10:30 am (IST) to protest anti-piracy legislation under consideration in Congress.
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