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Study Says Search Engines Are Almost More Popular Than E-Mai...

A new study put out by the Pew Internet & American Life Project has revealed that search engines are now almost more popular than e-mail. They found that about 50% of Internet users use search engines on a daily basis, a huge increase [...]

Posted On : Aug, 09 2008 | Comments : 0

Yahoo rejects joint Microsoft, Icahn proposal

Yahoo Inc said on Saturday it has rejected a joint proposal from Microsoft Corp and activist investor Carl Icahn that would have involved Yahoo selling its search business to Microsoft. Yahoo said in a statement that it received the prop [...]

Posted On : Jul, 23 2008 | Comments : 0

Internet coupon usage up by 83% since 2005

Internet coupon usage is way up but consumers still prefer cutting coupons from the Sunday newspaper to cutting and pasting them digitally. A study by Scarborough Research found 11 percent of households obtain coupons via the Internet, a nu [...]

Posted On : Jul, 19 2008 | Comments : 0

Apple Issues Apology About MobileMe Problems

Apple’s Friday launch of MobileMe was not what one could call a perfectly successful event. Numerous users could not login while others, after managing to get past the first bumps, could not get their gadgets to sync properly. Follow [...]

Posted On : Jul, 17 2008 | Comments : 0

Internet Becoming America's Window to Politics

In its newest report, the Pew Internet and American Life Project has revealed that nearly 30 percent American adults used the Internet to read or watch "uncensored" campaign material, whether it be footage of debates or announceme [...]

Posted On : Jun, 16 2008 | Comments : 0

ISP child-porn deal sparks censorship fears

In a first for the United States, three internet service providers (ISPs) have agreed to block access to web sites that show child pornography, however not everyone is welcoming the move, with some groups claiming it raises censorship issue [...]

Posted On : Jun, 12 2008 | Comments : 0

Internet companies to block child porn sites: report

Verizon , Sprint and Time Warner Cable have agreed to block Internet bulletin boards and Web sites nationwide that disseminate child pornography, The New York Times reported on Monday. The move is part of an agreement with New York attorne [...]

Posted On : Jun, 10 2008 | Comments : 0

China Tops US for Internet Population Lead

China has proclaimed itself the world's largest Internet market, with 221 million Internet users, state media reported Thursday. The Ministry of Information Industry (MII) cited statistics from the China Internet Network Information Centr [...]

Posted On : Apr, 25 2008 | Comments : 0

Sector Snap: Major Internet stocks climb after Google report

Major Internet stocks rose Friday, with Google shares soaring after the Web search leader reported better-than-expected first-quarter earnings. Google shares rose $96.69, or 21.1 percent, to $546.23 in afternoon trading. In the past year, [...]

Posted On : Apr, 19 2008 | Comments : 0

Yahoo not opposed to deal with Microsoft

Internet icon Yahoo Inc., under pressure of a three-week deadline from Microsoft to accept its $41 billion buyout bid, said Monday it doesn't oppose a deal with the world's largest software maker but wants a better offer. The statement com [...]

Posted On : Apr, 07 2008 | Comments : 0

Dehli Police To Train Officers On Combating Cyber Crime

With cyber crime emerging as a new area of challenge, Delhi Police on Tuesday launched an exercise to train its officers on ways to detect frauds and crack cases involving internet. A hundred officers of the force will be trained in t [...]

Posted On : Apr, 02 2008 | Comments : 0

Airtel Rolls Out All-In-One Internet Portal airtellive.com

Inia's biggest private broadband and telephone service provider, Airtel Telemedia Services has made announcement about the launching of its all-in-one internet portal “airtellive.com” for its customers. In a declaration, the co [...]

Posted On : Mar, 31 2008 | Comments : 0

"Indiana Jones" trailer runs on widget power

When a second trailer for "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" premieres online this week, it should spread as fast as the first, thanks to a widget. Paramount is counting on the small, portable applications that [...]

Posted On : Mar, 19 2008 | Comments : 0

A Book Exposes Effects Of Hypnotism On The Subconscious Mind

Some few years back it was considered safe to hypnotize a person and make all his/her inner feelings out which he/she cannot let know someone, but this book shows that there are some dangers in hypnotizing a person now because it has effect [...]