Gary McKinnon's mother brands extradition of her son 'disgusting'

" The mother of computer hacker Gary McKinnon has criticised the home secretary's decision to extradite her son to the US as "disgusting". McKinnon, who has Asperger's syndrome, is said to be at serious risk of...

The 40th Anniversary Of The Internet On Thursday, 29 October 2009

Forty Years Ago, On October 29, 1969, A UCLA Team Led By Distinguished Professor Of Computer Science Leonard Kleinrock ( Born June 13, 1934, In New York ; America ) Sent The Very First Message Over The ARPANET, The...

USA - Dell to close their desktop plant in North Carolina by 2010

As a part of their new corporate strategy and expected to cut the computer giants cost by $4 billions, PC giant Dell is closing down its desktop assembly plant in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.When started in...

The cooker computer

"For the kitchen dwellers , the Czech Modders build mini cooker computer. This fantastic invention was made last year. This mini cooker computer comes from a blink of the Czech Modders."

Dual-screen Laptop Spacebook Out By Christmas

The Spacebook, a large, heavier than ususal laptop with two screens, is hitting the markets this winter. The laptop is manufactured by Alaska-based company gScreen, and will likely weigh around 11 pounds (5kg). The laptop will feature either 16- or 17-inch screens, layered on...

Pakistan gives Rs0.5m to youngest IT professional of world

A Pakistani boy who has become the youngest Microsoft Certified Professional, Certified Internet Web Professional, Certified Wireless Network Administrator and the Microsoft Certified Technical Specialist in the world has been given Rs0.5 million by the Pakistan...

Susan Dean, First Woman Convicted of Child Porn in Nevada

Susan Dean, 43, has become the first woman to be charged and convicted federally of possessing internet child pornography in the state of Nevada. She was sentenced yesterday to 10 years in prison and a lifetime of supervised release. It was on November 13, 2005, that the...

Windows Computers Still Under Major Threat from Trojans

Personal computers continue to be vulnerable to Trojan threats with the "Trojan.Clicker.CM" the top infection spreading across the internet in June. The general public are either just not aware of the threat of...

Senior Citizens Request a Senior Friendly Computer

On my travels a few weeks ago I saw my mother, Joyce Spataro and aunt, Elaine Smith. Unprompted by me they started talking about how much they dislike their computers.  My short video raises a lot of...

Broadcast TV Industry In Same Place Newspapers Were 5 Years Ago

Harry Blodget says the traditional broadcast television industry (i.e., cable companies, networks, and broadcasters) is in the same place traditional newspapers were about five years ago:  In denial. Here’s...

Excessive laptop use may fry up your chances of becoming a dad

Exessive use of laptops may impact men's ablity to become dads, the reason being heat generated by the laptops. More details on the above study : " Excessive laptop use may impact men’s ability to become dads, says a new study. “Laptops are becoming increasingly common...

Time Means New Science: Record Amount of Supercomputer

Just not a abstract update but a real fact. The ddepartment of Energy are working out hours for a big machine i.e., A Supercomputer. So Jaguar is the Supercomputer that will lead to Science and Technology growing...

Tech Mahindra wins bid for Satyam

Tech Mahindra on Monday emerged as the new owner of the Satyam Computer Services outbidding other competitors, including Larsen and Toubro. " Satyam's new board of directors, which met here to select the...

Computer Blast KillsTechie: India

It seems strange, how a computure can explode and kill the user.But it is a reality, Vijay kumar died while using the system in his home."A young Software Engineer working with Tata Consultancy Services was killed in a suspected computer blast at his home on Telugu Brahmin ...

‘Ghost’ hackers worm into govt. computers

GhostNet, an international cyber espionage network, hacked into the Government of Bhutan's computer system. Eleven computers belonging to the Foreign Ministry department and one computer of the Labour Ministry have been infected with the virus. "Eleven computers in...

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