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Google will not build or use alternate tools to track web browsing traffic once it begins phasing out existing technology from its Chrome browser next year.

Google won't use other web tracking tools after phasing out cookies

Privacy activists for years have criticized tech companies including Google for using cookies to gather web browsing records across websites they don't own

The app is in beta testing for select Android users, the company said in a tweet.

Twitter to launch Clubhouse-like feature in Android devices

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Microsoft says Chinese hackers are exploiting mail server vulnerabilities.

Microsoft says Chinese hackers are exploiting mail server vulnerabilities

Ishan Patra Hackers used flaws in the software to gain access to email accounts via on-premise Exchange servers. Further, they used them to install additional malware to facilitate long-term access at victim’s environments, Microsoft said.

Scientists build fastest laser-powered random number generator.

Scientists build fastest laser-powered random number generator

Aditya Saroha Random numbers are widely used for information security, cryptography, and quantum stimulations.

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WhatsApp’s new policy being examined: government

Staff Reporter Delhi HC seeks report in 3 weeks

Reliance Jio has submitted an earnest money deposit (EMD) of ₹10,000 crore

Low-key bidding likely at spectrum auctions on March 1

Yuthika Bhargava Bands valued at ₹3.92 lakh cr at stake; 5G airwaves not on sale

Paper cubes with Popular social media services icons, including Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, Twitter

New social media rules may raise compliance cost, make competition tough for smaller cos: Indian executives

PTI Significant social media intermediaries will have to follow additional due diligence, including the appointment of a chief compliance officer, nodal contact person and resident grievance officer - with all three officials residing in India

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interview Biohacking health with Deepak Chopra

Sunalini Mathew Fitbit has tied up with the doctor-author-speaker on integrative medicine, and how to embrace bio-regulation in the age of wearable tech

The Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro

Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro review: worth the ₹18k price tag?

Divya Kala Bhavani The Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro come with Intelligent ANC. But is it worth the buying power?

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Hyundai unveils new concept ultimate mobility vehicle, TIGER. | Picture by special arrangement.

Watch | Hyundai’s concept vehicle ‘TIGER’ can walk on four legs

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Silicon technology to enable clearest X-ray view of violent space

Yahoo! to close all its offices for a week: Report

Britney beats Obama as most searched online celebrity

Google and the belief in abundance

Intel unveils next generation of Atom processors for netbooks

The year when Twitter came of age

Doing research with open source tools

This edition of Netspeak features a few open source tools that facilitate the research process with special reference to the free statistical software

Women spend more time on online games

A new study has shown that women spend more time playing online games than men. Dmitri Williams, assistant professor at the USC Annenberg School for

Redefining social networking for businesses

Blog, tweet, update Facebook status -- that is the message the Australian government is sending out to its bureaucrats as part of its efforts to break

Facebook faces ire over its new privacy settings

Facebook has essentially a three-level approach to privacy: friends, friends of friends and public. Its mantra has been: "control everything you share."

Twitter briefly blocked by hackers

Hackers briefly blocked access to the popular Internet messaging service Twitter, steering traffic to another Web site where a group reportedly

Beyond simple messaging

Daniel Crenna makes an otherwise long journey easy by beginning ‘Professional Twitter Development with Examples in .NET 3.5’ (www.wileyindia.com) with

Portability over the web

These are times when there are continual demands for new states. In contrast, the Web is a stateless environment, as you may be aware. In a typical

Want privacy on Facebook? Here is how to get some

Over the past week, Facebook has been nudging its users - first gently, then firmly - to review and update their privacy settings. You may have

BI, the next wave in the BFSI sector

Both BI and DWH on the Open Source software are set to grow, says N. K. Subramaniyam, Executive Director, Operations and Technology, Saksoft Ltd,

‘Rahul, Katrina ruled cyberworld in 2009’

The young ruled in the Indian cyberspace in 2009 with Rahul Gandhi emerging as the most popular politician and Bollywood star Katrina Kaif the most

Virtually yours

A certain Mr. Gutenberg may be turning in his grave because of it. Many conventional book lovers would rather be caught dead than use this devil. The

A TV that can be controlled by waving arms in air

Believe it or not, now you could be able to control your television by waving arms in the air. An Indian-origin scientist, Ramesh Raskar, and his team

Susan Boyle the most watched on YouTube in 2009

Forty-eight-year-old Susan Boyle may have been runner up at this year's "Britain's Got Talent" tv reality competition show but she is the undisputed queen of YouTube hits in the list released by the video-sharing company.

Spoiled wine can produce energy: Scientists

A bottle of spoiled wine could help cut your power bills, as American and Indian scientists have come up with a new technology that generates

Experts turn to ‘Twitter’ for real-time quake reports

U.S. seismologists have found a new way to ‘follow’ earthquakes around the world in real-time: Twitter — the popular micro-blogging service that

Indian film, TV industry threatened by online piracy: report

India is among the top ten countries in the world with the highest number of online piracy cases which pose a big threat to the country’s film and

British teenager finds father on Facebook

Believe it or not, a British teenager is said to have found her father she had never met — on popular social networking site Facebook. According to

COAI warns mobile users of unauthorised embedding of IMEI

GSM operators lobby Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) on Monday said it has stopped its IMEI number embedding programme and advised

Atom smasher ramps up collisions before year end

Geneva: The world’s largest atom smasher produced 50,000 proton collisions at the highest energy level ever recorded, the operators said today. The

Infosys launches Flypp mobile application platform

Infosys Technologies Ltd today announced the launch of Flypp, an application platform, which it said, would empower mobile service providers to

Eco-friendly plasma technology to revolutionise textile Industry

An indigenously developed, eco-friendly plasma technology, that can be used for modifying the surface characteristics of a fibre or fabric without

Tiger Woods scandal an online sellout

It's a business worth millions of dollars that some internet entrepreneurs are eyeing by sale of websites dedicated to the Tiger Woods scandal, even

'Teens opt employers not averse to social networking'

Online social networks have become ’a way of life’ for today’s teenagers as majority of them consider the freedom to use websites such as Twitter and

3G will boost mobile learning platform

With 3G mobile services expected to take off in the country soon, mobile learning or m-learning, is set to become a game-changing platform for

Chrome: The new colour of OS

There is a new kid in the Operating System (OS) block. The source code of Chromium OS, the open source project behind Google Chrome OS, was released a

Motorola introduces advanced Bluetooth technology in Indonesia

U.S-based mobile telecommunication producer , Motorola, introduced its latest Bluetooth gadget embedded with its brand new bone conduction technology

Internet access soars in Brazil

Access to the Internet in Brazil had grown 75.3 percent from 2005 to 2008, involving about 56 million people aged 10 or older, statistics show. This

Robotic hand facilitates rhythmic surgery on beating heart

A computerised 3D model will facilitate heart surgery in synchrony with its beats, thanks to a novel robotic hand. The robotic technology predicts the

How videogames took over the world

Last month (November), perfectly timed for the start of the Christmas shopping season, London’s Leicester Square hosted a red carpet premiere. In

Internet bus to criss cross eight towns in Kerala

Google’s “Internet Bus” will crisscross Kerala covering eight towns in the next 25 days providing online experience to the people of the state. The

Germany plans Internet virus phonecall alerts

German officials are planning to step up the fight against online viruses by phoning Internet users to warn them their computers are infected, an

New platinum compound shows promise in killing tumour cells

Scientists from Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a platinum compound that is said to be as powerful as anticancer drug cisplatin

Scientists come up with formula for instant battery

Dip a piece of paper into ink infused with carbon nanotubes and silver nanowires, it morphs into a real battery. Crumple the piece of paper and it

Dell launches laptop for small and medium businesses

Personal Computer maker Dell today launched its new laptop ‘Vostro V13’ aimed at small and medium businesses and priced at Rs 28,500 onward. “The

Google search adds Twitter-Facebook-MySpace feeds

Google has began adding real time results to its Internet search engine, channelling feeds from Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and other fresh content

Canada offers green technology to clean Yamuna

Canada has offered eco-friendly technologies to clean and conserve the holy Yamuna river in Delhi, that provides drinking water to about 57 million

Facebook forms advisory board for online safety issues

Social networking site Facebook has formed an advisory board comprising five internet safety organisations for consultations on online safety issues.

A computer programme that helps users write by ‘thinking’

In a discovery that could provide a new form of communication to millions of people suffering from paralysis or neurological diseases, American

To Copenhagen With Hope

There is overwhelming global pressure on the world's leaders, who gather in Copenhagen, to act on climate change. A selection of pictures from around the world. All photos: AP

Earthquake prediction model developed

In a breakthrough, American scientists have developed an earthquake prediction model which will provide a reasonable estimate of the magnitude and

First science satellite to be launched next year: ISRO

India’s first science satellite Astrosat is all set to be launched next year, the former chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation, Madhavan

Online CAT fiasco turns the focus back on virus

The Common Admission Test (CAT) for admission to business schools went online for the first time this year. However, the experiment had a faulty