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An Italian court has convicted three Google Inc. executives on Wednesday for being criminally responsible for a video showing an autistic teenager being bullied. Though they can appeal against the verdict, the case highlights the broader problem related to Internet freedom. Google has responded strongly to the verdict saying that if the verdict stands, ‘The web as we know will cease to exist’. It [...]

Image via CrunchBase Intel has recently confirmed that it was a victim of the recent ultra-sophisticated cyber attacks. Though Intel has refused to comment on the possible connection of these attacks being linked with Operation Aurora which targeted Google, the timing of the two attacks is astonishingly similar. It’s hard for me to believe that it’s a mere coincidence that both these companies [...]

Image by Getty Images via Daylife Apple has announced the availability of an updated iPhone SDK 3.2 which would enable developers to write applications for the iPad. The latest update is the 3rd beta version of the SDK. The release of Beta 3 has been quite dramatic to say the least – First, Apple made the Beta 3 available, then shortly after the release, it decided to pull the release back. [...]

Image by d’n’c via Flickr As per a report from Wall Street Journal, Google is all set to resume talks with Chinese government officials to get more clarity on the future of its business in China. The earlier round of talks had ended on a rather ugly note with Google threatening to shut shop and close all its operations in China. All along, Google has strongly objected to censoring [...]

Image by nDevilTV via Flickr Has Jonathon Ross spilled the beans on Project Natal? While Microsoft just mentioned that Project Natal would be ‘out in time for the holidays’, Ross decided to tweet about it publicly mentioning that Project Natal would be coming out in October this year. So, why should Mr. Ross be believed – Well, for a start, below is a video showing him playing Project [...]

Image by Getty Images via Daylife Google has been publicly blasted by users as well as industry analysts for privacy invasion on Google Buzz. The results get even scarier if you are a parent who wants to control and monitor your child’s activity on social networks on the internet. Any Gmail contacts of your kid become followers by default and that’s not a good thing to happen. The status [...]

Image via CrunchBase DST (Digital Sky Technologies), the company owned by Russian billionaire Yuri Milner has outlined its plans for the next 5 years and it’s hardly surprising that the company plans to put in a billion dollars to further tap the potential of social media. Clearly, the phenomenal success of DST’s 2 major social media investments – Facebook and Zynga will pave the path [...]

Novatal Wireless Intelligent Mobile Hotspot is a cool multi-purpose device – It allows up to 5 802.11bg appliances to share a single wireless 3G connection and it doubles up as a conventional 3G dongle via a USB interface which can be wired to your PC. With an in-built 2GB microSD card, it serves wonderfully well as a NAS drive as well. As far as looks and ease of use are concerned, the Novatel Wireless [...]

The Hannspree ST221MBB is a fully functional 22″ LCD TV at a very impressive price. It has a contrast ratio of 6000:1 which gives makes your TV experience – a complete visual treat. It runs on the TFT active matrix technology and offers a resolution of 1680 x 1050. What’s more – the Hannspree ST221MBB displays all Freeview channels available in your area. It has an HDMI port which can be [...]

Image by José Goulão via Flickr Some time back, Operation Aurora – the most ultra sophisticated hack attack ever was uncovered and the blame game between Google and the Chinese Government followed. While the spotlight shifted to the political picture, the scary part is that these attacks were far more brutal than what Google and others assessed. NetWitness – a computer security company [...]