SAN FRANCISCO – Controversial anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks said Tuesday it was fending off a cyberattack after being lambasted for releasing more supposedly confidential US diplomatic cables. “WikiLeaks.org is presently under cyberattack,” the organization said in a terse message on microblogging service Twitter. The message provided a link to a cablegatesearch.net website where digital copies of the political [...]
A man suing for part ownership of Facebook must give lawyers for the social networking company access to every email he has exchanged since 2003, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.
San Francisco— CNN has acquired Zite, an iPad service that learns about readers’ tastes and customizes a digital magazine with stories from hundreds of different websites. CNN, a cable news channel owned by Time Warner Inc., has no plans to change Zite’s format, said K.C. Estenson, general manager of CNN’s digital division. “This is a [...]
New York — Barnes & Noble Inc. said Tuesday it narrowed its net loss in its fiscal first quarter as sales of its Nook e-book reader and e-books helped offset lower physical book sales. The company also sounded a positive note about the holidays, saying that traffic will benefit from the fact that its chief [...]
Smartphone maker Research In Motion (RIM) recently launched three new BlackBerry devices featuring the new BlackBerry 7 Operating System. The BlackBerry Curve 9350, BlackBerry Curve 9360 and BlackBerry Curve 9370 smartphones are the latest additions to the popular Curve series. According to the company, these new models are designed to address a large and important [...]
With the world’s No. 1 PC maker HP abandoning its tablet product, the No. 3 PC maker in the world Lenovo gets serious with its own tablet, taking advantage of the medium to enhance its business solution that includes ThinkPad-branded laptops and desktops.
Ayala-led Globe Telecom Inc. is hopping on the “cloud computing” bandwagon with the release of its latest enterprise services for corporate clients that allow companies to experience new technologies without investing in expensive equipment. Globe said cloud services, offered through its Globe Business unit, are the next phase in communications for business customers whose communication [...]
China’s most popular microblogging site has launched a crackdown on what it says is use of its service to spread false rumors after the Communist Party told Internet companies to tighten control over information.
WASHINGTON – Hurricane Irene is not only huffing and puffing. She’s also tweeting. A Twitter account with the handle @irene is pouring out a stream of tips on how to stay safe in the storm along with occasional quips. “My first time in Kitty Hawk!” @irene said when the hurricane touched down in the North [...]
With the excessive number of unemployed nursing graduates in the country, a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company is offering jobs for them in the firm.
As social media turns to be a powerful tool in this day and age, several netizens have risen as trendsetters in Facebook, Twitter and blog sites.
Facebook is increasing the size of photos that people post to its website and making them load twice as fast as before.
Internet giant Google has rolled out an online map tracking the path of Hurricane Irene and providing other useful information about the storm headed for the US east coast.
