Verizon, Motorola unveil the Droid

NEW YORK-Verizon Wireless customers will soon be able to get their hands on the much anticipated Google Android phone called the Droid. The companies officially unveiled the device at an event here. Like most smartphones of its class, the phone will cost $199 with a two-year contract. And it will be available to consumers starting [...]

Facebook awarded $711 million in spam lawsuit

Facebook was awarded $711 million in a judgment Thursday against self-described “spam king” Sanford Wallace. Judge Jeremy Fogel of the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California granted Facebook’s application for a default judgment against Wallace for violating the Can-Spam Act, which bans “false and misleading” marketing e-mails. Fogel also found that Wallace [...]

History of Today’s Internet

Key milestones in the development and growth of the Internet:    Today we may live for a day or two without food, water or anything else but without internet we can’t even think of. There are millions of websites, blogs, shopping portals, and entertainment portals which we are addicted to. But do any of us [...]

facebook mobile version debut

Facebook one of the largest social network has begun tests on a new service tailored for mobiles and low bandwidth internet connections. Facebook Lite appears to be a cut-down version of Facebook and is aimed at countries where broadband is limited. The site is currently on trial in India and it is thought there are [...]

Twitter attacked by Hackers, Facebook also slows down.

Hackers attack Twitter, Facebook also slows down Hackers on Thursday shut down the fast-growing messaging service Twitter for hours, while Facebook experienced intermittent access problems. Twitter said it suffered a denial-of-service attack, in which hackers command scores of computers toward a single site at the same time, preventing legitimate traffic from getting through. The attacks [...]