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Comcast Enforces Pop-up Alerts to Fight “Botnets”
The largest Internet Service Provider (ISP) and high-speed Internet provider in the United States, Comcast Corp., on Friday announced plans to enforce pop-up message service to its customers in a bid to fight the growing problem of “botnets” in its system. In an interview, Comcast executives said... 
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New Nissan Futuristic Concept Car “Makes Drivers Wanna Fly”
Japanese automaker Nissan Motor Co. on Thursday shown to the public its new futuristic concept car, called the “Land Glider”. The zero-emission electric vehicle was said to tilt left and right when cornering giving its drivers, or pilots, the distinct feeling of gliding in the air. The new Land Glider... 
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Hackers Posted Lists of Hotmail Account Passwords Online
Software giant Microsoft Corp. has blocked on Tuesday thousands of Hotmail accounts after hackers posted its respective passwords in the Internet. Microsoft, in a statement, said that they immediately blocked access to this accounts after hackers were able to plundering account information through phishing... 
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New Taiwanese mobile-phone charges powered by hydrogen
In a bid to be a major player in “Green Technologies,” Scientists from Taiwan on Friday have revealed its latest discovery, a mobile phone charger that is powered by hydrogen. In a statement released on Friday, researchers at the Industrial Technology Research Institute in Hsinchu city said that... 
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Amazon Agrees on Settlement over Kindle Suit Filed by a High School Student
Online retail store giant Amazon has agreed on Monday agreed on a settlement over a law suit filed by a high school student accusing the company of indiscriminately deleting an e-book copy he bought for his Kindle reader. Amazon.com has expressed intention to settle the case as it filed the necessary... 
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Microsoft to Release “Security Essentials” Antivirus Software
World’s top software manufacturer Microsoft Corp. said that it is set to launch the new and full version of the antivirus computer software called Security Essentials on Tuesday, to help users shield their PCs from malwares. In a statement, Microsoft executives said that users can start downloading... 
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Tax Scam on E-mails Becomes Biggest Spam Virus Problem in the World
University of Alabama research in computer forensics Director Gary Warner on Friday said the e-mail spam that pose as an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) collection scheme has now become the world’s biggest e-mail virus problem. In a statement, Warner said that the spam e-mails used by cybercriminals... 
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Web Pages Comments Now Possible with SideWiki
World’s largest search engine provider Google Inc. has launched on Wednesday an added feature to its toolbar, called the SideWiki. The innovative feature would allow online users to input comments on any webpage they are viewed. According to Google Lab executives, the new SideWiki feature of the website... 
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Apple Starts Probe over Defective iPhone Batteries
Popular iPhone maker Apple Inc. over the weekend started its probe over increasing reports of defective batteries in its iPhone 3GS. Apple earlier bragged that the new iPhone 3GS has come with a variety of features and software updates that would maximize that use of the device. However, Apple did not... 
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US Justice Department Tells NY Court to Reject Google Book Deal
The United States Justice Department on Friday told the New York District Court to reject the proposed settlement of the controversial book deal of Google Inc. with authors and publishers in Europe, which would allow the Internet giant to create digitized copies of books that were already out-of-prints. In...