Twitter has said that it is going to launch its services in Hindi, Filipino, Malay and Chinese in the coming weeks. Besides these, Twitter will support 17 different languages. Facebook has already launched its services in Hindi, Malayalam, Punjabi, Bengali, Telegu and Tamil. Twitter is also far behind Facebook in user number game.

Google has decided to close its ten services which turns out less successful. These include: Aardvark, Desktop, Google Pack, Google Web Security, Image Labeler, Notebook, Sidewiki and Subscribed Links. Google said that it will help them to devote more resources to 'higher-impact products'.

Try to hack Facebook, and if you are able, Facebook is ready to pay you. Facebook is encouraging its users and security researcher to find any bug in its service. Till now it has paid out more than $40,000 for this. Send them any vulnerabilities you found. If the report checks out, Facebook will pay you a bounty of at least $500. There are certain criteria...

Oxford University Press is celebrating 100 years of its dictionary this year. The new 12th edition of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary contains about 400 new word entries. Newly added words include cyberbullying, upcycle, retweet, sexting, slow food, textspeak etc. The internet terminology is greatly affecting the english lexicon...

With 870 million unique visitors, Facebook is on the top of "The 1000 most-visited sites on the web" list released by Google. YouTube is on second position with 790 million unique visitors. This list has been released by Google Ad Planner. The list orders largest 1000 sites worldwide, based on Unique Visitors (users). This list is updated monthly...

Microsoft has announced that its upcoming operating system, Windows 8, will offer native USB 3.0 support. In the results coming till now, USB 3.0 is 10 times faster than USB 2.0, can offer speed upto 5 Gbps. There is no doubt, how we are addicted to use USB devices at present, but the question is, till the release of Windows 8, will hardware support be available...

IBM has developed a processor chip that can mimic like human brains. The chip is fabricated with digital silicon circuits, based on neurobiology,will help computers to sense data like we do. It has ability to sense, understand and act on information fed through taste, smell, sight, hearing and touch. Its compact size and low power usage...

The search gaint Google is now heading towards telecommunications hardware business. Google Inc. is buying the Motorola Mobility company for approximately $12.5 billion in cash. The deal was announced today morning by Google CEO in a blog saying it will "supercharge the android ecosystem". But, he clarified, Android will remain open. Market reasearchers says that, Google has acquired Motorola not only because...

A new cyber crime laboratory inaugurated yesterday in Kolkata at Lalbazar. The lab inaugurated by IT minister Partha Chatterjee is billed as the first of its kind in eastern India, and seventh in India. The lab has been set up with help from Nasscom will help train police in cyber crime investigation...

DoT has confirmed that The Union Home Ministry has written them to ensure effective monitoring of Twitter and Facebook account activities in order to strengthen cyber security. Milind Deora, minister of state for communications and information technology, said "the department works with all concerned parties to obtain lawful access to it." But most of the companies do not agree to share the sensitive user informations...

Microsoft Virtual Academy, MVA provides its users with a virtual university experience to learn various training cources online. There is no cost for this service. Students can use any of the resources available on the cloud without restrictions. You will receive points for studying the materials and passing the self-assessment, which will help you climb to the next level within the Academy, all the way up to Platinum....

Microsoft launched the latest version of its popular Web browser Internet Explorer, Tuesday, which it says has ultra-fast speed and complete protection against harmful software...