Science/Tech

Looks like Foursquare does not want to welcome its new competitor. Foursquare updated its privacy settings today the same day Facebook is about to unveil its new location-based social networking feature. The new settings make it easier for Foursquare users to hide their email addresses and phone numbers, to opt-out of automatic check-in at certain venues, and to choose which ... Read More »

Google boss Eric Schmidt warns that, “Young people might have to one day change their names to escape their previous online activity.” I think that day is already here. With the overnight celebs in youtube for the wrong reasons, its obvious that the next time these people need to use internet they have to go on a new identity. Ok, ... Read More »

After HP group of companies continuous mission of acquiring the other companies, Dell has now step into HP shoes by officially confirming  to buy 3 PAR for a sum of $1.15 billion. Under the terms of agreement, Dell will pay $18 for each outstanding common share of 3PAR in cash, an 86.5% premium to the price end of trading on ... Read More »

Microsoft has called upon the internet users to have a go on there newly launched Internet Explorer 9 beta version. Microsoft released its fourth and final Platform Preview of Internet Explorer 9 for developers Aug. 4,. This Preview features native JavaScript integration and fully hardware-accelerated HTML5, among other features. “The fourth Platform Preview of Internet Explorer 9, available now, shows ... Read More »

Google on Aug. 11 launched Chrome 6 to beta, adding autofill to populate Web forms automatically as users type in their names, addresses and credit card info. Chrome 6 is also faster. Google on Aug. 11 launched its Chrome 6 Web browser to beta, adding 15 percent more speed from Chrome 5 and autofill to populate Web forms on the ... Read More »

Exciting news guys, the Perseids Meteor Shower is all set to start on August 12th 2010. In case you miss it on 12th you might also be able to catch it on 13th August 2010. This is really going to light up the sky. The Perseid Meteor Shower is expected to start shortly after sunset on August 12, and there ... Read More »

A disease known as white-nose syndrome has killed approximately one million little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus) in North America, say scientists. The research team report in the journal Science that this could drive the species to extinction in the north-eastern US in as little as 16 years.They examined 17 years’ worth of data gathered from bat colonies. A fungus associated ... Read More »