Privacy commissioner probing Google Buzz

Concerns around Google’s recently unveiled Buzz feature are deepening with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada looking into the social-networking tool. Valerie Lawton, a spokesperson for the office, said ...

Elections an acid test

KARACHI: President Asif Ali Zardari has said that the upcoming local bodies elections will prove that the people of Pakistan are with the ruling party – Pakistan People’s Party (PPP). Addressing a ...

Early flood warning system

COPENHAGEN: The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) tried to bring together the various Himalayan countries (India, China, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh) on one platform at the recently ...

Google to let publishers limit free website access

WASHINGTON Dec, 06 2009: Google, under fire from Rupert Murdoch and some other newspaper owners, said Tuesday it will let publishers set a limit on the number of articles people ...

Mobile phones not linked to brain

WASHINGTON Dec, 06 2009: A very large, 30-year study of just about everyone in Scandinavia shows no link between cellphone use and brain tumors, researchers reported on Thursday. Even though ...

Melting sea ice dilutes water

HONG KONG Nov, 20 2009: Melting of the Arctic sea ice due to global warming is diluting surface waters and this is endangering some species of shellfish which need minerals ...

Swine flu in India

NEW DELHI Nov, 10 2009: More than 500 people have died from swine flu in India since the first fatality was reported in August, the health ministry said Monday. The western ...

NASA counts down for Mars rocket test

WASHINGTON Oct, 27 2009: The US space agency began the countdown Tuesday for the test launch of a rocket designed to replace the aging space shuttle fleet and one day ...

More Internet users sharing status updates

WASHINGTON Oct, 22 2009: Sharing status updates on online services such as Twitter or Facebook is becoming increasingly popular among Americans, according to a survey released on Wednesday. Nineteen per cent ...

NASA puts new rocket on launch pad

CAPE CANAVERAL Oct, 21 2009: NASA’s new rocket arrived at the launching pad Tuesday for a test flight next week that comes at a time when the future of the ...