Indonesian Children Among Most ‘Cyberbullied’ in World: Poll Indicates
More than 10 percent of parents around the world say their child has been cyberbullied and nearly one-fourth know a youngster who has been a victim, according to a new […]
Dutch court orders block on file sharing site
Source: Reuters. Two Dutch internet service providers were ordered by the local court to block access to popular torrent sharing site, The Pirate Bay. The site posts torrents, which are links or sources of copies of unlicensed music, videos and software. The website’s users were violating copy right laws […]
Is Cloud Computing here to stay?
Everyone these days is talking about cloud computing. Some think-tanks are also calling this the future of computing. There is a lot of marketing hype and confusion regarding what it really is. As with any new hot technology, one really has to understand the benefit and limitations before jumping onto […]
Aidan Dwyer’s Bright Idea Is Something New Under the Sun
13-year-old Aidan Dwyer whose parents had been hoping to install solar panels on their Long Island house, but their yard was too small and their roof wasn’t suitable. There was, however, enough room for a tree. Perhaps, Aidan postulated, trees arranged their branches to improve the collection of sunlight. If […]
Facebook fuelling divorce, research claims
Source: The Telegraph Facebook is being cited in almost one in five of online divorce petitions, lawyers have claimed. The social networking site, which connects old friends and allows […]
The most striking videos of 2011
INDONESIA: Members of a Muslim group lynched by extremists In February, members of the Ahmadiyya community – an Islamic movement considered a sect by Islamic traditionalists – became victims of an extremely violent lynching, as police looked on helplessly. Our Observer received footage of this barbaric act from one of […]
Muslims to form ‘i-mosque’ network
The Jakarta Post JAKARTA: The Indonesian Muslim Intellectuals Association (ICMI) says it wants to develop a digital “i-mosque” network to expand the role of the nation’s mosques. “It is an effort to build an Islamic civilization,” ICMI chairman Ilham Akbar Habibie said on Thursday as quoted by as quoted by […]
How much of TV is too much for kids?
By DIANA AL-JASSEM | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: Advanced technology has made it difficult for parents to know what their children are watching on Television and the Internet. However, experts say parents must keep monitoring what their children look at to prevent them from dangers that might emerge as a result […]
40 years of Bangladesh, 40 Years Denying Closure
Courtesy: Platform Posted by: Mahin Khan December 14, 2011 This year a small delta nation, a land of fertile plains, luscious terrain and a remarkably rich history and heritage, celebrates its 40th birthday. In 1971, following an epic struggle for freedom, dignity and justice, Bangladesh was born. While the popular narrative […]
Online Learning, Personalized – A success story of an immigrant’s son
Source / Courtesy: NY Times SAN JOSE, Calif. — Jesse Roe, a ninth-grade math teacher at a charter school here called Summit, has a peephole into the brains of each […]
Philippines say arrested hackers funded by Saudi group
(Reuters) – Philippine police and the FBI have arrested four people that Manila said were paid by a militant Saudi Arabian-based group to hack into U.S. telecom AT&T’s system, but the company said it was neither targeted nor breached. The Philippines’ Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) said those arrested […]
Limits of Magical Thinking
October 25, 2011 Limits of Magical Thinking By MAUREEN DOWD Steve Jobs, the mad perfectionist, even perfected his stare. He wanted it to be hypnotic. He wanted the other person to blink first. He wanted it to be, like Dracula’s saturnine gaze, a force that could bend your will to […]
Calls to block radical Islamist websites in Indonesia
Indonesia’s biggest Muslim organization is calling on the government to block international radical Islamist sites. Nahdatul Ulama says extreme teachings are fueling racial violence across Indonesia. It is understood a suicide bomber who attacked a church in Central Java last week accessed radical Islamist websites. The government has already passed […]
With ‘real-time’ apps, Facebook is always watching
Source: CNN By John D. Sutter, CNN updated 2:54 PM EST, Fri September 23, 2011 Facebook announced a new class of “real-time” apps on Thursday at an event in San Francisco. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Facebook unveils “real-time” features The changes will roll out over coming weeks New apps will post to Facebook […]
Another reason to quit Facebook!
Source: Facebook’s New Grab for More Data The network’s new redesign aims to get you to provide more info they can use to serve you ads—and make more money. The question is whether users will be in control of privacy, says Justin Brookman. by Justin Brookman | September 23, 2011 1:33 AM […]
How the Internet is Revolutionizing Education (in Graphic)
Source: onlineeducation.net Learning is a life-long endeavor and online education incarnates this age-old ideology quite flawlessly. Today nearly half of all online students are 26 years or older. But what about tomorrow? Read more
Google will Photograph Israel’s Streets
……. Now, after careful reviewing of the laws in place, Israel has finally agreed to let Street View photograph the streets and bylanes of Israel, but not before Google complies to the set of laws laid down by the government. According to a post of the Israeli Ministry of Justice’s […]
Facebook ‘like’ button declared illegal
Source: The Local Facebook’s ubiquitous ‘like’ button found on countless websites accessible in Germany was declared in violation of the country’s strict privacy laws by a state data protection official on Friday. Thilo Weichert, who works for the data protection centre of the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, said the […]
Woman disables anti-Islam websites
By ARAB NEWS DAMMAM: An Alkhobar woman studying in the United States is taking credit for destroying 23 Danish websites that denigrated the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), Al-Madinah newspaper reported on Thursday. Nouf Rashid told the Arabic newspaper she was hacking into Danish websites having references to cartoons […]
Virtual and Artificial, but 58,000 Want Course
Courtesy: NY Times By JOHN MARKOFF Published: August 15, 2011 PALO ALTO, Calif. — A free online course at Stanford University on artificial intelligence, to be taught this fall by two leading experts from Silicon Valley, has attracted more than 58,000 students around the globe — a class nearly four […]