Technology News

London, June 19 (ANI): Internet addiction is turning into a clinical disorder, with more and more people visiting hospitals to curb the time they spend on the web, says a leading psychiatrist.

London, June 19 (ANI): With social networking websites like Facebook or MySpace becoming a rage in cyberspace, advertisers have got new avenues for targeting consumers, according to US researchers.

Melbourne, June 19 (ANI): While internet auction sites like eBay gain much popularity among internet buyers, those who sell goods on such websites are being warned not to put their addresses in the advertisement, for this can make it easy for the thieves to swipe off the listed products.

Washington, June 19 (ANI): Researchers at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) are working on a robot that can walk without help and makes decisions for itself

London, June 19 (ANI): The city of Philadelphia in the United States has come up with a novel solution to fight speeding motorists - the use of optical illusions that simulate road humps to fool drivers and get them to put less pressure on the accelerator.

Melbourne, June 19 (ANI): Fans of the Mozilla Firefox web browser claim that they have set a world record by downloading the latest version of the software program more than eight million times in 24 hours.

Washington, June 19 (ANI): A new computerized method, called IM2GPS algorithm, devised by Carnegie Mellon University researchers, can tell where a particular photo was taken by matching it to similar GPS-tagged photos in the Flickr online photo collection.

Melbourne, June 18 (ANI): More than 1.5 million users of the Mozilla Firefox web browser have joined hands to attempt setting a world record for the most downloads of a software program in 24 hours.

London, June 18 (ANI): UK scientists have equipped three snails with tiny capsules holding a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) chip to enable them to send e-mails on behalf of visitors to a website.

London, June 18 (ANI): Fans of a popular multiplayer role play game are furious after their custom-built characters suddenly appeared to have "saggy" breasts.

Washington, June 17 (ANI): Japanese company, Genepax has claimed that it has created a new eco-friendly car that can run on nothing but water.

Melbourne, June 17 (ANI): The Internet will run out of addresses in another two years as only 700 million separate addresses are remaining for allocation out of the 4.3 billion available on the present network.

London, June 17 (ANI): It helped you get back in shape and even trained your brains. Now, video game brand Nintendo has created a talking kitchen guide, which could spell the end of the traditional cook book.

London, June 17 (ANI): Automated landing on aircraft-carriers can be made possible if both the ship and the aircraft are in sync with each other via GPS, say scientists.

London, June 16 (ANI): In a shocking revelation highlighting music piracy amongst youngsters, a new survey has found that on an average, teenagers and students carry over 800 illegally copied songs each on their iPods.

Washington, June 15 (ANI): A New York-based company is offering Internet users a chance to play an prank on their friends, telling them about an online video that suggests that they have been nominated for US President.

London, June 14 (ANI): Your luggage will not be the only thing that will be looked into when you walk into an airport security check, for now security officials will also be able to scan what lies under your clothes!

Toronto, June 13 (ANI): While a large part of Canadian population is using the internet, factors such as age, income, education and place of residence have contributed to a "digital divide" in the country, says a new Statistics Canada report.

Washington, June 13 (ANI): Security and law enforcement officials may soon get a new technique to fight terrorism - a universal detection system that can monitor the air for virtually all of the major threat agents that could be used by terrorists.

Washington, June 13 (ANI): Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory have started using the Roadrunner supercomputer built by IBM at their facility to mimic extremely complex neurological processes.