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Headhunters after Satyam techies

Even as the Satyam fiasco triggered fears of job and pay cuts among the employees, they are getting a breather in the form of offers pouring in from various firms. Thanks to the social networking sites, many of the employees, even if they [...]

Posted On : Jan, 13 2009 | Comments : 0

Dr Kalam's Orkut community targeted by Pak hackers

Pakistani hackers have targeted the Orkut community of Dr Abdul Kalam.Prelimanary reports suggest that the hackers whose registration has been traced to Pakistan had renamed Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam community and were now using it launching pad [...]

Posted On : Jan, 09 2009 | Comments : 0

Online profiles show risky behaviour in youth

The social networking profiles of young people in the US suggests risky behaviour such as substance abuse, violence and casual sex. A new study has found.Although similar studies are yet to be conducted in India, experts say this could be [...]

Posted On : Jan, 06 2009 | Comments : 0

Top tech threats of 2009

It’s been a maelstrom of a year. Besides some of the fiercest financial and personal storms during 2008, we have also seen hackers making their way into our systems through browser and OS glitches -- and sometimes just by the foolhard [...]

Posted On : Jan, 05 2009 | Comments : 0

Whats Edge Caching?

At the heart of today’s much-discussed story on Google and net neutrality is “edge caching,” the practice of putting content (especially videos and other bandwidth-hogging data) closer to consumers.The idea is that edge ca [...]

Posted On : Dec, 16 2008 | Comments : 0

Facebook and Google launch single sign-on services

Facebook and Google have both launched new user-ID services that let users take their existing log-ins and deploy them across a number of sites.Google's Friend Connect, out now in beta, is pitched at webmasters who want to add social networ [...]

Posted On : Dec, 05 2008 | Comments : 0

10 Useful Secrets For Orkut, Myspace And Other Social Networ...

Social networking websites like Orkut, Myspace, Yahoo and more are channels through which people communicate, find lost friends, tap resources, and even find work.Online it is said to be the most vibrant and action packed space. Online com [...]

Posted On : Dec, 03 2008 | Comments : 0

Security firm Google's Orkut being used to spread Trojans

Someone is using Orkut to spread Trojan links in a message disguised as an official e-mail from the Google-owned social network, according to an alert from security firm Websense released Tuesday.The message, written in Portuguese to appeal [...]

Posted On : Nov, 26 2008 | Comments : 0

Gtalk Integration in Orkut Gets Better

Google has made some improvements to the Gtalk integration within Orkut to make it "spam free" and slightly intelligent. Google mentions in a blog post that they have come up with a formula that automatically predicts which of y [...]

Posted On : Nov, 22 2008 | Comments : 0

Bhatinda boys come up with shortcuts to google, orkut

(PTI) Want to access the popular search engine google? Just type gghhjj.Com. Wish to login to orkut? Then type ookkmm.Com. These are a couple of the many keyboard shortcuts brought out by eight net-savvy youth from Bhatinda using their &qu [...]

Posted On : Nov, 18 2008 | Comments : 0

Spammers Becoming 'Social' Menace

Websense Security Labs ThreatSeeker network has recently discovered a new malicious social-engineering spam campaign that targets the popular social networking site - Orkut. spoof email, appearing to come from the domain google. com is doi [...]

Posted On : Nov, 15 2008 | Comments : 0

Online ICL application gets good response on Orkut

The Essel Group has announced that the Indian Cricket League (ICL) online application that was developed in association with Games2Win (G2W) on the social network Orkut, is played more than 6,500 times a day. In 15 days the ICL app [...]

Posted On : Nov, 13 2008 | Comments : 2

Adknowledge on acquisition drive

Natalie Apostolou Social networking advertising specialist Adknowledge is on an acquisition spree, sweeping up online marketing services company Lookery and Adonomics in the last week. Financial terms were not disclosed. $HOME$ Both [...]

Posted On : Nov, 10 2008 | Comments : 0

Orkut removes communities supporting Indian terrorists

Google's social networking site Orkut has blocked access to a community on the site that supports the Indian Mujahideen, the terrorist group that claimed responsibility for bomb blasts in various Indian cities including Delhi. The communi [...]