Twitter Implements Do Not Track Privacy Option
The social network stops the tracking when users are on Firefox or other browsers that support the Do Not Track feature. Of course, that feature also has to be turned on.
Twitter is the latest Web giant to support Do Not Track.
Ed Felten, chief technology officer at the Federal Trade Commission, announced today at an Internet Week privacy panel that Twitter will now stop tracking user data from those who opt-out. According to The New York Times, which was first to report on the news, Twitter’s tracking will be nixed with help from Firefox’s Do Not Track feature.
Anonymous group: hacks govt sites for blocking vimeo
Hacker group Anonymous, has struck again and this time its much closer home. The group reportedly brought down the Congress website, the Supreme Court website and some other government websites in retaliation for India’s new Internet laws and the blocking of websites like The Pirate Bay and Vimeo.
According to PCWorld , the group posted about the attack on their Twitter feed saying, “Namaste India, your time has come to trash the current government and install a new one. Good luck.”
According to their Twitter feed, the group targeted websites of the Indian Supreme Court, the All India Congress Committee, Department of
Samsung Galaxy S III to be priced at Rs 42500
Samsung’s new flagship phone the Galaxy S III is likely to be priced at Rs 42,500 in India, said a source with access to information on the pricing.
During Samsung’s Galaxy S III launch event on May 3, the company announced three variants of the Galaxy S III smartphone – 16GB, 32GB and 64GB. Our source, however, didn’t reveal whether the Rs 42,500 price tag is for the base 16GB model or for the top of the line version. But given the price sensitivity even at the top end of the smartphone market in India, the Rs 42,500 price would be for the most expensive version.
The Galaxy S III is a departure from the styling seen with the Galaxy S II. Now, the phone has rounded corners that give it a somewhat friendlier
Watch SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket test fire in advance of launch
Eleventh-hour work to validate critical navigation and control software has forced Space Exploration Technologies to pass up a pair of launch opportunities next week, delaying the maiden flight of a commercial cargo ship bound for the International Space Station to May 19, company officials said today.
Already running about three months behind schedule, SpaceX gave up a May 7 launch slot earlier this week and during a late afternoon teleconference with senior NASA managers today, company officials decided to pass up a May 10 backup opportunity.
Space Exploration Technologies, also known as SpaceX, took a final step yesterday toward next week’s historic flight as it “static fired” the Falcon
Security researcher, Startup proposes a safer Internet locale via a ‘.secure’ domain
An analysis suggests that only 61 .xxx domains are in the top 1 million visited sites in the world. The highest is at number 51,549 in the Alexa rankings.
Yet there was already some evidence at the end of last year that some institutions, such as, for example, Stanford and the U.S. Department of Justice had not bothered to protect themselves by registering their own .xxx.
Now, some very diligent people at Domain Name News decided to see how many .xxx domains were generating heat.
Facebook: Facebook tests paying to promote posts on site
Do you feel your Facebook posts sometimes get lost in the crowd? The social network is testing a new feature that could help them stand out more.
A Facebook user in New Zealand apparently stumbled upon the feature, according to news site stuff.co.nz. After logging into his Facebook account, the user reportedly received a message asking if he wanted to pay $1.80 in New Zealand dollars to highlight an important post to make sure his friends would see it.
The message gave him a choice of paying via credit card or PayPal. The user initially thought the message might be a scam
Foxconn chief Says: We’re preparing to build the Apple television
Foxconn chief Terry Gou let slip that his company is getting ready to start producing an Apple television.
According to China Daily, Gou today held a news conference in Shanghai about his company’s plans for the future. During that conversation, he mentioned that Foxconn is currently preparing its facilities to start producing Apple’s long-rumored television, though “development or manufacturing has yet to begin,” the China Daily report said.
Gou’s comments are notable for coming from a prominent executive who could be expected to have knowledge of Apple’s plans. The vast majority of reports surrounding the development of the television have come from unidentified sources and analysts claiming insight into
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Mozilla says, Microsoft bans Firefox on ARM-based Windows
Raising the specter of last-generation browser battles, Mozilla launches a publicity campaign to seek a place for browsers besides IE on Windows devices using ARM chips.
Microsoft is giving Internet Explorer an unfair technical advantage in Windows RT (Windows 8 for ARM-based devices) that is the “first step toward a new platform lock-in,” according to the Mozilla Foundation. The group behind the open source Firefox browser is complaining that Internet Explorer will be the only browser on Windows RT allowed to run in the traditional desktop environment.
That means IE will be able to integrate with Windows RT in ways that competing browsers can’t, giving Microsoft’s IE a leg up in terms of speed,
South Korea Cracks Down on ‘Human Flesh Capsules’ From China
According to recent findings by an SBS TV documentary, South Korean custom officials are on a high alert. They are checking on a certain pill being smuggled into the country from China.
This hot commodity pill, claiming to be a stamina booster is actually made from powdered human baby flesh.
Reports claimed that the manufacturing company secretly purchased baby corpses from hospitals and abortion clinics and store them in regular refrigerators. Later this human flesh is put in a medical drying microwave before being ground into a powder and filled into pill capsules.
