Internet News

Computer and internet briefs, Sunday 8th November 2009
Washington - Having trouble figuring out how to create a PDF document? If you already have a program such as Acrobat, Foxit, or PDFCreator installed and you do not see the PDF button in the application from which you'd like to create the PDF file, yo...

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[Posted on : 2009-11-08 ] Category : [ Internet (Technology) ]

Youth ministry blocks any email bearing the word 'teen'
Wellington - The New Zealand government department responsible for issues to do with young people cannot receive any emails with the word teen in them because they are automatically blocked as potentially pornographic, a news report said Wednesday....

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[Posted on : 2009-11-04 ] Category : [ Internet (Technology) ]

Computer and internet briefs, Sunday 1st November 2009
Washington - Run across a web page you don't want to forget? In Windows Internet Explorer, you can quickly place a shortcut to it on your desktop by right-clicking inside the page and selecting Create Shortcut from the pop-up menu. Creating shortcu...

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[Posted on : 2009-11-01 ] Category : [ Internet (Technology) ]

Windows 7's hidden gems - Feature
Washington - Windows 7's headline features naturally get all the attention. If you have read anything about Microsoft's latest operating system, you probably already know that Windows 7 is faster, more compatible, and less annoying than Windows Vista. ...

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[Posted on : 2009-10-31 ] Category : [ Internet (Technology) ]

Internet oversight group approves non-Latin domain names
San Francisco - The organization that oversees the internet has authorized the use of non-Latin characters in domain names in a move that should help the web grow around the world. The adoption of the Internationalized Domain Names system will allow ...

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[Posted on : 2009-10-30 ] Category : [ Internet (Technology) ]

Facebook awarded 711 million dollars in spam damages
San Francisco - Spam king Sanford Wallace has been ordered to pay 711 million dollars in damages for bombarding Facebook members with unwanted messages, the social networking site said Friday. The award was made at the San Jose District Court on Thur...

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[Posted on : 2009-10-30 ] Category : [ Internet (Technology) ]

Web addresses become multilingual
Seoul - Plans are in motion to create fully internationalized Web addresses - those completely in non-Latin scripts like Korean or Arabic, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, announced Friday. We just made the intern...

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[Posted on : 2009-10-30 ] Category : [ Internet (Technology) ]

Conference celebrates 40th birthday of internet
Los Angeles - The man who sent the first-ever internet message in 1969 recalled the event Thursday at a conference celebrating the 40th birthday of the revolutionary communications network. It's the 40th year since the infant internet first spoke, ...

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[Posted on : 2009-10-30 ] Category : [ Internet (Technology) ]

Lo, it began: Internet founder recalls first message - Feature
Los Angeles - Samuel Morse had the prescience to select a suitably imposing quote with which to make history when he sent the first telegraph message in 1844. He tapped out: What God hath wrought? Some 125 years later...

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[Posted on : 2009-10-28 ] Category : [ Internet (Technology) ]

Internet regulator emphasizes 'world' in World Wide Web - Feature
Seoul - A simpler World Wide Web for non-English speakers is on the horizon, according to the world's internet regulator, which is hosting its 36th International Public Meeting this week in South Korea's capital Seoul. The Internet Corporation for ...

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[Posted on : 2009-10-26 ] Category : [ Internet (Technology) ]

Ukraine government: Flu still spreading, but situation stabilising

Palau probes suspected money laundering by Taiwan's ex-president

Nokia to replace faulty mobile phone chargers

Bolt heads five-man shortlist for athletics award

Taiwan envoy to meet Chinese leader at APEC summit

German industrial production jumps 2.7 per cent in September

German prosecutor demands life in jail for man who killed Egyptian

US ready to give Iran 'space' to mull nuclear fuel deal

Editor quits China's top finance magazine

Five Philippine police officers killed in communist rebel attack

Doubts arise over Sarkozy's personal Berlin Wall story

Six security personnel among 17 killed in Pakistan violence - Summary

Search for EU leader moves into high gear in Berlin

Nuclear deal delay has economic reasons, says Tehran

Rome's traffic woes: Stuck in traffic 11 days a year

Singapore's central bank warns of escalation in property market

Indonesia, EU sign partnership agreement

Serena Williams tops season-ending rankings

Czech jobless rate falls slightly to 8.5 per cent

Singapore serial molester must serve 32-year jail term