Archive : On the Web

British hackers were successful in altering an Al Qaeda website. The terrorist group’s bomb-making instructions at Al-Qaeda’s English language online magazine were replaced by a...

  Twitter has improved its search speed by three times using their Java server called Blender.  The search latencies went from 800ms to 250ms. Thus, making it faster.   Do you want to...

Facebook has released its new version of “Question” tool. It is a tool that lets you ask question to a specific friend/s, or even to everyone beyond your friend list.   It exhibits...

Google bought BeatThatQuote.com for $61.5 million. It is known as the fastest growing price comparison site in UK.   Managing Director John Paleomylites said that their team is excited about...

Google has updated Gooogle Maps which adds the capability to suggest faster routes to drives based on real-time traffic conditions.   It shows estimated travel times and uses red,green and yellow...

Microsoft has launched a new website called The Internet Explorer 6 Countdown which bears their slogan (motive of creating such) of “Moving the world off Internet Explorer 6.” In short, stop...

Mark Zuckerberg was hacked on his own website/company Facebook. His fan page was deleted by a not yet known hacker (and he/she will not be know,I guess). If Mark can’t protect his own, then can...

Free Beta Invites For Facebook Browser RockMelt [Limited!]   RockMelt is one of the newest browsers of 2011. And it is not just famous for its unique features but also due to the fact the...

Facebook has increased its value to $50 Billion through the infusion of $500 million from Goldman Sachs and a Russian investor. The addition investments place Facebook’s worth twice as much as...

TorrentFreak listed the 10 most pirated movies of the year. The number on each side of the title shows many times it was download.   10. Salt – 6,700,000   9.The Hurt Locker...

Autmatic Facebook Photo Tagging?   Facebook makes photo tagging famous. But here’s a privacy concern which talks about automatically tagging a person when it recognizes such person....