you tube india

You Tube, the online video sharing community owned by Google, launched its Indian version . Youtube has already signed up a host of Indian content partners for its local face - Eros Entertainment, Rajshri Films, IIFA, ministry of tourism, IIT Delhi, NDTV, UTV, Zoom TV, India TV, Krishcricket, etc.Before India, YouTube had localised versions in 19 other countries, which includes Australia, Brazil, Spain, Russia, etc.YouTube, the decision to bring YouTube to India was influenced by the fact that in terms of the user base, India registered one of the fastest growth, figuring in the top 15 countries from being in the list of the top 30 countries in one year's time. Arsiwala also sees a great opportunity in the increasing number of mobile users in the country.YouTube has been adding around 2 lakh users monthly. Hundreds of videos are uploaded on YouTube everyday.

web cables cut

Middle East, India and Bangladesh are experiencing disruption after undersea broadband cables were damaged between Egypt and Italy. India is home to an $11b outsourcing industry, which depends on it.India's banks and stock exchange also experienced problems on Thursday.Up to 60% of India's 50 million internet users, both individuals and companies, were affected.India's IT industry employs 700,000, who work for companies that provide a range of services - from answering customer queries to analysing equity markets - to global clients.

email security

Google is adding more email security and storage products for businesses, sharpening its aim on a Microsoft stronghold while the competition between the two rivals also heats up in internet search and advertising.Google’s push into business software, launched in 2006, looms as a threat to Microsoft, which derives much of its profit from the sale of its more expensive Office suite of software applications as well as its email programs.

Orkut adds privacy control features

social networking site Orkut, which turned four, has introduced new privacy control features in the past few months to make the site more secure for its users. The new features will help the users make a selection from various options available and they can restrict access of the unwanted visitors on their personal home page. Orkut, a social networking and discussion site operated by Google, also added features like a larger album space where one can upload large number of pictures. Although, the facility was available earlier but in a restricted form.

March Boedihardjo

Nine-year-old mathematics prodigy March Boedihardjo, a local Chinese, who was admitted by the Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU), will become the youngest college student.From this September, March will join other students who are in general some ten years older than he is, to start university life. The University will specially design a five-year curriculum for March which, when completed, will see him awarded a Bachelor of Science in Mathematical Science as well as a Master of Philosophy in Mathematics.March earlier sat for the U.K.'s A-level examination and also the Advanced Extension Awards in mathematics. The boy showed his talent in the former exam by scoring As in mathematics and further mathematics and a B in statistics, while he passed the latter one with merit.Within five years, March will complete the requirements as set out for humanities subjects, such as languages, physical education, computer literacy, religion and philosophy. The university will encourage March to participate in social functions and student and cultural activities held on campus, so that he may experience typical collegiate life.

iYomu.com

New social networking website for grown-ups iYomu.com has announced that it will ask its online community to choose one member to receive US$1 million in the iYomu.com Challenge. After completing a series of puzzles and tasks to earn points, three finalists from anywhere in the world will explain why they should receive US$1 million and how it will change their lives. The ultimate decision will be made by an online vote of the iYomu community.

Next Windows version in 3 years

Microsoft Corp has indicated that its next Windows operating system (OS) should be ready for 2010.A projected release of 2010, if met, would see Microsoft easing the concerns of corporate and enterprise customers who, according to a recent Forrester Research report, are displaying signs of becoming wary regarding Microsoft Software Assurance renewal.According to media reports, Microsoft seems to be trying hard to reassure customers about its development cycle after a recent Forrester study that criticised its business-oriented subscription programme (Software Assurance). The study raised questions about the financial benefits of Software Assurance programme.

search tool for mobile content

Google Inc. is developing a new search tool for cell phones that will allow users to find and purchase mobile content, including ring tones and games, according to a published report.Google has been working for months with content providers such as "large entertainment companies and smaller mobile-media aggregators" to make their material available through a mobile search, The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday, citing people familiar with the matter.According to the Journal, mobile users would go to Google to search for content, such as a particular ring tone and would be provided with links to providers where the ring tone could be purchased.

Yahoo launches Search Suggest

Kevin Lee announced on the Yahoo Search blog the launch of a new feature to the Yahoo website. Users of the Yahoo’s tool bar might already recognize the feature as it has been in use for a while on that application.The goal is to offer some conveniences to users searching on the portal. With a dropdown list of suggestions depending on the keyword, the time spent searching is expected to drop offering users the ability to get the information they want faster. Another goal the announcement states was a resolution to the “brain dead” moments where you simple forget what it was you were attempting to find.

Rediff launches content sharing platform iShare

Rediff India has launched 'iShare ', a new multimedia social content sharing platform on the lines of YouTube and Orkut.The platform allows users to share videos, music, pictures, with an easy to use utility tool, which can be installed on PCs and used to upload multiple files even at low-speed. Users will be able to upload pictures and videos off mobile phones, digicams, camcorders and music from MP3 players.iShare supports multiple formats including mpeg, wmv, avi, etc. and even lets users convert their content into easily web streamable flash format.The main aim of iShare is to link the 53 million Indians worldwide outside India with those within the country. It aims to provide richer context for users to connect, and to bring together users with similar interests and form a vibrant online community.

Yahoo.com is Asia’s favourite website

Yahoo! Inc, owner of the most-visited web site in the US, is also the most popular in Asia, according to a survey of 10 markets in the region by research company ComScore Inc.The company had the most popular web sites in Japan, India, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore.Microsoft Corp and Google Inc have the region’s second- and third-most popular sites, Reston, Virginia- based ComScore said on its web site.Asia has drawn increased investment from US web companies such as Yahoo, Microsoft and Google as they look to win users in the region’s fast growing economies such as China and India.Ten percent of the population in the Asian markets surveyed uses the Internet at home or work, lagging behind the worldwide rate of 16%, ComScore said. South Korea has the highest rate of Internet usage at 65% of its population, followed by Australia with 62%, New Zealand with 60%, and Hong Kong’s 59%.India and China are at the bottom of the list with rates of 3% and 9%, respectively, according to ComScore.

Yahoo! brings your city up close and personal

Urban skylines are changing in India - in cyberspace too. Global Internet services company Yahoo! Inc - headquartered in Sunnyvale, California - has launched a new series of networks covering urban Indian areas in cyberspace.Called Our City, this three-month-old network is 'a dynamic representation of content created by you and everyone else'.Yahoo!'s new venture in India collects online content on the city from various sources and presents it in a dynamic manner. Our City (http://in.ourcity.yahoo.com) is in the experimental Beta version so far and Yahoo! says that it plans to continue to add more features and city versions.India is playing a significant role in this new venture from the cyber-giant firm known for its web portal, search engine, the Yahoo! directory, Yahoo! mail, news and posting.

Cyber criminals rely on mind games

McAfee has announced the results of a groundbreaking study that details the psychological games and other tactics cyber criminals use in social engineering scams propagated through junk email.In the study titled "Mind Games", the primary author, Dr James Blascovich, Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, offers analyses of multiple common scam emails and provides surprising insights into how cyber criminals use fear, greed and lust to methodically steal personal and proprietary financial information.The same psychological practices used by cyber criminals were also investigated in a European report, commissioned by McAfee in association with leading forensic psychologist, Professor Clive Hollin, based at University of Leicester in the United Kingdom.

Blog`, `wiki` top list of hated Internet words

"Blog", "netiquette", "cookie" and "wiki" have been voted among the most irritating words spawned by the Internet, according to the results of a poll published.Topping the list of words most likely to make web users "wince, shudder or want to bang your head on the keyboard" was folksonomy, a term for a web classification system."Blogosphere", the collective name for blogs or online journals, was second; "blog" itself was third; "netiquette", or Internet etiquette, came fourth and "blook", a book based on a blog, was fifth."Cookie", a file sent to a user's computer after they visit a website, came in ninth, while "wiki", a collaborative website edited by its readers, was tenth.British pollsters YouGov questioned 2,091 adults earlier this month for the poll commissioned by the Lulu Blooker Prize, a literary award for books"Blog", "netiquette", "cookie" and "wiki" have been voted among the most irritating words spawned by the Internet, according to the results of a poll published.Topping the list of words most likely to make web users "wince, shudder or want to bang your head on the keyboard" was folksonomy, a term for a web classification system."Blogosphere", the collective name for blogs or online journals, was second; "blog" itself was third; "netiquette", or Internet etiquette, came fourth and "blook", a book based on a blog, was fifth."Cookie", a file sent to a user's computer after they visit a website, came in ninth, while "wiki", a collaborative website edited by its readers, was tenth.British pollsters YouGov questioned 2,091 adults earlier this month for the poll commissioned by the Lulu Blooker Prize, a literary award for books.

Social networkers lack loyalty

Social networking users tend to get around, as they say, and not stay faithful to one network according to a new study.The report -- Web 2.0 & the New Net -- by research group Parks Associates found that MySpace users are chronically unfaithful. The survey found that nearly 40 percent of MySpace users keep profiles on other social networking sites such as Friendster and Facebook.Meanwhile, loyalty among the smaller social networking sites is even lower, with more than 50 percent of all users actively maintaining multiple profiles.A straw poll in the offices of ENN matched this pattern with roughly half staying loyal to one social network while the remainder had multiple accounts.According to Parks these trends highlight a peculiar aspect of the market for social networking services. The report found that nearly half of all social networkers regularly use more than one site while one in six use three or more.Parks said the result of its findings is that users are operating in an increasingly interlinked online environment, which is tied together by links, widgets.

youtube

YouTube is reaching beyond its U.S. borders, introducing a number of international sites that could help extend its advertising reach but could also open the popular online video site to more copyright complaints. The company said it will open sites in Brazil, France, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Spain and the United Kingdom, with more to come.The global sites could help YouTube better tailor advertising on its site. More than half of its traffic comes from outside the United States and its clips come from around the globe. By setting up dedicated sites for each country -- as Google has -- advertisers could design their ads for a specific audience.
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personal search

Google is to cut the length of time it holds users' personal search data.The European advisory body, called Article 29, said Google's current data retention practices could be breaking European privacy laws.The search giant has said it will now keep personally identifiable search data for 18 months rather than the previous period of 18 to 24 months.

you tube

Google-owned video sharing site, YouTube will be available on mobile phones next year.commuters on subways or buses are likely to access videos of between 30 to 60 seconds each, while people traveling on longer train journeys would probably go for files of up to ten minutes in length.Within a year of launch, they sold the Web site to Google for $1.65 billion.

personal computer

The personal computer (PC) market in India witnessed 20% growth in unit shipments in fiscal 2006-07, according to IDC. With this, the total installed base of PCs in India grew to more than 22 million, which means a PC for every 50 Indians.
At the year-end, HP retained the top spot with a market share of 21.2%, followed by HCL at 13.5% and Lenovo at 9.5%, in terms of unit shipments of both desktops and notebooks. In commercial desktop PC shipments, HCL led the market, followed by HP and Lenovo, whereas in consumer desktop PC shipments, HP was the leader, followed by HCL and Zenith.In terms of total desktop PC shipments also HP led the market, with HCL and Lenovo coming at second and third spots, respectively. In the notebook PC market, HP retained the top spot with a market share of 39.6%. Lenovo came in at the second spot with 17.6% market share and Toshiba climbed up to take the third spot replacing Dell.Overall client the installed base of PCs registered a CAGR of 32.3% up from 9.5 million in 2003 to cross 22 million in 2006, thereby more than doubling in a three-year time frame.
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ancient Rome

Computer experts unveiled a digital reproduction of ancient Rome that simulates the ancient city over a span of several centuries.The simulation allows visitors to crawl through the bowels of the Colosseum, lined with lion cages, and fly up to circle the bas-reliefs and inscriptions on top of its arches at a time when the building was untouched by time.It cost more than $2 million US and took 10 years to create the digital model, said Bernard Frischer of the University of Virginia, who led the project.