The 40 million Facebook users in India should brace themselves for more targeted scams in 2012. Researchers at Websense, a web security vendor, claimed spammers are once again attacking Facebook users through rogue browser extension as a mode for circulating malicious code. A message saying that the plug-in is required for enabling video content viewing on the social networking site is received by the user.

Now, a browser plug-in scam that targets Facebook users

Business Standard

City-based Way2Online Interactive India, a consumer-focused Internet technology company that runs person-to-person (P2P) messaging portal Way2SMS.com, has acquired 100 per cent of 160by2, also from here, in an all-cash deal and for an undisclosed sum.

Way2Online acquires 160by2

If you have been receiving missed calls from international numbers, think twice before calling back, said telecom operator Vodafone.

Beware of missed calls from intl numbers: Vodafone

Press Trust of India

The country&rsquo;s largest information technology (IT) service provider, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is all set to expand its footprint in West Bengal, according to state IT minister Partha Chatterjee.

TCS to create 16,000 jobs  in Bengal 

Yahoo! Inc the interment company exploring strategic options, appointed Scott Thompson chief executive officer, four months after firing Carol Bartz for failing to drive a turnaround. Thompson was most recently president of EBay Inc's PayPal unit, Sunnyvale, California-based Yahoo, the largest US Web portal, said on Wednesday in a statement.

Scott Thompson named Yahoo Inc's new CEO

Hewlett-Packard Co (HP), the world's biggest maker of personal computers, plans to release a pair of desktop PCs, aiming to stand out from a flood of portable technology at next week's Consumer Electronics Show.

HP to launch two PCs to beat mobile technology 

The company has gone through a roller-coaster ride &mdash; from being a garage start-up to a market leader, to seeing a meltdown in product pricing. It now plans to grow from a Rs 210-crore to a Rs 5,000-crore company in three years.

Tally tries to reach for the stars

Salman Khan gave Indian box office a major fillip with his film Bodyguard last year, and the film&rsquo;s mobile game continues to create ripples through the digital world in 2012. Launched in late November, the game is a hot favourite on Buzzcity's games downloads portal, Djuzz.

Bollywood entices digital gamers

Comcast Corp, the largest US cable operator, and Walt Disney Co on Wednesday said they had reached a comprehensive 10-year programming carriage deal for TV, Web and mobile devices.

Comcast, Disney in 10-yr carriage deal for TV, Web

Reuters 

With an eye on the rapidly rising market of all-in-one (AIO) computers segment, Ahmedabad-based Cubit Computers has launched the first-of-its-kind assembled all-in-one desktop personal computer for the Indian market.

Cubit Comp launches an all-in-one desktop 

It took Abdulrahman al-Zanki, then 14, a few weeks to develop his first game, Yellow Taxi, and upload it to Apple iTunes in 2010, learning from written instructions between school hours and homework. Since then, the Kuwaiti teenager has created 22 more iPhone games in less than two years, including the highly popular Doodle Destroy.

Firing the imagination of video gamers in Arab world

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Tarai) today mandated all operators to set up a complaint centre that would have a toll-free number and can be accessed by a subscriber of even another mobile operator.

Trai issues norms for better customer services

Come February, a new mobile app optimised for iPad will change the way commercial pilots working for domestic and global airlines fly their aircraft. Developed by Hyderabad-based mobile application strategy and development company WinIT Software, the app fully automates pilot record-keeping with accessibility in or out of the cockpit.

Soon, pilots to get feedback on iPad

From the streets of Tunis to Tahrir Square and beyond, protests around the world last year were built on the Internet and the many devices that interact with it. Though the demonstrations thrived because thousands of people turned out to participate, they could never have happened as they did without the ability that the Internet offers to communicate, organise and publicise everywhere, instantaneously.

Internet access is not a human right

Finnish mobile handset maker Nokia will be launching 15 to 20 new models during the current calendar year, according to Viral Oza, director (marketing &ndash; India).

Nokia to launch 20 new models this year

Besides being bullish in India, it also plans to retail the product in other countries.

Riding on Aakash, Datawind aims to soar high

As the Indian IT services firms draw close to announcing their third quarter financial results, the news coming from its largest market, the US, predicts a weaker tech market growth for 2012. However cloud computing and smart computing will drive incremental adoption.

US tech market growth weaker for 2012

Aditya Birla group firm Idea Cellular today approached telecom tribunal TDSAT against the government move to impose additional liquidated damages on it for not meeting roll-out obligations in two circles.

Idea challenges fresh liquidated damages imposed for 2 circles

In a move that will pave the way for the exit of unsuccessful telecom service providers from the business, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) today issued a pre-consultation paper on a proposed exit policy for various telecom licence holders.

Trai seeks industry views on exit policy for telcos

The lifetime-validity schemes that once led to explosive growth in subscriber base for the mobile telephony industry did not last a lifetime. As all telecom operators have started a drive to clean up &lsquo;inactive&rsquo; numbers, the lifetime prepaid cards (which had to be recharged once in six months, without any usage conditions) are being disconnected in the event of no usage for two months. For new subscribers, there is a pre-set condition of usage now.

Lifetime validity extinct amid action on dormant numbers

&ldquo;Ms Fisher was scared. She was a nervous wreck but attempted to appear relaxed. She sat down on one of two love seats in the sitting room. She was worried when you came over and sat directly next to her and put your arm on the back of the love seat. As you did so, your hand brushed across her breast. ... It happened a second time and Ms. Fisher said &lsquo;you know that you are touching my breast, right?&rsquo; You said, &lsquo;Oh, sorry, sorry&rsquo; and then laughed it off.

In HP tale, a question of truth or titillation

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