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Google makes the world a playboard for Legos

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 29, 2014, 09:46

Google on Tuesday began letting Lego lovers build with virtual color blocks in its Chrome web browser and then give creations homes in online maps of the real world.

Web gets new neighbourhoods with `.guru` and more

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 29, 2014, 09:41

New online neighbourhoods open Wednesday when a US company starts offering Web addresses ending in ".guru," ".bike" -- and even ".singles."

Google search box makes `ultimate calculator`

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 23:34

The Google search bar is also an ultimate calculator, which is the last thing a user might resort to when struggling with numbers.

FakeOff app to detect bogus Facebook accounts

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 21:24

As instances of cyber impersonation on social networking sites rise, an Israel-based start-up has developed an application, FakeOff, that helps to identify fake accounts on Facebook.

Google announces whopping $2.71 million reward for hacking Chrome OS!

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 20:15

Get ready for Google`s challenge and hold your breaths! Google has reportedly announced a whopping 2.7 million dollars bounty if security experts are able to hack its Chrome browser-based OS at the Pwnium 4 hacking contest.

Facebook to report strong 2013 despite talk of demise

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 19:30

Last week academics and researchers from Princeton University had compared Facebook to an epidemic and had predicted that it will be wiped out almost as quickly as it spread. They had made made some pretty dramatic claims about Facebook releasing a report that used a statistical model to claim that the social media giant will lose 80% of its active userbase between 2015 and 2017.

New Chrome extension turns YouTube into personalized radio

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 14:57

"Streamus" extension for Chrome will allow the users to instantly search and listen to their favourite tune directly from YouTube.

Israeli defence computer hacked via malicious email

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 14:30

Israeli defence computers were hacked via a malicious email attachment, a computer security firm has revealed.

Wikipedia to add voice samples of famous people on site

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 14:21

Wikipedia has reportedly announced that it would soon be adding voice samples of popular personalities on their respective biographies on the site.

Google`s legal head David Drummond calls for better NSA reforms

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 14:17

Google`s chief legal officer, David Drummond, has reportedly called for better NSA reforms.