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Turkey Recipe Now In Google Doodle!

more images SAN FRANCISCO (GaeaTimes.com)- The millions of Google users are well acquainted with the change in its logo displayed on its homepage which is known as Google Doodle. The Internet search...

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Indian IT Spend is Expected to Reach $72 Bn by 2011: Gartner

According to Gartner, India’s IT spend will reach at $71.9 Bn milestone by the year 2011 which is a 10.3 percent increase from 2010 spending of $65.23 bn.  The study further said that hardware is the...

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Jemima Khan sorry over Middleton does not have ‘heir-bearing hips’ remark

LONDON - Socialite Jemima Khan has received intense criticism after she posted a Twitter message saying that bride-to-be Kate Middleton does not have “heir-bearing” hips. Khan posted a string of...

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How To Hide Photos From Certain Users In Facebook: Most Popular Suggestions

more images As it is Facebook happens to be the most accessed social network site these days and with immense popularity the risk factor also counts in. You don’t want yourself to be exposed do you....

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Birmingham girl arrested for allegedly burning Qur’an

BIRMINGHAM - A 15-year-old Birmingham schoolgirl has been arrested on suspicion of inciting religious hatred after allegedly burning an English-language version of the Qur’an - and then posting video...

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7-year-old Brit girl spends �250 in an hour on Facebook

LONDON - A seven-year-old Brit girl unknowingly spent 250 pounds in an hour on a Facebook game - in front of her parents. The girl named Megan Fox asked to play Petville - an online game where users...

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UK banker fired for boasting about #6K redundancy payout on Facebook

LONDON - A bank worker in UK was fired after her employers saw her messages on Facebook boasting about receiving a big redundancy payout. RBS worker Kate Furlong posted the messages minutes after her...

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60% Enterprise may Reject Windows for Chrome OS: Google

It is become pretty clear by now that Google will not be able to launch stable version of  Chrome OS  this year. The company is only expected to release the stable edition of Chrome OS early next...

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Wisecracking and fist-bumping Bush boasts of 600,000 Facebook friends!

NEW YORK - After his grim stint in the White House for eight years, former US President George W. Bush in a clear departure from stereotypes, shamelessly peddled his book in a live chat and boasted of...

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Google Hot Trends ( Hot Searches ) Gone Cold, Stops Updating

Update: Google Hot Trends is back again after two days hiatus. Lets hope it continues this way. Kolkata (The Gaea Times): Since November 29th, Google Hot Trends ( also known as Google Hot Searches )...

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WikiLeaks suspect ‘designed Facebook’ as a schoolboy, say pals

LONDON - Friends of Bradley Manning, the prime suspect in the leaking of top secret documents to the WikiLeaks website, have revealed that the 23-year-old was such a computer expert that he designed a...

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Verizon Unveils 4G Network

more images more images SAN FRANCISCO (GaeaTimes.com)- Verizon Wireless which is one of the top US carriers is soon going to launch its much touted 4G network this Sunday, the company has confirmed....

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Facebook’s Cartoon Profile Pic Campaign

SAN FRANCISCO (GaeaTimes.com)- Facebook is now playing the role of the perfect platform to launch a campaign. The mission is against the violence inflicted on kids. Facebook has been chosen for it so...

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Google Chrome 8 ’s Secretive Launch

more images It is highly very likely that Google will ever release anything without any of the speculations. Google has released a much awaited update to Chrome without making any noise. This now...

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PayPal suspends donations to WikiLeaks

BEIJING - PayPal, the online payments service, has blocked donations to WikiLeaks and to a German foundation that raises funds for it following the release of 250,000 confidential US government cables....

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Conman posing as Prince Harry steals from Diana charity

LONDON - A conman posing as Prince Harry on social media website Facebook has diverted donations from a charity the prince had created in memory of his late mother Princess Diana. The identity theft...

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Tumblr Down For Hours Now

more images SAN FRANCISCO (GaeaTimes.com)- Micro-blogging website Tumblr has been down for several hours and the users seem to be getting restless. The site has taken to Twitter to get the message...

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Facebook won’t block Wikileaks page for now

WASHINGTON - Facebook, the social networking giant, has no plans to ban content from a ‘fan page’ associated with Wikileaks-at least, as of now, say bosses. “The Wikileaks Facebook Page does not...

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Google eBooks Makes Waves

more images more images SAN FRANCISCO (GaeaTimes.com)- The famous web giant Google has launched its new application Google eBooks. This service would enable the readers a more convenient experience of...

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Wikileaks sympathizers behind website, credit card info cyber attack: Palin

WASHINGTON - Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin has claimed that Wikileaks supporters are behind the cyber attack of her website and credit card information. Hackers associated with the group...

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US acting like ‘retrogressive Pak’ in its attempts to censor WikiLeaks: Pak...

ISLAMABAD - The WikiLeaks-Assange episode indicates that the ‘backwardness’ of underdeveloped countries like Pakistan, which was called ‘retrogressive’ for banning social networking site ‘Facebook’,...

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Are terrorists using Facebook to exchange bomb recipes?

WASHINGTON - According to a new report from the Department of Homeland Security, terrorists may be using Facebook to share operational information and to target. According to the November report,...

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Twitter-mad Brit mum sends 104 live updates during son’s birth!

LONDON - A British mother is so obsessed with Twitter that she delivered a live account of her entire labour to her friends. Rachael Ince, 29, sent 104 tweets detailing every step of the birth of her...

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Meet the Facebook couple who tied the knot at 82 and 77!

LONDON - Who says Facebook is only for the young? Even, the not-so-young can find love and happiness on the social networking site. Barbara Moore and Laurence Brocklesby, a couple from Shipley, West...

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Facebook’s decision to guard ‘illegal contents’ spurs debate over free speech...

WASHINGTON - The step taken by social networking site Facebook to establish a “hate and harassment team” as part of a virtual police squad charged with taking down content that is illegal or violates...

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Hurley affair: Warne admits on Twitter that his marriage is over

MELBOURNE - Former Australian leg spinner Shane Warne has announced on Twitter that his marriage with Simone Callahan is over following reports of him being in a relationship with British actress-cum...

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Facebook’s Zuckerberg selected as Time Person o the Year

WASHINGTON - Mark Zuckerberg, the 26-year-old founder of social networking website Facebook, was selected Wednesday as Time magazine’s Person of the Year. The distinction has been awarded since 1927,...

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Facebook founder Zuckerberg is Time’s Person of Year

WASHINGTON - Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg was Wednesday named Time magazine’s “2010 Person of the Year” “for connecting more than half a billion people and mapping the social relations among them”...

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Welsh gran, 103, is world’s oldest Facebooker who uses iPad for updates

LONDON - A great grandmother from Wales has become the world’s oldest Facebook user at the age of 103, and she updates her status using an iPad. Lillian Lowe revealed she had signed up for the website...

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Facebook Now Recognizes You and Your Friend!

more images Facebook, the leading social networking site has become an integral part of many of our private lives. Now it is aiming to get even more personal to you. From now onwards, Facebook will...

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Facebook Unveils Most Popular Trends of 2010

more images With the year 2010 coming to an end, Facebook has decided to share with us a list of the words and phrases which were used the most in status updates on the site last year. In global...

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Facebook Outage Issue Resolved

more images SAN FRANCISCO (GaeaTimes.com)- Facebook the popular social networking website that has more than 550 million users worldwide is hogging headlines today and appearing in web searches. In...

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Conman has sex with 70 Facebook pals to ward off bad luck

KUALA LUMPUR - A conman apparently cheated 70 Facebook friends into having sex with him to ward off his ill luck. China Press reported that a 15-year-old victim ‘Ah Sze’ from Hong Kong discovered the...

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Facebook Announces ‘Hacker Cup’ in 2011

The Facebook Hacker Cup is an annual worldwide programming competition where hackers compete against each other for fame, fortune, glory and a shot at the coveted Hacker Cup. Now, what are they...

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Anti-Berlusconi tweets swamp Twitter feed at EU summit

LONDON - Critics of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi hijacked giant screens at the venue of an EU summit in Brussels to tweet against him. In one tweet Berlusconi, 74, was called a “Mafioso”,...

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UK paramedics criticised for posting pictures of daft antics on Facebook

LONDON - Paramedics in the UK have been criticised for posting pictures showing them fooling around on Facebook. The pictures included the NHS emergency staff and 999 operators sleeping at desks,...

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Most Common Passwords Divulged

more images LOS ANGELES (GaeaTimes)- There are a good bunch people who are getting more and more net savvy. The internet could be referred to as the center of technologies these days. If a person does...

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FireFox 4 Beta 8 Available For Download On FTP

more images Firefox 4 Firefox 4 Beta is available for download right now for users using Windows/Mac/Linux. The new beta (Beta 8). Thi beta incorporates several bug fixes and fixes more than 1000 of...

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Skype Down With Snag, Later Restored

more images SAN FRANCISCO (GaeaTimes.com)- Popular Internet telephony service provider Skype was down yesterday for as several hours and the outage affected several million users of the service all...

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Skype On A High

more images more images SAN FRANCISCO (GaeaTimes.com)- Skype the popular Internet telephony service provider is hogging the limelight for several reasons. The service went down yesterday causing...

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