Articles By Valli Meenakshi Ramanathan
The Perseid Meteor shower peaked Saturday night above the US skyline with rates as high as 100 per hour offering spectacular views of shooting stars as meteors entered Earth's atmosphere.
Legendary investor and billionaire George Soros announced that he is engaged and all set to marry his girlfriend of last four years, Tamiko Bolton, during his 82nd birthday celebration on August 11.
The speed of broadband connections is steadily on the rise, Akamai's Q1 2012 "State of the Internet" report has stated. The broadband speed is now 2.6 Mbps in comparison to 2.3 Mbps registered last quarter.
Kaspersky Lab, a leading security firm, says it has discovered a fourth state-sponsored virus in the Middle East in a span of three years that targets computers in Lebanon.
Increasing demand for real-time data in a range of applications will drive demand for wearable technology from 14 million devices in 2011 to over a $6-billion opportunity by 2016, IMS Research has predicted.
Internet Archive, a non-profit project established to act as online library for digital information has to date promoted nearly a petabyte data of content via the controversial file-sharing site, BitTorrent.
The Martian crater where Curiosity rover landed Sunday looks strikingly similar to the Mojave Desert in California, scientists have said.
For long, Flash has been a key deterrent to a smooth Internet experience of browsers owing to stability and security issues. To address this aspect, Google Chrome introduced an updated version of Flash plug-in for Windows users.
Even as software giant Microsoft wages a singular battle to calm down its hardware partners over its tablet venture, Surface, scheduled to be launched October 26, rumors of Surface V 2.0, the next edition of the tablet, eclipsed the World Wide Web Tuesday.
Technology firms Amazon and Apple have decided not to entertain account change and password reset requests over phone following hacking of iCloud account of Wired reporter August 3. Besides, Amazon and Apple are likely to enforce stringent security measures against growing hacking concerns.