Brit Muslim bargirl gets 3K pound compensation for 'tarty' dressJune 16th, 2009 LONDON - A waitress won 3,000-pounds in damages yesterday after being told to wear an "indecent" dress - despite posing in a plunging top on her Facebook page. Muslim Fata Lemes, 33, walked out of her pub job after just eight days as the figure-hugging red gown made her "feel like a prostitute".
Twitter to be listed in dictionaryJuly 6th, 2009 LONDON - Social networking tool Twitter is all set to be listed in the 30th anniversary edition of the Collins English Dictionary. The name of the micro-blogging website, which boasts of 1.8 million users, will appear as a noun as well as a verb in the edition to be published later this year.
Russian kills wife after reading about her on websiteJanuary 28th, 2009 MOSCOW - A man in Russia's Urals has admitted killing his wife after stumbling across her details on a dating website and discovering that she had cheated on him, Russian media has reported. The man, from the town of Lysva in Russia's Perm Territory, found that his wife had registered on the loveplanet.ru dating website as 'Angel'.
Facebook is world's fourth most trafficked websiteAugust 5th, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO - Social networking website Facebook continues its rapid rise and has already become the fourth most trafficked website in the world, technology blog TechCrunch has reported. In June this year, Facebook attracted a total of 340 million unique visitors globally, trailing only Google, Microsoft and Yahoo sites, the report said, citing latest results from market research firm comScore.
ZEDO releases Plug-n-Display Ad Modules for any Website or NetworkApril 22nd, 2009 MUMBAI/ SAN FRANCISCO - Silicon Valley based ZEDO Inc, the largest independent ad server in the world, today unveiled their proprietary Self Service Plugin for high-volume websites and major ad networks. Unlike Facebook Advertising and MySpace MyAds, ZEDO's Self Service Advertising module can be plugged into any website or ad network site that wants to offer advertising to small businesses and advertisers around the world.
Passwords for multiple internet services need not be confusingJanuary 25th, 2009 HANOVER - Most computer users realise that their private data is safest, when they use a different password for each website. But keeping track of all those passwords can be a problem and there's always the temptation to use the same password often making it easier for a hacker to guess it.
Taipei Zoo's panda website crashes under wave of curiosityDecember 24th, 2008 TAIPEI - A website set up by the Taipei Zoo for the two pandas given to the island by China crashed as too many Taiwanese tried to catch a glimpse of the two cute animals, zoo officials said Thursday. 'On Wednesday, the number of clicks on the Panda website surged from 17,000 on Tuesday to 37,000, causing the website to crash.
Twitter 'not banned in White House'July 28th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Popular microblogging website Twitter is not banned in the White House, it has emerged. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs was said to have previously said on C-SPAN that rules at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue required the use of the website be prohibited.
Overweight? Website plays Cupid to find your perfect fitJanuary 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - On one hand, junk food is turning urban India obese. On the other, size zero figures and eight-pack abs are being glamourised everywhere.
ET looking cereal, 'New Zealand' among weird things sold on Oz eBay!October 9th, 2009 MELBOURNE - eBay Australia has revealed that a cereal that looked like ET is the weirdest item ever sold on its website - fetching more than a thousand dollars. The online auction website has hosted strange auctions, but a thousand-dollar piece of Nutri-Grain resembling ET was dubbed as a favourite after it sold for a whopping 1035 dollars in December 2004.
'Nasty schoolgirls' suspended for abusing teacher on FacebookJanuary 10th, 2009 LONDON - Nearly 30 pupils have been suspended from a London high school for posting 'deeply insulting' comments about a teacher on Facebook, the social networking website. The girls at the Grey Coat Hospital School signed up to a Facebook group named The Hate Society, which contained messages attacking the teacher.
New Zealanders snapped up cheap airfares after data errorJanuary 15th, 2009 WELLINGTON - Nearly 650 New Zealanders snapped up super cheap airfares as low as 50 New Zealand dollars (about $27) for flights to Europe in September after a data input error on the website of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, a report said Friday. The watchdog dog Commerce Commission rebuked the airline for taking more than four hours to correct the mistake and said it should have better systems in place.
Finnair gets four-star ratingJanuary 19th, 2009 HELSINKI - Skytrax, the international airline survey website, has awarded Nordic carrier Finnair a four-star rating, it was announced here Tuesday. 'The four-star rating and the 'Quality Approved by Skytrax' designation make a global statement about Finnair as a quality company,' Markku Remes, responsible for the airlines' passenger experience development, said in a statement.
Bush's Political Guru is Following McCain's Daughter on Twitter. Is it Creepy?April 21st, 2009 John McCain's daughter Meghan has revealed that she is not happy that her Twitter feed is being followed by former President George Bush's political guru, Karl Rove. Meghan, 24, who came into the limelight in 2007 for her blog, McCain Blogette, wrote on The Daily Beast website, that Rove is the Internet stalker, who has been stalking her.
Facebook, taking cue from MySpace, plans to let users show full name in their Web addressJune 10th, 2009 Facebook, like MySpace, lets users show full nameNEW YORK — Facebook is further embracing the real name culture it touts as one of its founding principles — and catching up with rival MySpace in the process. Starting at 12:01 a.m.