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‘Big mistake’ if US blocks overseas skilled workers: Bill GatesNEW DELHI - Microsoft founder Bill Gates Friday said it would be a "big mistake" if the US curbs the entry of skilled workers from abroad, rallying behind the "smart people" from countries like India that has a globally recognised outsourcing industry. Twitter allows supplicants to place a prayer at Jerusalem’s Western Wall without leaving homeNew service lets Jews tweet a prayer to God JERUSALEM — For centuries, people have stuffed prayers written on scraps of paper into the ancient cracks in the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem. In recent years they could fax or e-mail their prayers — and now they can tweet them, too. Homeland Security launches new Web site, follows White House lead for Internet outreachHomeland Security revamps Web site WASHINGTON — The Homeland Security Department relaunched its Web site Wednesday and became the first Cabinet-level agency to follow the tech-savvy White House directives on social media. Poker players hope for hot hand in Washington lobbying week to legalize online pokerPoker players hope for hot hand in lobbying week WASHINGTON — The Poker Players Alliance hopes a hot hand in the nation's capital this week will help its efforts to legalize online poker. White House announces news conference next week via TwitterObama to have news conference on Wednesday WASHINGTON — The White House has announced on its Twitter page that President Barack Obama will have a prime-time news conference on Wednesday. How Twitter was hacked and why is the trend so dangerous? - A Study
Twitter to be listed in dictionaryLONDON - Social networking tool Twitter is all set to be listed in the 30th anniversary edition of the Collins English Dictionary. Health care debate: Advocates are back with real stories, but will it work this time?Advocates are back with real health care stories CHICAGO — When carpenter Greg Douglas crashed his pickup truck, his toolbox hit him and smashed his ribs and collarbone. After a month in the hospital, the medical bills hit him even harder, totaling $165,000. Shashi Tharoor twitter account crosses 10,000 followersNEW DELHI - "Minister Twitter - that is how the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Minister of Foreign Trade Sheikha Lubna Bint Khalid Al Qasimi greeted Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor on a Dubai stopover last week. A Twitter uprising in Iran, now a Twitter celebrity death: Jackson death was new media momentJackson death was twittered, texted and Facebooked NEW YORK — "Ladies and gentlemen, Michael Jackson has just died," the woman called out breathlessly upon boarding a Manhattan bus, moments after the news had broken. Not a word was spoken in response. But nearly every passenger reached for a BlackBerry, a cell phone, whatever device was at hand. |
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If you ask me honestly abut Twitter in one sentence, Twitter is a service that is hardly reliable but very unique and interesting. Perhaps that was the USP which helped them in developing an enviable userbase despite having frequent server hangups and hacking attacks. With the newest threat that compromised thousands of information, Twitter Inc. employees have learned the hard way that, breaking into someone's e-mail can be child's play. For the third time this year, the San Francisco-based company was the victim of a security breach stemming from a simple end-run around its defenses. In the latest case, a hacker got the password for an employee's personal e-mail account — possibly by guessing, or by correctly answering a security question — and worked from there to steal confidential company documents.
