Mobiles to turn into ‘zombies’ by malicious cellphone networks

August 18th, 2009 LONDON - The cellphone in your pocket can reveal who are your real friends, and how you interact with them, according to a five-year-long study. The study has opened new possibilities for social scientists, epidemiologists, and other researchers to understand how people connect and interact socially.

August 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Vampires and zombies, both of which have become a popular phenomenon, are more than just a part of pop culture. They reflect the changing society, says a leading researcher.

August 7th, 2009 LONDON - American President Barack Obama has been portrayed as a Zombie-killer armed with a chainsaw in a new comic series called President Evil. Well known horror franchise Resident Evil has brought out the comic series.

August 7th, 2009 LONDON - Thousands of people gathered at the Big Chill festival near Ledbury, Herefordshire to set the world record for largest gathering of zombies. A total of 4,026 pale and bloodied revellers assembled at the festival and beat the record for the largest zombie gathering set last month with 3,894 participants in Seattle.

July 24th, 2009 UK agency fines EDF Energy Networks 2 mln poundsLONDON — A British regulator said Friday that it has fined EDF Energy Networks 2 million pounds ($3.3 million) for failing to meet mandatory targets for connecting customers to its electricity network. EDF is a monopoly provider of certain connection services in London, southeast England and eastern England.

July 23rd, 2009 LONDON - A woman police constable (WPC) and a girl police worker indulged in a drunken orgy with five cops at a London pub, it has been revealed. The session started with the pretty constable in her late 20s performing a sex act on her cop boyfriend in the packed Pineapple pub in Vauxhall, South London.

June 8th, 2009 LONDON - Mobile phones of the future would be able to form a peer-to-peer network to sound an alarm in the event of a disaster, and pass on the alert from phone to phone, even if most of a cellphone network is down. According to a report in New Scientist, this futuristic scenario might soon be a reality, if a new patent application by Telecommunications Company Motorola is anything to go by.

May 26th, 2009 LONDON - Despite various campaigns, nearly 500,000 motorists are using hand-held mobile phones while driving, a new UK study has found. And the worst culprits are drivers of trucks and vans, the study found.

May 25th, 2009 LONDON - A poll conducted in Britain has revealed that 12 per cent of drivers use their cars as "love-mobiles" to indulge in passion with their partners. Carried out by Auto Trader, the survey on bad driving habits involved responses from over 2,700 motorists nationwide.

April 16th, 2009 LONDON - The first thing people would give up to save cash is coffee, says a new survey. The research carried out by the Post Office found just over a fifth of Britons are prepared to give up their caffeine fix.

March 25th, 2009 LONDON - A security expert has cautioned that an Internet worm, called Conficker C, can strike at infected computers around the world on April 1. Conficker C is a sophisticated piece of malicious computer software, or malware, that installs itself on a PC hard drive via specially written web pages and then conceals itself on a computer.

March 21st, 2009 LONDON - Eight out of ten British kids are addicted to their mobile phones, a new survey has found. According to www.youngpoll.com, one in three children feel "alone" without the phone and almost half sleep next to it.

March 13th, 2009 LONDON - Nine Inch Nails lead singer Trent Reznor is scared of his own fans and often hides from them. Reznor is happy with the support of his fans but he doesn't like bumping into them in public, reports contactmusic.com.

February 3rd, 2009 LONDON - Up to 15 people, including at least one Indian, have been arrested in Spain over their alleged links with Al Qaeda, according to European media networks. The suspects, who are accused of forging passports and other documents, are said to number between 11 and 15 and reports said there could be up to four Indians among them.

February 3rd, 2009 LONDON - Up to 15 people, including at least one Indian, have been arrested by Spanish police over alleged links with Al Qaeda, according to European media networks. The suspects, who are accused of forging passports and other documents, are said to number between 11 and 15 and reports said there could be up to four Indians among them.