By Tony Bradley at PC World
Facebook announced that it is ending support for Internet Explorer 6. Granted, it is only pulling the plug on IE6 in its chat function, but the move by Facebook is the latest effort to shift away from the outdated browser that refuses to die. Facebook's decision illustrates once again why organizations that still rely on IE6 should consider upgrading (finally).

A Facebook Blog post describes the issue behind the decision "Many of you have told us that sometimes your Chat session comes and goes or even stops completely. We're working hard to end those interruptions so that your experience is stable and consistent."

Flash drive attack vector remains popular, says security company :By Gregg Keizer
Hard on the heels of a report that a USB drive was used to compromise U.S. military networks in 2008, a security company today claimed that 25% of all new worms are designed to spread through the portable storage devices.

"Much of the malware in circulation has been designed to distribute through these devices," said Luis Corrons, the technical director of PandaLabs, the research arm of Panda Security, in a statement Thursday. "Not only does it copy itself to these gadgets, but it also runs automatically when a USB device is connected to a computer, infecting the system practically transparently to the user."

Social networking sites are here to stay. They are among the most popular destinations on the web. And even though they can be extremely annoying at times, there is one inescapable fact: there is a 100 million-strong army of people who use the most popular of these sites.

However, sitting in your room in front of your laptop, being connected to so many people, it’s easy to forget that whatever you say is out there, and will stay out there to be read by people, for a long time. Think about it.

When you see someone posting an embrassing picture, or someone else saying something irritating in their status update? It could be you next time. Do not become that type of person….

HYDERABAD[TNN]: Facebook has decided to make Hyderabad its first address in Asia, with plans to set up a centre in the city to support its growing number of users, advertisers and developers in India and across the globe.

Facebook, which at last count had more than 400 million active users globally including over 8 million in India, announced on Monday that its Hyderabad centre would house online advertising and developer support teams and provide round-the-clock, multi-lingual support to the social networking sites users and advertisers globally. With this, Facebook joins other giants like Google, Microsoft, Oracle, Dell, IBM and Computer Associaties that have already set up shop.

LONDON: British scientists have developed a computer that can read human minds, a key breakthrough which they claim takes telepathy a step closer to reality.

According to Eleanor Maguire of University College London and colleagues, the computer is able to decipher thought patterns and tell what people are thinking simply by scanning the brain.

New Delhi, March -- We must confess to the fact that Facebook is not just a social network but has become a way of life for most of us. Logging on to the site seems to be an integral part of our daily life.

Here are a few fun facts you didn't know about your favourite social adda: Facebook deletes accounts with strange sounding names like 'Leboe', 'Allien' etc. These names could be genuine but Facebook will delete them without any further explanation!

IDG News Service - Intel Corp. today showed its first six-core processor for desktops, the Core i7-980X Extreme Edition, which will go into workstations and PCs targeted at gamers.

The new chip will be faster and more power-efficient compared to its past gaming processors, Intel said. Based on a new architecture, the processor includes more cores and will be capable of running 12 threads simultaneously for faster processing, Intel said in a statement. Intel previously sold primarily quad-core chips for gaming PCs.

Websense Inc. announced that the Websense Security Labs ThreatSeeker Network has discovered a new wave of malicious email attacks claiming to be a password reset confirmation from Facebook.

The From: address on the messages is spoofed using support@facebook.com to make the messages believable to recipients. The messages contain a .zip file attachment with an .exe file inside. The .exe file currently has a detection rate of about 30% on VirusTotal.

Sujit John | TNN
New Delhi: The newest version of the world’s most popular computer operating system hit retail shelves around the globe on Thursday. In India, Microsoft, the developer of Windows, came together with PC makers like HP, HCL and Acer to launch the seventh generation of the product. Called Windows 7, the product brings elements of fun, simplicity, and security that could persuade many users of its previous XP and Vista versions to upgrade.

Ravi Venkatesan, chairman of Microsoft India, said over 600 new feature ideas were tested for Windows 7 to determine the best ones to incorporate. The product, he added, saw the largest beta testing programme in the history of the industry with 8 million testers worldwide.

London, August 16 (Agencies): A woman has apparently been sacked after abusing her boss on Facebook - forgetting that he could read her comments because they were friends on the networking website.The worker, known only as “Lindsay”, updated her Facebook status with “OMG [oh my God] I HATE MY JOB!!”  She went on to accuse her boss of being “pervvy” (sic) and compained that she was forced to do “**** stuff”.