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China shuts down 162 lewd websites

China shuts down 162 lewd websitesBejing, Mar 31: China has shut down 162 websites that it found providing pornographic and lewd content in their audio or video segments.

According to a statement issued by the special operation office for crackdown on online porn and lewd content here on Monday said that the blocked websites had not acquired permits to broadcast audio and video programs issued by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT).

The websites include www. baigujing. com, www. bt990. com and other sites based mainly in Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Guangdong Provinces.

Skype’s VoIP app for iPhone to be available for download!

SkypeCome Tuesday and the free Skype for iPhone will actually be available for download from the iTunes App Store! While it was at the CES that Skype had announced its native VoIP client for the iPhone, it will be at CTIA annual mobile showcase in Las Vegas that Skype would launch its new service on Tuesday.

Skype has been endeavoring since long to make its service available on the most popular advanced phones, thereby expending its over 400 million users who lapped up the idea of economical, and sometimes free, calls via Skype's computer application.

Increased use of social networking sites threatens privacy

Increased use of social networking sites threatens privacyLondon, Mar 30 : With more and more people drawing towards social networking sites, it has become very hard to maintain privacy, according to a new study.

The researchers analysed links between users of social sites, and identified many people in supposedly anonymous data sets.

Social sites produce the anonymised data, and sell it to marketing firms for generating cash.

The researchers claim that the results clearly indicate that web firms should put in more effort to protect users' privacy.

Version C of Conficker worm to get going on April 1!

ConfickerAccording to latest rumors about the new variant of Conficker, Version C, the malicious worm will get going again on the April Fool's Day! Though exactly what kind of damage the malware would cause is anybody's guess; bloggers assume the wreck to range from forced downloads of malicious code to more spam striking users' inboxes - blasting out update requests to its nearly 50,000 domains!

Now, a website that prays for those too busy to pray!

Now, a website that prays for those too busy to pray!New York, Mar 26 : Too busy to offer prayers? Well, don't fear the Lord, for He has come up with a unique idea to make you stay connected with him: InformationAgePrayer. com!

A website that charges you a monthly fee to say prayers for you has been launched.

A typical charge is 4.95 dollars per month to say three prayers specified by you each day. All you need to do is select your religion and the prayers you want, reports The New York Daily News.

Google introduces two new algorithm tweaks on its search-related pages

Google introduces two new algorithm tweaks on its search-related pages  Google has introduced two new algorithm tweaks with regard to the search-results pages of its web-dominating search engine. While the first additional feature offers longer site descriptions, the second provides for a longer list of searches. The company said in its blog
post that the changes are aimed to "help guide users more effectively to the information they need."

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