Twitter has completely altered the main page

The largest microblog of Twitter has completely altered the main page, having made the main page of more easy for new users.

Minor improvements

In the new version there was a list of popular users Twitter and constantly updated list of the most popular twitters. The most popular themes are allocated now in a running line. As well as in the last version, on main page there is a search form.

The New Concept

Simultaneously with release of the new version of the main page the service administration has informed that Twitter has ceased to be service for the message about the your affairs. Now, Twitter is officially positioned as a network for information interchange.

Daily in Twitter appears over 50 million new records. The monthly audience of service makes 75 million users.

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In China has ceased to work Google

The search inquiries sent on March, 30th by inhabitants of China from main page Google, did not give out results. Instead of them at users the empty page with the information on a search error was loaded, writes The Los Angeles Times. Also the error led to connection rupture to the Internet. Thus other services Google continued to work.

The Chinese block

This malfunction has been fixed in territory of continental China. Chinese users Twitter have started to inform on malfunctions in the searcher about five o'clock in the evening on local time. Thus service of microblogs Twitter in territory of China is officially blocked, therefore it is necessary for users "to apply technical cunnings" to publish a content.

Error or Consequence?

Google officially has not commented on a situation, and remains not clear, whether are errors of search a measure accepted by the Chinese government in reply to refusal Google to carry out censorship of search inquiries. Google has made decision to refuse from censorship on March, 22nd, in reply to hacker attacks to the corporate network.

At the moment the Chinese visitors of site Google.cn are automatically redirected on Hong Kong portal Google.com.hk. Further search is carried out by means of the servers also located in Hong Kong. It allows the searcher not to fulfil the requirement of the Chinese government on obligatory censorship of search inquiries.

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The domain zone of Yugoslavia is closed

At midday the domain zone .yu, intended for Yugoslavia on March, 30th has ceased to exist. The domain .yu has been allocated Yugoslavia in 1989 and existed even after country disintegration. About it writes edition Balkan Insight.

The bilateral decision

The decision about the termination of delegation of a domain zone .yu is accepted the Serbian national registrar of Internet domains (RNIDS). RNIDS, in turn, has informed on it after the decision of corporation ICANN.

Carrying over of servers of a zone .yu in a new zone .rs — is accepted in May, 2009. In a zone .yu are still registered about 4,000 domains. In zone .rs is already registered over 52,000 domain names.

Forever .su!

It was initially supposed, that the domain zone. yu will cease to exist on September, 30th, 2009. However representatives of RNIDS have asked about a delay and date is postponed for March, 30th, 2010.

I will notice, that domains of the nonexistent countries far not always stop the work. So, the domain zone .su, fixed to Soviet Union, exists till now and actively extends at the expense of new registration. As of March, 30th, in a domain zone .su is registered over 93,000 domains.

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Google has finished high-speed selection

Corporation Google has finished a demands acceptance for high-speed Internet connection, is informed in blog Google. From February, 10th till March, 26th, all interested persons had chance to fill the corresponding form on web site Google.

50 thousand lucky beggars

Individual demands for connection of the high-speed Internet channel have submitted more than 194,000 persons. In total at initial stage Google plans to provide with the high-speed Internet of 50,000 persons. In the long term number of participants of experiment can be increased to 500,000...

Within the next months, representatives of Google will analyse the submitted demands. In particular, employees of Google will visit some cities, will hold meetings with representatives of local authorities, and also will consult with the foreign organisations. Winners of competition will be declared in the end of a year.

Division of Google powers

During experiment, representatives of Google plan to test web appendices of new generation, and also new ways of a lining of fibre-optical cables. Thus the corporation is not going to begin granting of paid access to the Internet. Google will be engaged only in a lining of channels, and foreign partners will connect subscribers to the Internet.

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Analysts have estimated Facebook

According to analysts from Private Equity Data Center (PEDC), real price Facebook — 35 billion dollars, writes Silicon Alley Insider. At the moment, capital Facebook at stock exchange SecondMarket is equal to 16 billion dollars.

Conditional estimation

Cost of Facebook has been counted up with the account 80 percentage discounts with which Facebook offers options for purchase of the actives. Such assumption has been made by analysts on the basis of some previous financial indicators Facebook.

Billion hopes

Social network Facebook is the world's largest. The web portal audience exceeds 400 million persons. Thus Facebook is the private company, and does not publish financial data in a format accepted for the public companies, whose actions bargain at stock exchange. In 2010, according to blog Inside Facebook, the social network plans to increase profit to billion dollars.

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Frozen Money

In Sydney, was a promotional campaign to mark the opening of a new label clothing. On the square "Martin Place" put 400-pound block of ice, which were concluded in 1000 Australian dollars. To get them, we had to work hard. more images after the break...

Bird Singing Contest in Yala 2010

Thai Muslim villagers look at birds in cages during in a bird-singing contest in Yala province, about 1,100 km (683 miles) south of Bangkok March 7, 2010. About 6,000 birds took part in the competition. (Reuters)

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Pickup Evolutions

Pickup — the easy commercial car with an open cargo platform, as a rule, with full weight to 4,54 tons and load-carrying capacity to 2,5 tons.

The first mass pickups with a small platform for transportation of cargoes on the basis of automobile models have appeared in the beginning of 20th century, and in second half 1910th years the largest American autofirms «Ford», «Dodge» and «Chevrolet» began to carry out manufacture of pickups by a conveyor method.

Luxury off-road car

To the middle of 80th years, all over the world pickups were ranked as exclusively utilitarian transport, i.e. pickups were popular among farmers and proletariat, but later, pickups became especially popular in the North America, and then all over the world.

First, the pickup is cheaper than an off-road car, secondly, is perfectly well capacious and possesses the reliable operational characteristic, in the third, is supplied with advanced pickup truck cover and the powerful towing motor.

It has led to displacement of demand towards cars of the given type and to occurrence in the given segment of new brands, including even such prestigious as «Cadillac» and «Lincoln».

GM has shown new Chevrolet Silverado

General Motors has presented on a motor show in Chicago new pickup Chevrolet Silversdo Heavy Duty 2011 with outstanding characteristics in a segment of "heavy pickups".

The engine power is not disclosed yet. Nevertheless the information on new system of clearing of exhaust and extang gases (SCR) became accessible.



The car will receive the expanded fuel tank (~136L). As a result with the diesel engine the pickup can pass without refuelling ~1090km. Silversdo Heavy Duty it will be accessible in two versions on full weight (updatings 2500/3500), and also in rear-wheel (2WD) or all-wheel drive (4WD) variants.

Also, comfort and safety level has considerably improved. Rear-wheel versions of a pickup will be completed with system of stability StabiliTrak. For an additional payment: a rear-view camera, reliable armour lid, and exclusive anticreeping system OnStar 9.0.

Truck & SUV Snowplows

FBI has declassified cyber gangs

FBI has presented typical structure of the gang which are engaged in crimes in sphere of computer technologies. With the story about it the deputy director of department of FBI on cyber crimes Steven Chabinski at exhibition FOSE has acted, writes Computerworld.

Cyber mafia of 21st century

Chabinski has declared, that cyber gangs start to remind on the structure criminal syndicates — easier speaking, a mafia. He also has noticed, that struggle against crimes in sphere of high technologies has turned to the major problem which faces to FBI, informs eSecurity Planet.

As experts of FBI have concluded, the list from 10 key specialities in the world of computer criminality is opened by the programmers developing harmful program decisions. Behind them there are dealers the stolen information and technical IT-experts.

At the head of a pyramid there are financiers, whose functions are reduced to the control over receipt of means, their moving from one account on another and to washing up of criminal incomes. And at pyramid top leaders of criminal groupings who are engaged in acquisition of gangs and definition of the purposes settle down.

Round-the-clock cyber gangsters

FBI notices, that modern cyber gangs differ readiness to work everywhere and "without days off". Chabinski recognised, that malefactors can already start planning of criminal acts in some hours after vulnerability revealing.

FBI staff on struggle against crimes in sphere of computer technologies totals more than thousand employees in territory of the USA. The bureau actively co-operates with corresponding bodies of other states and has already directed to 60 countries of the representatives for struggle against the international cyber criminality.

Refusal Google of censorship has displeased Chineses

Refusal Google of censorship of search inquiries in China has displeased inhabitants of the country, informs BBC News. According to the Chinese correspondent BBC, many Chineses felt offended by the decision of the American company.

Thinking censorship

Censorship cancellation has provoked growth of nationalist moods at Internet users in China. So, on a popular web portal sina.com.cn there were messages in which Chineses have demanded that Google "left away the country".

Some partners Google in China also have declared the termination of cooperation with the searcher. So, Internet company TOM Online which owns a portal tom.com, has officially declared, that will not prolong the contract with Google. Earlier Chinese government has warned partners of the searcher about necessity independently to carry out censorship in case it will cease to carry out Google.

«Absolutely wrong decision»

However with condemnation of policy Google all inhabitants of China have acted not. At the Peking office of the company people who have expressed support to refusal of censorship have gathered. We will notice, that earlier the representative of the Chinese government named decision Google "absolutely wrong" and has expressed "discontent and indignation" company actions.

Google has stopped to carry out censorship of searcher Google.cn on March, 22nd, having given to the Chinese users possibility to carry out search by means of the Hong Kong version of the searcher. The decision to refuse censorship connect with December attack to corporate network Google which has been made from territory of China. On company Google official statement, personal data of several tens Chinese legal experts which use mail service Google Mail were the purpose of malefactors.

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The largest registrar of domains will leave China

The world's largest registrar of domain names company GoDaddy.com will leave from the Chinese market, writes The Washington Post.

The total control

Such decision in GoDaddy have accepted because of toughening of rules of registration of domains. According to the new requirements which have appeared in December, 2009, at registration it is necessary to give about itself the extensive information and to load a colour photo.

In particular, it is required to give number of registration of the legal person and the questionnaires filled by hand. All should be informed it in the special organisation closely connected with the government. Representatives of the registrar consider, that these rules "will freeze" the market. Usually from clients of registrars the name, the address, a phone number and an e-mail address is required only.

Casual coincidence

GoDaddy has decided to stop work in the domain market of China shortly after corporation Google has refused a filtration of results of search and has redirected all inquiries from the Chinese servers on Hong Kong where censorship is not made. However, in the registrar deny any interrelation of own decision with actions Google.

Company GoDaddy is engaged in registration of domains since 2000. In total it is registered over 40 million domain names.

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YouTube has renewed work after five-hour failure

The largest videohosting YouTube has renewed work after debugging. On a site the main page and the majority of sections, however videoclips were not displayed were accessible on direct links.

Without explanations of the reasons

YouTube yet has not explained the reason of malfunctions. The representative of a video hosting has informed, that YouTube has understood an essence of the arisen problem, and engineers were engaged in restoration of working capacity of a site.

The Chinese trace

In the beginning of week of a malfunction also have concerned site Google. Users from the different countries told, that the information on company management was displayed in the Chinese language. Many bloggers have connected it with refusal Google of censorship in China and have put forward assumptions, that the site has undergone to hacker attack, writes The Guardian.

Subsequently Google in the microblog on Twitter has informed, that the malfunction has been caused by an error, instead of hacker attack, and that the error is already corrected. We will notice, that Google owns videohosting YouTube.

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Spam: to be or not to be?

Spam are anonymous mass dispatches of e-mail (i.e. the electronic equivalent of the paper advertising correspondence which is frequently banal litters for usual mailboxes).



The spam is used for professional advertising more often. Spamers dispatch a considerable quantity of advertising messages and make profit of those who answers them.



The biggest stream of a spam extends through e-mail. At present, the mass component of viruses and a spam in the general traffic of e-mail reaches by different estimations from 70 to 95%.

Spam strategy

Spamers collect e-mail addresses by means of the special robot, using web pages: blogs lists, electronic bulletin boards, guest web pages, chats, forums etc…



Such SPAM-robot can collect many thousand e-mails and create from them a database for the further dispatch on them of a spam. Some companies are engaged only in gathering of an e-mail, and then these bases sell to spamers. Some SPAM-companies sell to spamers an e-mail of the clients which ordered the goods or services through e-mail.



The most reliable way of struggle against a spam — not allow spamers to find out about your e-mail (if you own a private e-mail, you nevertheless should block completely the Domain Spam, it's preventive action).

It is a difficult problem, but some safety measures can be undertaken:

1. Register an your main e-mail not on free mail-service (any decent web-provider to the contract gives a mail box on the server; as a rule, such addresses to spamers do not get).



2. Never and not under any circumstances do not publish this address on www-pages. If you need to publish the address in reply to any letter in a forum — publish an e-mail through spaces, for example: trend @ web.com — in this variant, possibly, your e-mail will not get to spam base.



3. Never specify the main e-mail in registration forms on various doubtful web sites. Register a separate free e-mail — only for registration and use it.



As advertising e-mails, as a rule, strongly differ from the usual correspondence, their elimination from an entering stream of mail became a widespread method of struggle against them. For present time this method — the basic and the most used (the given algorithm is used by the majority of post services: gmail, yahoo, hotmail etc).



In some countries legislators intend to approve the bill directed on struggle against spamers. Attempts of legislative prohibition or restriction of activity of spamers encounter variety of complexities. For example, TechieMedia.net Complaints are not always lawful, because is legally problematic to prove the given kind of a crime at the state level.

Trip to Spam Museum

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Mango Tree House

I wish I could live in this wonderful house built on a mango tree. Only think about it: you can eat as many mangos as you wish, and if you don’t like this tropical fruit you can always make mango juice for your friends. Wouldn’t that be awesome? 10 more images after the break...