San Francisco – Facebook has succeeded in blocking a spam attack that had filled users’ pages with millions of pornographic and violent images, the company said Wednesday. The world’s largest social networking platform said it had identified those responsible for launching the attack and would take legal steps against them. Read more: Monsters and Critics
Two giant Japanese automakers have announced that they are about to reopen production lines shut down after their plants in Thailand were closed in early October by flooding. Mitsubishi Motors Corporation said it will reopen production lines on Monday, Nov 14, reports said on Thursday. Its auto-part suppliers in industrial estates were earlier shut down […]
In London last weekend, journalists, software developers, filmmakers, designers and many others spent time discussing ideas and building tools at the 2011 Mozilla Festival at Ravensbourne College. Following the theme of “Media, Freedom and the Web”, many attendees developed prototypes around the idea of the future of media including tablet interface prototypes for the Boston […]
Since July 2011, heavy monsoon rains in southeast Asia have resulted in catastrophic flooding. In Thailand, about one third of all provinces are affected. On Oct. 23, 2011, when this image from ASTER, the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer instrument on NASA’s Terra spacecraft was acquired, flood waters were approaching the capital city […]
Flooding in Thailand, which disrupted more than a dozen hard disk drive (HDD) factories, will have a direct impact on worldwide PC shipments through the first half of 2012, according to a new International Data Corporation (IDC) report. In a statement released on Nov 10, the global IT consulting firm said that in the first […]
The discovery of how measles spreads could lead to promising new approaches in treating cancer, according to a new study published in Nature. Measles – the leading cause of death among young children, according to the World Health Organization – is commonly spread through coughing or sneezing.
Internet giant Google has begun a pilot program, allowing users of its “Maps” service to look inside businesses. This tool is aimed to further the controversial Street View feature which already allows the public to access 360° images of streets. A spokesman for Google described the new feature: “Building on the Google Art Project, which […]
BANGKOK, 20 October 2011 (NNT) – Thai-based Japanese motor companies has decided to suspend their production lines after their factories have been severely hit by the deluge. The suspension takes effect today, said NHK Broadcasting Corporation. According to NHK, Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corporation, a giant truck maker located in the flood-ravaged industrial estate […]
