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Several popular web sites agreed to participate on the first global-scale trial of IPv6, dubbed as the World IPv6 Day. This will take place on June 8, 2011. During this event, participants are required to provide support for native IPv6 traffic on their web sites. Content delivery networks Limelight and Akamai Networks will... 

Indian youngsters seem to be less tech-savvy as they lag behind their global counterparts when it comes to mobile internet use, according to a study by market researcher Nielsen. The research on youth and cellphone usage has found that less than 10 per cent of young Indians used their mobile devices to access the web in the... 

Eleven per cent of adults have admitted to sleeping with someone they met on Facebook, researchers have revealed. And just like shamed celebrities Jason Manford and Vernon Kay, nearly half have sent illicit text messages to somebody other that their partner. A further 35 per cent have copied Chelsea star Ashley Cole’s... 

Internet users are being warned about cold-callers who offer to fix viruses but then install software to steal personal information. Campaign group Get Safe Online said a quarter of people it had questioned had received such calls, many suspected to have been from organised crime gangs. Some gangs, employing up to 400 people,... 

Decades after cable TV brought the winds of change into living rooms, another fundamental shift is taking place. The internet – that virtual world where information and entertainment go hand in hand – is set to change the way people get their entertainment fix from television. Welcome to internet TV. The concept is new... 

Big Net Radio can offer competition to private FM channels that thrive on local advertisements. Quick to move in where it spots an opportunity, the Anil Ambani-controlled Reliance Broadcast Network Ltd (RBNL) has now rolled out an internet radio service under Big, its home entertainment brand that provides direct-to-home television... 

Britain’s intellectual property laws are to be reviewed to “make them fit for the internet age,” Prime Minister David Cameron has announced. He said the law could be relaxed to allow greater use of copyright material without the owner’s permission. The announcement was welcomed by internet campaigners... 

Sensitive police documents in Japan related to international terrorism have been leaked online, Japanese media say. More than 100 documents give personal details of people co-operating with terrorism inquiries, and foreigners in Japan apparently under investigation. The documents, which also include intelligence believed to... 

Scientists at The University of Manchester have developed software for mobile phones that can track your facial features in real-time. Eventually it will be able to tell who the user is, where they are looking and even how they are feeling. The method is believed to be unrivalled for speed and accuracy and could lead to facial... 

TELSTRA has thrown down the gauntlet to the top-selling iPad, launching a tablet PC. At $299 Telstra’s T-Touch Tab is less than half the price of Apple’s cheapest iPad. Sporting a 17cm touch screen, mobile internet access and the ability to make calls and send SMS, the gadget is aimed squarely at budget-conscious...