TECHNOLOGY

In a startling revelation, more than 7,000 spoken languages from around the world are expected to go extinct by the end of the century. Fortunately, researchers from Swarthmore College have found a way to preserve these languages.

Twitter Helps Kenyan Village Chief Fight Crime

Rumours rife over iPad 3.

Anonymous, the hacktivist collective, took down the webpage for the Spanish film industry's premier awards organisation - the Goya Awards - on Sunday. In addition to the virtual attack, some members of the collective even launched a physical attack on the evening, when they jumped on the stage, during the awards ceremony, to protest.

Spanish hackers slip through security at Spain's Hollywood-style awards to protest against anti-piracy law.

Today, most games running on PC's including Half Life 2 and Counter Strike can be modified by gamers without much trouble. Modified games add interest and more value to the game and such games continue to remain popular even after the original game gets outdated.

South Korean electronics giant Samsung, in a statement on Monday, said it would spin-off its unprofitable Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) business into a separate company.

Latest reports from Arbor Networks - a DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) mitigation vendor, claims that iPv6 could be the next target of cyber criminals worldwide. Many network services are contemplating the idea of transition from iPv4 to iPv6 owing to lack of feature parity between the two network protocols.

Latest reports suggest that rumour mongers are speculating on the conspicuous presence of an improved camera alongside a revamped retina display in the most-anticipated gadget of the year - the iPad 3. Speculation has been spreading like wildfire for the last few days as restless fans look forward to the gadget.

Fallout and Elder Scrolls fans are in for an exotic treat coming April 3, as Bethesda's double pack featuring Fallout 3 and Elder Scrolls Oblivion is coming at $29.99 for Xbox 360 and $19.99 for PC.

Apple's flagship smartphone (poularly called the iPhone 5) is expected to be unveiled at the WWDC (Worldwide Developer Conference) this June, according to the latest reports by the Daily Mail and, quite naturally, as its release date draws closer, talk about comparisons with other quad-core gadgets starts circulating.

Rovio's next big title - Angry Birds Space is poised to enthrall you for countless gaming hours, as you will be firing birds at innocuous pigs, revelling in the power of zero gravity in space. One peek at the insinuating teaser video will leave you wondering about the new game physics in space.

The latest speculations on iPad 3 invariably surround the much hyped retina display with a March 7 release date just around the corner.

A number of tweets on popular micro-blogging Web site Twitter have all confirmed, from their point of view, that the expected iPad 3 will feature a 2048 x 1536 Retina display.

ITC dismissed HTC's patent complaint against Apple, stating that Apple didn't infringe HTC's patents.

A British Student, Glenn Mangham, 26, has allegedly stolen valuable information after breaking into the heart of Facebook. The talented hacker had earlier pointed out security loopholes with the Yahoo website and apparently won an appreciation award from the firm for his noble work as ethical hacker.

Apple's iPad 2 and Amazon's Kindle Fire have hogged the limelight for quite some time with appealing features at affordable prices. However, as more and more comparisons emerge between the two, some startling revelations have surfaced.

Researchers from the University of Tennessee have discovered that electric cars in China have an overall impact on pollution that could be more harmful to health than gasoline vehicles.

Security expert Rik Ferguson says Serious Organised Crime Agency threat to prosecute illegal music downloaders is a bluff.

Apple has been forced to backtrack on its application privacy, after it was found that many apps were taking users' contact lists from their iPhones and iPads.

Bank Hapoalim security measures foil viral attack on £50bn asset pot that tried to access accounts.

Android 5.0 Jelly Bean Mobile OS Coming in Spring 2012?Android fanatics around the world are still stuck digesting the news of Ice Cream Sandwich revamping their smartphone interface and browsing experience while the upgrade itself has miserably failed to penetrate more than 1 per cent of the mobile phone market globally owing to hardware constraints

Samsung has denied speculation that it will not be releasing a 32GB version of its popular Galaxy Nexus smartphone.

The European Court of Justice has decisively ruled out implementation of anti-piracy filter by social-networking sites to stall copyrighted content from being uploaded on their sites. The ruling involves a case filed against Netlog by a Belgian music royalties firm, Sabam.

While lying on its deathbed Kodak is bracing for a legal onslaught from Apple, as the technology giant is seeking permission to sue the bankrupt camera company for intellectual property theft.

Jack Tretton moves to quash speculation Sony will follow up Vita handheld with release of PS4 console before year's end.

Iris-reading technology turned off at two airports after failing to cut down queues.

Despite Apple CEO Tim Cook stating earlier this week that consumers hate cheap tablets, a recent study has found that the BlackBerry PlayBook is gaining ground on Apple's iPad.

Continuing its anti-Acta "shenanigans" Anonymous hackers have targeted a number of government trade sites, defacing their front pages.