Author: Murad Ahmed
Author: Murad Ahmed Writes for: Times Online Role: Technology Reporter News feed: Web links: Author ranking: 389 Number of articles found: 6 |
AOL is preparing to close the social networking website Bebo
Source: Times Online - Date: 12:01 AM 8th Apr 2010
Bebo, once the social networking site of choice for Britain’s teenagers, is preparing to close, unable to hold on to its users as they grow up and leave for rivals such as Facebook. AOL, which bought Bebo for $850 million (£560 million) two years ago, has told its . . . .
Microsoft challenges BBC’s iPlayer with its new MSN Video Player
Source: Times Online - Date: 12:01 AM 11th Mar 2010
Microsoft has raised the stakes in the battle to win over those who watch television on the internet by introducing the first serious rival to BBC’s iPlayer. The MSN Video Player, which went online today, will feature a thousand hours of television programming aimed at young . . . .
Goodbye cruel web: legal row as social networkers escape in ‘suicide machine’
Source: Times Online - Date: 10:10 PM 22nd Jan 2010
Online lives can be hard. Friendships made through social networking sites can seem false and then there is the inane chatter. Many sign up to the likes of Facebook and Twitter and quickly realise they want out. Have you ever thought about ending it all? Thousands of people are . . . .
Virtual quests lead to real love and death for World of Warcraft fans
Source: Times Online - Date: 10:10 PM 22nd Nov 2009
When it began it was just a computer game. Now it is seen as a cultural force that sparks love affairs, breaks marriages and creates “sweat shops” to satisfy a black market in virtual goods. World of Warcraft marks its fifth birthday today as something more . . . .
Backslash: web creator Sir Tim Berners-Lee apologises for his strokes
Source: Times Online - Date: 5:20 PM 13th Oct 2009
Ask your average computer user what irks him most about going online and you might have thought it was the proliferation of pornography or cult of cyber-criminals. Pop-up advertisements would surely feature. And what about that spam mail? But when the British scientist who . . . .
Tony Blair didn't do God in Downing Street. Now he's making up for lost time
Source: Times Online - Date: 12:00 AM 8th Apr 2008
You can’t fault Tony Blair’s ambition. Within hours of his leaving office last June, the UN announced that the former Prime Minister would take up a role as a Middle East peace envoy. As if attempting to solve that ancient conflict was not enough, Mr Blair will . . . .
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