Category: Technology

WASHINGTON, June 22, 2013 (AFP) – Internet users are taking a fresh look at “privacy” search engines that do not store data or track online activity, in light of the flap over US government surveillance.While Google’s market share has not seen a noticeable dent, privacy search engines like US-based DuckDuckGo and European-based Ixquick have seen […]

WASHINGTON, June 12, 2013 (AFP) – A fierce debate about Internet privacy and the limits of US executive power erupted on Tuesday, in a victory for the young intelligence technician at the center of a global leak storm. While Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein, the head of the Senate intelligence committee, branded the leak an “act […]

HONG KONG, June 11, 2013 (AFP) – Whistleblower Edward Snowden was acclaimed Tuesday by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange as a “hero” defending personal liberty, but US lawmakers clamoured for the NSA contractor’s immediate expulsion from his Hong Kong hideout to face justice at home.Snowden, a 29-year-old technology expert working for a private firm subcontracted to […]

June 10, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s small and medium enterprises could use e-commerce “to grow exponentially,” software and outsourcing chamber official said welcoming plans by authorities to liberalize Paypal inward payments.Central Bank Governor Nivard Cabraal said last month, that the regulator was “seriously” looking at liberalizing Paypal inward remittances, which had been blocked in […]

NEW YORK, June 3, 2013 (AFP) – A US government lawyer accused Apple Monday of concocting a deliberate scheme to fix prices of electronic books as the antitrust trial against the tech giant got underway. “Apple knowingly and intentionally committed to a common scheme of publishers to raise prices,” Justice Department attorney Lawrence Buterman told […]

June 04, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka Telecom, the island’s sole wireline operator which also has mobile and video services, said it had been formally licensed to operate a national backbone with its fibre-optic network. Other operators are also given access to the National Backbone Network (NBN). “SLT’s network is ready with the necessary flexibility, […]

June 3, 2013 (LBO) – Mobitel, a unit of Sri Lanka Telecom, said mobile fourth generation (4G) broad band services had gone live in Colombo, Galle, Hambantota, Jaffna, Kalutara, Kandy, and Matara.Enterprises can benefit from the service as it is reliable and has higher average speeds of Mobitel’s mobile 4G-LTE service which is backed by […]

SINGAPORE, June 01, 2013 (AFP) – US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Saturday accused Beijing of involvement in cyber espionage against Washington in a speech at a Singapore security forum attended by Chinese military officials.China kept up a steady campaign of hacking in 2012 that included attempts to target US government computer networks, which could […]

SAN FRANCISCO, May 30, 2013 (AFP) – Google revealed Thursday that it has two new sophisticated Android smartphones in the works, one of which will have the unprecedented distinction of being made in the United States. An HTC One smartphone customized to be “Google’s take on Android” will make its US debut on June 26 […]

May 25, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s demand for computers and peripherals will grow due to greater consumption of information and economic activity and investments pick up after the end of a 30-year war, officials at US-based Hewlett Packard said.The OfficeJet Pro X series come at a price tag of between 30,000 to 80,000 rupees. […]

SAN FRANCISCO, May 22, 2013 (AFP) – Twitter said Wednesday it was stepping up security measures for the popular messaging service following a series of high-profile breaches by hackers hitting media organizations and others.Earlier this month, the Twitter feed of satirical US news website The Onion was also taken over by the Syrian group aiming […]

May 22, 2013 (LBO) – Web searching in Sri Lanka for consumer products have rocketed with rapidly falling device and access prices, giving opportunities for radically different ways of doing business, a Google official said.“The search trends for all categories in Sri Lanka have increased anywhere between 12 to 25 times, be it automobile category […]