Posts by Jeff Finn
Facebook Raises $1.5 Billion
Facebook said today it has raised $1 billion from non-U.S. investors, which combined with an infusion from Russia’s Digital Sky Technologies and Goldman Sachs in December, brings the total from its latest round of funding to $1.5 billion.The investments value the social networking site at $50 billion more than the current market values eBay Inc…
Read MoreTwitter subpoenaed by US government
The social networking site Twitter has been subpoenaed by the government in an effort to obtain personal details of people connected to Wikileaks including user names, connection records,telephone numbers and payment details. The Twitter executives are in a very difficult position as their forte with Twitter is to promote a forum for free expression ,and…
Read MoreSpam email suddenly quiet
For some unexplained reason the amount of junkmail that is sent across the globe has suddenly became quiet in recent months. Paul Wood, a senior analyst at Symantec Hosted Services told BBC news, around the Christmas holiday, three of the largest spam producers hauled their activity, “But its hard to say why,” he added. Networks…
Read MorePartial Solar Eclipse of 2011 on Tuesday
The moon will partially cover the sun on Tuesday , to see this phenomenon is is paramount that you must use protective equipment such as sunglasses and solar telescopes and not look directly at the sun without these. This event can be seen at sunrise in north Africa and much of Europe and at sunset…
Read MoreBiologist Study White Nose Syndrome in Bats
Biologist Susi von Oettingen walked into the dark World War II era military bunker and took out her flashlight. Among the wires ,old pipes and machinery parts, she saw some bats hanging from the ceiling and cracks in the cement walls. It was an unusual place for the bats to slumber , different from a…
Read MoreSun’s energy can be turned to fuel
The sun’s energy can be turned into fuel with a prototype solar device that mimics plant life ,has just been disclosed. The sunlight ray’s heats a ceria cylinder which breaks down water or carbon dioxide into fuels which can be stored and transported. Researchers in the US and Switzerland devised the prototype that uses a…
Read MoreFCC adopts new Regulations to protect Web traffic
Federal regulators adopted new rules today to keep the companies that control the Internet’s pipelines from blocking competing services, including online calling applications and Web video and restricting what their customers do online. The vote by the Federal Communications Commission was 3-2 and quickly came under fire by the commission’s two Republicans, who said the…
Read MoreGeneral Motors Faces More Seat Belt Recalls
General Motors Company said on Friday it is recalling about 111,000 GMC Terrain,Chevy Equinox, and Cadillac SRX 2011 small SUV models because the anchor to the seat belt buckle may fail, which could lead to injury in a crash. Dealers will start notifying owners of the vehicles involved in January, GM said. GM will pay…
Read MoreJulian Assange bail granted paid in cash
The Wilileaks founder Julian Assange who spent the last eight nights in prison was released from jail and paid his bail in cash , Mr Justice Quseley freed Me. Assange after the bail was paid and on the condition he resides at an address in East Anglia.A wikileaks supporter ,Vaughan Smith and owner of the…
Read More27 year old Facebook millionaire named Time’s person of 2010
Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg was picked by Time magazine as its annual person of the year ,he is one of the richest people in the US and Time chose him for having the most influence on events in 2010. A movie called The Social Network was modeled after him charting the the manner Facebook took…
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