Media
Hackers steal passwords of a quarter million Twitter users
02 Feb 2013
Even as it successfully foiled one attack soon on detection, it found that 'extremely sophisticated' hackers might have managed to access user names, e-mail addresses and encrypted passwords of over 250,000 users
Google settles French media copyright dispute
02 Feb 2013
Google and French news organisations yesterday settled a copyright dispute over whether the search engine giant should pay to display news content in its search results
Time Inc to cut 480 jobs as ad revenues slump
31 Jan 2013
Network 18-Viacom inks deal for Disney content
30 Jan 2013
Bullied in jail, WikiLeaks source wins cut in sentence
10 Jan 2013
Private First Class Bradley Manning, the US soldier under trial as one of the key sources for Julius Assange’s WikiLeaks, is accused of passing information to WikiLeaks that effectively made it available to al-Qaida and its affiliate terrorist organisations
Dish Network trumps Sprint Nextel with unsolicited bid for Clearwire Corp
09 Jan 2013
Dish Network's quest to acquire broadband provider Clearwire is expected to face hurdles since rival Sprint Nextel already owns more than half of Clearwire
Qatar’s Al Jazeera buys US cable channel Current TV
04 Jan 2013
Qatari state-owned Al Jazeera plans to launch a new US news channel, which will be based in New York and cover over 40 million households once it commences broadcasting in 2013
Governments should not be in the business of broadcasting: TRAI
28 Dec 2012
The recommendation comes in the backdrop of the Tamil Nadu government making a strong pitch for granting licence to state government-owned Arasu TV to run its cable network
Time appoints first woman editor-in-chief
22 Dec 2012
MPs seek action against ‘unethical’ media
19 Dec 2012
Sun Pharma’s US unit to buy URL Pharma
18 Dec 2012
Discovery buys Northern European TV channels for $1.7 bn
15 Dec 2012
The purchase will include 12 television networks in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland and other assets, which will further solidify the US company’s long-term growth in the strong Nordic TV markets
Instagram blocks photos on network : Twitter
06 Dec 2012
Featured articles
Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
What is a Ponzi scheme?
By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
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