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Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said that Facebook, Google+ companies should be asked to set up their servers in India. Gehlot drew the attention of those present at the Chief Ministers Conference here including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that communal elements had posted some proactive comments on Facebook which resulted in communal tension in a region of his state. "Effective action was taken immediately against the miscreants," he said and added that while his government complied with the idea of Freedom of expression, but it should not be misused by communal elements and needs to be dealt with all severity. "I would appreciate if these site could develop a system which by itself prevents posting of material with communal and anti-national overtones," he said. "As the servers of these social networking sites are located outside the country, it becomes an arduous task to obtain any information related to such incidents. "I wou...

Facebook Messenger After three months of testing,   Facebook Messenger   is coming to a Windows desktop near you. The social network on Monday announced that Messenger for Windows, a standalone app that lets you IM friends via Windows 7, will be coming out of beta in a few weeks. “Millions of people log into Facebook every day to keep up with friends. They also browse other websites and run computer programs, so it’s easy to miss important stuff,” reads a post on Facebook’s blog. “Maybe a cousin just posted about getting a new job, or a best friend wants to chat about dinner plans for tonight. You should be able to stay in touch anytime, no matter what you’re doing.” Of course, you could do the same thing if you left Facebook open on your browser all day, but this is a way to keep in touch even if you close out of Facebook. The desktop sequel to Messenger has been a long time coming. Facebook   introduced   the Android and iOS-based mobile Messenger app last Augus...

Facebook's new Timeline feature   is rolling out to all users, and while we think it's pretty awesome—not  to mention ripe for customization there are a lot of people who aren't  big fans. If you don't really like the Timeline view, here's how to get  rid of it. This method won't take you back to the old layout, but it will get rid  of some of Timeline's clutter, like the  cover photo, friends box, and  two-column view. The layout will still be different and timeline-y, but it will be much cleaner. It won't change anything about how other  people see your profile—just how you view Facebook on your machine. All  you need is an extension called Social Fixer. Here's what you need to  do. Head to Socialfixer.com and install the extension for your browser. It's available for Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Opera, and any browser that supports Greasemonkey. Sadly, Internet Explorer is not supported.  Once you've ins...

In last week many internet users was using  online dating sites to find someone to spend Valentine’s Day with. Unfortunately, many internauts are not aware of the privacy and security risks some of these websites expose them to. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) made a list of factors that should be taken into consideration before making an account on such a website. Users should beware: many online dating sites are taking short cuts in safeguarding the privacy and security of users. Whether it’s due to counter-intuitive privacy settings or serious security flaws, users of online dating profiles risk their privacy and security every day. Here are six sobering facts about online dating services and a few suggestions for routing around the privacy pitfalls. 1. Your dating profile — including your photos — can hang around long after you’ve moved on.  Whether you signed up on a lark or maintained an active profile for several years, your online dating profile can be lurki...

RedTaction Working Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) is pursuing research and development of an innovative Human Area Networking technology called RedTacton (*1) that safely turns the surface of the human body into a data transmission path at speeds up to 10 Mbps between any two points on the body. Using a novel electro-optic sensor (*2), NTT has already developed a small PCMCIA card-sized prototype RedTacton transceiver. RedTacton enables the first practical Human Area Network between body-centered electronic devices and PCs or other network devices embedded in the environment via a new generation of user interface based on totally natural human actions such as touching, holding, sitting, walking, or stepping on a particular spot.    RedTacton can be used for intuitive operation of computer-based systems in daily life, temporary one-to-one private networks based on personal handshaking, device personalization, security, and a host of other...

Twitter search seems fairly basic, which often leads to people using 3rd party Twitter tools for searching. Most people don’t realize it, but Twitter some handy search command abilities: Basic Twitter Search Commands (no surprises here): Multi-word queries: if you search multiple words, Twitter’s default search will search tweets containing both (or all words). Example: big doggy would find tweets that contain both “big” and “doggy”, but not necessarily the words paired together. Exact match queries: if you use quotes, you can limit tweet searches to exact matches. Example: “big doggy” would find tweets that contain the exact phrase “big doggy”. OR queries: if you are looking for two related or interchangable words, OR queries work well. Example: dog OR doggy would find tweets that contain either words. Hash Tag queries: Hash tags used to be one of the only methods of putting a stamp on your tweet to help those searching in Twitter, but they not as critical these...