Doctors to parents: Limit kids' texts, tweets, online time

CHICAGO (AP) - Parents should limit kids' tweeting and texting and keep smartphones and laptops out of bedrooms, a pediatricans group says.

The recommendations are bound to prompt eye-rolling and laughs from many teens but the influential pediatricians group American Academy of Pediatrics says parents need to know that unrestricted media use can have serious consequences.

Facebook friends can induce risky behavior: Study

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Mum was probably right about this: hanging out with the wrong crowd on social networks like Facebook can encourage teens to engage in risky behaviours like drinking and smoking.

A study released on Tuesday concludes that teenagers who see friends smoking and drinking alcohol in photographs posted on Facebook and Myspace are more likely to smoke and drink themselves.

Facebook rolls out 'social graph' search feature

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Facebook on Monday began rolling out a tool for United States English language users to mine the social network's trove of experiences for anything from restaurant choices to photos of far-off places.

Facebook said that a "graph search" feature that it has tested since early this year is making a broader debut at its website and that a version tailored for smartphone and tablet applications is in the works.

"Everyone using US English should start seeing their search box automatically updated," the California-based social network said in a blog post.

"This is just the beginning," the post said. "We're currently working on making it easier for people to search and discover topics, including posts and comments."

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Bill Gates offers US$100,000 for 'next-generation' condom

MICROSOFT founder Bill Gates is on a hunt, not for the next technology or software, but a "next generation" condom.

A foundation headed by the Microsoft founder and his wife Melinda has put up US$100,000 to reward someone who can come up with a plan to design a condom that not only works but that people would also want to use, according to NBC News.

Yahoo to shut down seven products, including Blackberry app

SAN FRANCISCO (REUTERS) - Yahoo Inc is shutting down seven products, including its mobile app for Blackberry smartphones, as new chief executive Marissa Mayer takes a page from Google Inc's play book by eliminating unsuccessful products en-masse.

How Brain Training Can Make You Significantly Smarter

As many people hit middle age, they often start to notice that their memory and mental clarity are not what they used to be.  We suddenly can't remember where we put the keys just a moment ago, or an old acquaintance's name, or the name of an old band we used to love.  As the brain fades, we euphemistically refer to these occurrences as "senior moments."

Google opens window to 'where Internet lives'

This undated photo provided by Google shows a Google data center in Hamina, Finland. Google is opening a virtual window into the secretive data centers that serve as its nerve center. -- PHOTO: AP

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Google on Wednesday gave its users a first-ever view of its data centres, with a virtual visit of its server farms around the world from the United States (US) heartland to Finland.

Wikipedia hits defining moment in social Web era

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales speaks during 'Wikimania 2012', the international Wikimedia conference on July 12, 2012, at the Lisner Auditorium in Washington, DC. Mr Wales said questions about the site's future direction will be worked out in the same manner the website operates - collaboratively. -- PHOTO: AFP

WASHINGTON (AFP) - It is another defining moment for Wikipedia.

The public knowledge website is more than a decade old and remains among the top 10 Internet sites in the world, but some say it is becoming old and dowdy. Others want to keep it that way.

Lady Gaga hits 25 million follower mark on Twitter

Lady Gaga performing in The Born This Way
Ball concert at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. 

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Pop diva Lady Gaga set a social media record on Thursday when she became the first person on Twitter to amass more than 25 million followers, more than anyone else on the microblogging website.

Zuckerberg 1 of first organ donors on Facebook

Facebook on Tuesday unveiled an initiative to use the vast social network to help connect organ donors with people who need life-saving transplants. Mark Zuckerberg (above) announced the initiative and became one of the first Facebook users to sign up to donate on the social network. -- PHOTO: AP

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Facebook on Tuesday unveiled an initiative to use the vast social network to help connect organ donors with people who need life-saving transplants.

China faces increasing overseas cyber attacks

Cyber attacks on China launched from bases overseas surged in 2011, rising to 8.9 million computers affected from 5 million the previous year, according to a network security report.

Japan was the source of most attacks at 22.8 per cent, followed closely by the United States at 20.4 per cent and the Republic of Korea at 7.1 per cent.

Overnight queues for Apple's new iPad

About 300 people had gathered by the time the EpiCentre store at Ion Orchard opened at 10am on Friday. By midday, more than 1,000 iPad units had been snapped up from the company's eight stores. There were also queues at Nubox, another Apple premium reseller. -- ST PHOTO: DESMOND FOO

Singapore: The hordes of Apple fans here once again proved their loyalty, with queues forming hours before the new iPad went on sale on Friday.

63% penduduk India miliki telefon berbanding 47% punya tandas

NEW DELHI: Satu bancian di India menunjukkan kebanyakan penduduk negara ini memiliki telefon berbanding sebuah tandas di rumah masing-masing.

Lady Gaga tops 20 million followers on Twitter

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Pop diva Lady Gaga has become the first person with more than 20 million followers on Twitter.

A 20 millionth 'Little Monster,' as Lady Gaga calls her fans, signed up to follow her Twitter feed over the weekend.

Facebook adding banks for initial public offering

SAN FRANCISCO (REUTERS) - Facebook will add banks in coming weeks to help underwrite its initial public offering (IPO), two sources familiar with its plans said on Friday.

Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse and Citigroup are among the banks that will likely be added, said the sources, who requested anonymity because they were not authorised to speak publicly on the matter.

Last September, Facebook increased its credit line to US$2.5 billion (S$3.1 billion).

One of the sources said that the credit line may be increased to about US$5 billion in the future.

Apple, Google and Amazon most admired firms: Fortune

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Apple topped the list of most admired companies for the fifth year in a row, based on a Fortune magazine survey released on Thursday showing Google as number two and Amazon number three.

Google was in second place for the third consecutive year while Amazon moved up from seventh place, giving the tech giants the top three spots in the magazine's survey of 3,855 American executives, directors, and securities analysts.

Yahoo threatens Facebook as social media patent war looms

SAN FRANCISCO (REUTERS) - Yahoo has demanded licensing fees from Facebook for use of its technology, the companies said on Monday, potentially engulfing social media in the patent battles and lawsuits raging across much of the tech sector.

Plenty find love online

(REUTERS) - Half of American adults know someone who found love online, and while the Internet plays a more important role than before in starting relationships it is also a forum for cheating and lies that ends them, according to a survey released on Monday.

Number of Internet dating scams triple in 2011

Singapore: Last October, Janet (not her real name) went to the airport, all eager to welcome an American she had befriended on a dating website.

While she was waiting at the arrival hall, the 34-year-old's cellphone rang. An 'immigration officer' said that her friend had been detained for bringing in a large sum of money.