After it received an alert that a jihadist group was using the site to spread its radical message, Facebook shut down the web page of the fast growing jihadist group.

On the evening of 18th December, the site blocked the group called the Fursan Ghazawat Alnusra, which is Arabic for "Knights in Support of the Invasion" after its membership expanded to about 120 in just more than one week.

Basically the group aimed at teaching its members to wage "Jihad to aid the religion of Allah and his Prophet."

On Sunday, work commenced to repair submarine cables under the Mediterranean, which are suspected of being cut by a ship's anchor. As a result, it has hindered Internet and international telephone service in parts of the Middle East and south Asia.

On 21st December, at 1330 GMT, experts arrived at the site of the damage between Sicily and Tunisia on a cable ship.

A remotely operated submarine robot was sent with the aim to track down the cables.

While referring to the France Telecom Marine "Hector" vehicle, Louis-Michel Aymard said, "The robot has begun its mission."

The Symantec's Norton Internet Security for Mac 4.0, a suite of security software with a long name and a variety of security features was released recently which has given Mac owners an option of another security application.

London, December 22: Over 10 million of the 13 million songs available on the Internet failed to find a single buyer last year, according to a study of digital music sales.

The study by Will Page, chief economist of the not-for-profit royalty collection society MCPS-PRS Alliance, contrasts Chris Anderson's prediction in his 2006 book `The Long Tail' that the internet economy would shift from a relatively small number of "hits" - mainstream products - at the head of the demand curve toward a "huge number of niches in the tail".

Its findings suggest that the niche market is not an untapped goldmine, and that online sales success still relies on big hits.

Washington, Dec 20: Facebook has shut down a fast growing jihadist group, after it received an alert that the group was using the site to spread its radical message.

The group called the Fursan Ghazawat Alnusra, which is Arabic for "Knights in Support of the Invasion", was blocked on December 18 evening after its membership grew to about 120 in just more than one week.

The group's motto or teaching to its members was to wage "Jihad to aid the religion of Allah and his Prophet."

The discovery was made by FoxNews. com, which after working closely with a former radical Muslim, who is presently dedicated to exposing cyberterror activity, gained access to the group and its content.

San Francisco  - A survey of internet leaders and analysts has predicted that most people will use mobile devices such as smartphones to access the internet in
2020, but cautioned that the spread of communications networks would not necessarily make the world a better place.

"A strong undercurrent of anxiety runs through these experts' answers," said Lee Rainie, director of the Pew Internet Project that polled almost 1,200 experts.

"They are quite sure the internet and cell phones will continue to advance at an amazing clip, but they are not at all sure people will make the same kind of progress as they embrace better, faster, cheaper gadgets," he said Wednesday.