Washington, Sept 23 : Most Internet users cannot distinguish between genuine and false popup warnings messages, even after repeated mistakes, according to a new study by researchers at North Carolina State University.

Fake popup warnings are usually designed to trick users into downloading harmful software.

"This study demonstrates how easy it is to fool people on the Web," said study co-author Dr. Michael S. Wogalter, professor of psychology at NC State.

London, Sept 23: A 14th-century recipe book compiled by King Richard II's master cooks is among several works being digitised for viewing on Internet.

The book is being put online for the first time to give modern-day chefs an insight into the delicacies of the Middle Ages.

Forme of Cury, written in1390, details more than 200 dishes that were cooked in the royal household.

Written in Middle English, it contains the instructions for creating long-forgotten dishes such as blank mang (a sweet dish of meat, milk, sugar and almonds), mortrews (ground and spiced pork).

London, Sept. 22 : Burma has launched a ferocious "cyber-war" against dissidents who use the Internet.

According to The Times, in the past few days anti-government online magazines run by exiled Burmese have been inundated by massive volumes of artificially generated traffic that have forced the news websites to shut down.

The attacks coincided with the first anniversary of the "saffron uprising" - ten days of mass demonstrations by Buddhist monks and student activists that culminated in a crackdown in which dozens were killed and thousands arrested.

Washington - Google's new Chrome Web browser is being hailed as a game-changer.

It's fast, has a clean interface, some snazzy features that other Web browsers don't have, and, well, it's free and it's from Google.

Does that mean you should download it right now and spend the time to learn it? If you like new technology, the answer is "sure."

But if you need to be assured of some payoff in new technology before you invest time in it, you might rightly want some questions answered before you switch. Here are a few.

Q: Why did Google create a Web browser?

Sydney, Sept 19: Internet search engine “Google” has jumped ten spots to reach at number 10 in the list of the “Best Global Brands 2008”.

Google, which has built on its dominance in internet searches to expand into software, video, mapping and web browsing, was “the undisputed king of the internet world”, and its brand value had shot up by 43 per cent, from 21.9 billion dollars to 31.5 billion dollars, said a report in news. com. au.

According to the report, the annual study on the hottest brands in the world showed that tech companies put on the strongest showing, financial companies were the weakest, in.