Researcher Joanne Kuzma from the University of Worcester, England, has analyzed photos that clearly show children’s faces on the photo sharing site Flickr, the International Journal of Electronic Security and Digital Forensics reported.

Kuzma found that a significant proportion of those analyzed were geotagged, a large number of those being linked with 50 of the more expensive residential zip codes in US, according to a university statement.

“Publishing geolocation data raises concerns about privacy and security of children when such personalized information is available to internet users who may have dubious reasons for accessing this data,” explained Kuzma.

The location information could possibly be used to locate a child’s home or other location based on information publicly available on Flickr, added Kuzma.

Flickr and many other photo-sharing and social networking sites can also utilize geotagging or allow users to add the appropriate geotags to their photos manually.

Kuzma found that all the zip code locations analyzed had geotagged images of children, new babies in and around the family homes, all searchable in the public areas of the site.

All of the geotagged images could easily be superimposed on a map of a given area, which Kuzma suggests might pose a significant security and privacy risk.

“The new system is likely to be commissioned in six to seven of a total of 14 airports across India by the middle of this year and in the remaining airports by this year-end,” he added.

According to the official, unlike the existing radar-based ground-to-air surveillance system on airports, the comparatively cheaper ADS-B system has three components — an ADS-B transponder in the aircraft, an antenna to get frequency from the aircraft transponder and a receiver at the Air Traffic Control (ATC).

“The new technology enables ATCs at airports to get complete situational awareness of ADS-B compatible aircraft, which could even be 300 miles away,” Maiti said.

The ADS-B system would cover much wider areas than the present surveillance system.

“The existing air surveillance system has certain limitations when it comes to airspace management,” Maiti said, adding that safety aspects would also get a major boost once the new system is introduced.

The AAI official said that during the past few years, air traffic has increased in most of the airports in India with more domestic and foreign flights using Indian airspace and airports.

“Voice communication between the flights and the ATCs would be more easy and transparent with the new ADS-B system,” Maiti added.

The administrative as well as technical process has already started to install the new system at 14 airports: Agartala, Imphal, Shimla, Jaipur, Bhopal, Patna, Bhubaneswar, Lucknow, Amritsar, Varanasi, Port Blair, Nagpur, Ahmedabad and Calicut.

The AAI official said that around Rs.4 crore would be spent at each of the airports to install the new system.

Meanwhile, the AAI has begun preliminary work to upgrade Agartala airport to an international airport to boost the northeastern region’s connectivity with Southeast Asian countries.

“AAI has taken up an ambitious Rs.80 crore project to gradually develop Agartala airport to international standards. Also, a modern Air Traffic Control tower is being set up at a cost of Rs.10 crore,” said another AAI official.

On an average, 32-33 aircraft operate every day through Agartala airport, connecting Delhi, Kolkata, Guwahati, Imphal, Silchar and the southern states.

“The decision to upgrade the Agartala airport was taken as part of the India’s ‘Look East’ policy,” the official added.

“As part of the plan, the terminal building, ATC tower, runway and other necessary infrastructure would be expanded and further strengthened,” he told IANS.

A Tripura government official said the AAI has sought 200 acres of land to build additional infrastructure. “However, there is scarcity of land in the existing airport area,” he said.

Results showed that a potential purchaser of statins (cholesterol busting drugs) is likely to encounter websites from a wide geographical base of generally poor quality, the journal of Pharmacoepidemiology & Drug Safety reported.

General contra-indications (condition which makes a particular treatment or procedure inadvisable) were absent in 92.4 percent of sites and contra-indicated medicines were absent in 47.3 percent, according to a university statement.

Key warnings on the appearance of symptoms associated with myopathy, liver disease, hypersensitivity and pancreatitis were absent in 37, 48.4, 91.3, and 96.2 percent of sites, respectively.

Most websites presented a chaotic and incomplete list of known side effects; just 13 (7.1 percent) presented a list compatible with current prescribing information. Only two thirds (65.8 percent) attempted to describe any side effects in lay language.

“Websites offering statins for sale contain little information on the safety of these drugs, which are intended as prescription only medicines,” Brown noted.

“There is an inherent danger in patients seeking to self-medicate in this way without consulting a healthcare professional and being appraised of ways to use the medicine safely,” added Brown.

The flotation later this year would raise around $10 billion, making it one of the biggest share sales ever on Wall Street.

Rumours of Facebook’s initial public offering (IPO) have been circulating for months.

“Facebook a brilliant achievement, but $75-$100bn? Would make Apple look really cheap,” wrote Rupert Murdoch on Twitter.

The company was started by Mark Zuckerberg and fellow students at Harvard University in 2004. It has over 800 million users and makes most of its money through advertising.

Apple is said to be working on a curved-glass, wrist-wearable iPod. Users could communicate with device with Apple’s artificial intelligence software Siri and the information could be relayed to iPhone, reported Xinhua.

A very small group of Apple employees had been conceptualizing and prototyping some devices, said Bits, citing a person with knowledge of the plan.

The core concept of the plans is to make smartphone become the central hub for mobile communication. Some analysts said the companies still need to ensure consumers to recognize the daily value of these novelty product-like devices.

Through the application, passengers can also get “real-time” advice on which lines are crowded and get suggestions on alternative routes.

However, it has been made available initially only for Apple devices but will be extended to other mobile phones in the coming months.

Consumed by the technological boom, filmmakers like Prakash Jha, Mahesh Bhatt, Shirish Kunder and big stars like Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan used social networking sites to connect with their audiences and impart information.

The FICCI-KPMG 2011 report pointed out that VFX and post-production segments grew 42 percent and 17 percent respectively in the total of the Rs.23.6-billion ($450 million) worth industry for 2011.

If big names like Shah Rukh Khan, Ekta Kapoor and Karan Johar launched the first look of their respective films “RA.One”, “The Dirty Picture” and “Agneepath” on Twitter, Mahesh Bhatt used the platform to finalise the poster for “Murder 2″.

Filmmaker Onir went a step further and used Facebook to invited people to raise funds for his film “I Am” and received an overwhelming response. Around 400 people from 46 cities across the world participated and he raised nearly Rs.10 million.

Later Onir released the trailer of the film on Youtube.

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who has witnessed the industry’s growth from the 1970s till now, had once said: “The interaction with the audience through social networking mediums has helped…I think it is a wonderful vehicle to tell people that ‘I made this film for you. Now can you guide me where I am going wrong before I actually put it out in theatres’. I think it is quite masterly to involve the people…it’s democratically correct!”

A regular blogger, Big B is tech savvy and often discusses his film projects, tidbits about his life on his blog and he even tweets. In fact, he announced his daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai’s pregnancy on Twitter, and later the birth of his granddaughter.

For others, using Twitter or Facebook for clarification or refuting rumours was a regular thing.

Bollywood’s King Khan used every available technological support for king-sized promotion and branding of his superhero movie “RA.One”.

SRK, who reportedly spent over Rs.150 crore on “RA.One” as a producer, set aside a separate marketing budget for online promotions. He collaborated with Google Plus and Sony for a full cycle game called “Ra.One – The Game”. It was available on PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3 format.

He also customised “RA.One” channel on YouTube, which was the first-of-its kind initiative in the country and saw the songs release, theatrical promos along with videos of the film’s making, events and uncut footage going online.

Marriage between gaming and films is an opportunity to raise revenues worldwide, said King Khan.

“Apart from just the bright factor, the creative factor and the marketing factor – I think the main marriage is going to be that we are going to have another source of revenue very soon for our films…so they can get bigger and better,” said the actor-producer who did tie-ups worth Rs.52 crore.

“…I feel Indian films can take this second step — to get video games arranged for their respective films. I am sure youngsters all around would be proud of this development,” he added.

His forthcoming film “Don 2 – The King Is Back” will have a game titled “Don – The Social Mobsters Game’, which will be launched on Facebook and is being developed by Mango Games. He is regularly tweeting about the film’s promotion and keeps his fans updated.

Actor-filmmaker Sanjay Suri, who featured in “I AM”, feels the landscape of releasing and watching trailers has changed.

“One can reach a wider audience through such platforms,” he said.

The reach of Youtube was evident when southern star Dhanush’s song “Kolaveri Di” went viral on the internet and made him popular across the globe.

But there is a flip side to it, says Anurag Kashyap, director of films likes “Black Friday”, “Dev D” and “Gulaal”.

“Youth is my biggest audience but the biggest problem is they are a non-paying audience. They are the ones who download films but don’t believe in spending,” he said.

Technology was used and abused. For instance, songs like “Haal e dil”, a song from Amitabh Bachchan’s film “Bbuddah…Hoga Tera Baap” and “Chammak Challo” from “RA.One” were leaked online much before their official music launch.

According to the new rules, web users need to give their real names to website administrators before being allowed to put up microblog posts.

The bloggers, however, are free to choose their screen names, a spokesman with the city’s web content management authority said.

China’s internet users with broadband access totalled 149.93 million by the end of September, up 23.64 million year-on-year, whereas the number of dial-up connection users dropped by 198,000 to 5.7 million.

“The new rules are aimed at protecting web users’ interests and improving credibility on the web,” said the spokesman.

The official said the move will help microblogging service providers enhance trustworthiness and improve the quality of their services.

According to the rules, web users need to register using authentic identities when applying for microblog IDs, which will enable them to write, publish and share postings.

Web users do not have to apply for an ID to browse posts, the document said.

The new rules ban individuals and organizations from posting and duplicating illegal content, including information that leaks state secrets, damages national security and interests, and instigates ethnic resentment, discrimination or illegal rallies that disrupt social order.

These websites will have to ensure the authenticity of their users’ identities, and protect the privacy of microbloggers, it said.

The new rules have caught the attention of many microbloggers at Sina Weibo, China’s largest microblogging site with over 200 million users.

Some said the move would be effective in curbing online rumours and fraud, while others were worried that it would stop people from voicing their complaints or grievances.

“We want a constructive dialogue that helps them (social media) empower us, so that when we move forward in our decision making, it is as informed, as it can be in any civilised society,” Sibal told reporters here.

Thursday’s meeting was part of the national e-governance plan on using the social media to empower citizens.

“This discussion and this dialogue is about how the social media can empower government, because under the normal processes of government, there is always a limited dialogue with representatives of society because the means are limited,” said Sibal.

Internet world was in an uproar last week after a report said Sibal had asked social networking sites like Facebook and Google, which operate the social video platform Youtube, to censor content which were offensive to religious sentiments and degrading some individuals.

In earlier interactions with the media, the minister had said he was compelled to think of guidelines for barring objectionable content on social networking sites after they declined to do anything about the issue.

Sibal said he would continue to hold a dialogue with companies like Facebook, Google and Twitter on the issue.

Some 30 potential buyers were bidding for the document and the lot eventually went to Eduardo Cisneros, chief executive officer of Cisneros Corp.

Throughout its 35-year history, Apple, one of the pioneers on the personal computer market, has retained its technological and designer edge.