Quest for next Hotmail continues

For Sabeer Bhatia, the quest for the next Hotmail continues, reports India Real Time.

The latest idea from the co-founder of Hotmail is a mobile application that will allow users to send text messages to any mobile in the world for free.

The application - JaxtrSMS - is available for all phones which have data plans, including the iPhone, BlackBerry, Nokia and other phones, which are based on Android or Java platforms. The application is available to users of all phone service providers.

While the UK government maintains its stance that the British Web should remain open and uncensored, measures are to be introduced to ban cyber criminals from the Web, reveals ZDNet.

The UK's cyber security strategy released on Friday spells out the increased use of “cyber sanctions”, where those who misuse the Internet for criminal means could be barred from accessing social networks, including Facebook and Twitter, as well as other Web-based services.

Plans to introduce 'cyber tagging' technology could be used to inform the authorities when banned Internet users break their bail or sentencing conditions by accessing the Web.

The European Union (EU) may soon update its Data Protection Directive to cover all member nations with a uniform policy regarding online data privacy, according to TechNewsWorld.

EU justice commissioner Viviane Reding's planned draft legislation will require businesses to inform customers when and why they are collecting customer data and how it's stored.

The European Union may begin an overhaul of its 1995 Data Protection Directive next year to provide one single unified body of legislation on this issue.

There is not much choice: stare blankly at the wall tiles, focus on shoes with face set in a grimace, or maybe whistle, says the BBC.

When men use a public urinal they are cruelly left in full view, with nothing to do as they answer nature's call. Until now.

British company Captive Media thinks it has developed a product that fills a gap in the market - a urinal mounted, urine-controlled games console for men.