Swine Flu is now a pandemic: What you must know

The World Health Organisation on Thursday declared the swine flu outbreak was a pandemic, the first in more than 40 years. The announcement was scientific confirmation that a new flu virus has......

India Inc slams draft e-commerce policy, calls it vague

Data localisation, an overarching theme across recent government policy proposals, has been a thorny issue with industry Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com The Department for Promotion of......

India's Hero Cycles revives Britain's Viking Cycles

A century-old European bicycle brand gets a makeover under its new Indian owner. But is there room for yet another premium commuter bike? Three years after bicycle maker Hero Cycles acquired the......

How crypto mining can hijack your computer

Install blockers to prevent falling prey to cryptojacking.Priyadarshini Maji reports. The Aditya Birla Group recently suffered a cryptojacking attack, wherein around 2,000 computers fell prey to......

Yahoo to replace Google as default US Firefox search engine

Yahoo Inc struck a deal with Firefox maker Mozilla Corp to replace Google Inc as the default search engine on the Firefox Web browser in the United States, a move that Yahoo Chief Executive Marissa......

Bolt eyes clubbing, beach after world titles

Jamaican Usain Bolt shattered two world records and won three world championship gold medals in Berlin -- now he is ready to hit the clubs and the beach. "I am just trying to finish the season......

Images: New Zealand trounce Ireland

Aaron Redmond hammered 63 from 30 deliveries to help New Zealand crush Ireland by 83 runs in the opening World Cup Super Eights match on Thursday. Ireland, replying to New Zealand's 198......