US whistleblower Edward Snowden joins Twitter

Fugitive US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden has opened an account on the social network website Twitter. His opening tweet was: “Can you hear me now?” In his profile, Snowden......

What was Edward Snowden doing in India?

Intelligence whistleblower Edward Snowden worked at the United States Embassy in India and took a course in "ethical hacking" in Delhi, about three years before he leaked the NSA's surveillance......

Venezuela, Nicaragua offer asylum to Edward Snowden

In defiance of the United States, two Latin American countries -- Venezuela and Nicaragua -- offered asylum to Edward Snowden, leaker of the United States secretive surveillance programme.......

Mission accomplished, says Edward Snowden

Intelligence whistleblower Edward Snowden has said that he has already "accomplished" his mission by leaking details of global electronic surveillance by America that have embarrassed the Obama......

Which smartphones do Obama, Putin, Cameron use?

After Edward Snowden* revealed that US agencies monitored phones of the world leaders; every country is ensuring that the phones of its important officials are secured against hacking and......

Private e-mail IDs expose govt offices to snoop threat

It’s been about six months since revelations about the US government’s snooping programme, PRISM, hit the headlines. The documents leaked by former National Security Agency contractor......

The best and worst gadgets of 2013

This year had a lot happening in the personal technology space. By December, one had lost count of the number of smartphones (which got bigger and better) that were launched this year. It was also......

Facebook says government requests for data continue to rise

Governments often request basic subscriber information, IP addresses or account content, including people's posts online Facebook Inc said on Thursday that government requests for account data......

Gay athletes part of U.S. delegation for Sochi Games

The United States has named former tennis star Billie Jean King, one of the first prominent athletes to publicly acknowledge her homosexuality, to be in the U.S. delegation to the Winter Olympics......