A global charity event organized via Twitter called Twestival is going to take place on March 25th. The special event, which will bring together the users of social networking site Twitter, will raise funds for the needy.

Twestival event urges people to donate for the needy people. This year, people from more than 175 cities around the world will take part in the event.

This year, the event is going to raise money for Concern Worldwide, which is trying to improve education in poverty striken countries.

Critics of the Google Street View are arguing that the service that now covers almost all of the UK’s streets and roads could jeopardize country’s security by posting images of sensitive buildings.

Herefordshire MP Paul Keetch criticized Google Street View for illegally publishing photos of the SAS headquarters as he feared that this could encourage terrorist attacks.

Mr. Keetch has already urged Google to remove the images of the SAS headquarters.

Shigeru Miyamoto, creator of one of the most famous characters in video game history, Mario, told the AP today that his main focus is to get children and teachers to use Nintendo's Wii in schools as educational aids or even teaching tools.

Integrating applications in video games for education “is maybe the area where I am devoting myself the most”, said the designer of the historical game character.

MySQL on Friday revealed that Marten Mickos, the longtime CEO of the company, who eventually sold the open-source database company to Sun Microsystems for US$1 billion, is now the CEO of Eucalyptus Systems.

Eucalyptus designs an open-source software platform for developing private clouds, or data centers in which workloads can be moved around across different systems with an aim to maximize efficiency.

Founders of the YouTube pocketed millions of dollars by selling the video giant to Google in 2006, documents unveiled in a copyright tussle between Viacom and Google showed.

Viacom presented the documents to prove that YouTube’s creators and Google benefited from letting copyrighted videos be posted at the website.

Sequoia Capital, which had invested around nine million US dollars in YouTube, received about 516 million US dollars worth of Google stock.

The British developed game “Batman: Arkham Asylum” has bagged the best game title at the Bafta 2010 awards.

Batman: Arkham Asylum outshone its nearest rival Uncharted 2: Among Thieves to win the award. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves had the most number of nominations.

In addition, Batman: Arkham Asylum grabbed the best gameplay.

Awards for best action and story went to Uncharted 2. In total, Uncharted 2 took away four awards.

Internet service provider Virgin Media has announced that it would demonstrate its superfast 200Mbps broadband service at the Ideal Home Show in London from Saturday.

At the Ideal Home Show, visitors will be able to become acquainted with some of the ways the superfast connection can be used at homes.

Speaking about the new service, Virgin Media said, “Ultrafast broadband like our 200Mbps service will enable a whole household to enjoy cutting-edge entertainment, not just via computers, but through an array of gadgets all over the home.”

Google’s controversial Street View service came under fire yesterday after it included detailed pictures of the SAS headquarters.

The entrance to the SAS headquarters had never before appeared on maps for security reasons. But, Street View service showed the 180-degree view of SAS headquarters’ boundary.

Experts say that these images could be used for terrorist attacks.

Google has promised that its Street View service would not show faces and licence plates.

Sky has confirmed that it would launch its much-anticipated 3D service on April 3, with a massive Premier League showdown.

Satellite TV provider Sky will screen Manchester United’s clash with Chelsea on the day of launch of the 3D service.

Commenting on the topic, a spokesperson for Sky said, "It's fitting that one of the biggest games of the season will be the launch pad for our pioneering service."

Though Palm Inc. managed to lower its losses in fiscal third quarter, it cautioned of considerably poorer revenue in the current quarter. Plummeting sales of the company's smart phones has caused a great amount of apprehension.

The sale of the company's Pre and Pixi smart phones haven't matched expectations. The reason for the drop in sales is that Palm Inc. has received great competition from gigantic corporations like Apple. Marketing by rival carriers has also impaired the sale of the phones.

Developer Irrational Games has revealed some of those crooks which failed to become a part of the original BioShock first-person shooter game.

BioShock’s architect Ken Levine posted some of those baddies in company’s official blog.

Some of the rejected baddies were much more striking than the splicers that we saw in final game.

The HP Mini 210 Vivienne Tam Edition netbbok is the perfect combination of technology and fashion as it is designed collectively by technology giant HP and well-known fashion designer Vivienne Tam.

The HP Mini 210, which is going to hit stores in Singapore next month, is targeting females with its lovely butterfly design on the cover.

The 1.2-kg stylish netbook is less than one inch in thickness. It was first made public at the New York Fashion Week in September 2009.

Microsoft Corp's new web browser Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) will not run on Windows XP, which will make users to upgrade to Windows Vista or Windows 7.

Speaking on the topic, a spokesperson for Microsoft said, "IE9 requires the modern graphics and security underpinnings that have come since 2001.”

The statement clearly indicated towards XP that appeared that year.

Web browser Opera announced on Thursday that downloads of its browser jumped to more than double after Microsoft Corp. provided its users with a choice of Web software.

From March 1, Microsoft started offering its customers a choice of 12 browsers to settle European Commission antitrust charges. Earlier the software giant had been compelling its customers to install its own Internet Explorer browser as a default.

Five has announced that it would launch HD channel on Sky this summer, just a few days after the UK broadcasting regulator Ofcom declared that Five would not be able to appear on Freeview HD until 2012.

Five HD has become the 42nd channel to join Sky's HD array. Sky will start showing Five HD in July this year. It has plans to show popular American programs such as CSI.

Earlier, Ofcom rejected channel Five’s request to allow it to launch an HD channel on Freeview this year because it could not manage to fulfill 'key criteria' to keep its slot.