Web founder leaves his mark on Facebook’s wall

When Google launched its social networking service, Google Plus, during the summer of 2011, tens of millions of people clamoured to sign up for an account.

Facebook has signed an agreement with Chinese search engine giant Baidu to set up a new social networking site in China, a leading web portal reported Monday.The new website will not be linked to Facebook's global service, which is currently blocked in China, the report on Sohu.com said, citing unnamed Baidu employees.The agreement follows several meetings between Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Baidu's chief executive Robin Li, it added, and comes amid reports the US social networking giant is eyeing a move into mainland China.

As the 20th anniversary of the publication of the world's first web page approaches, the man who invented the world wide web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee says the challenges it met in the past are just as relevant today.

The simplest way for cyber criminals to steal account details is through a phishing attack, which tricks users into giving away their credentials by exploiting the medium’s virality and trusted messaging.

By Tedra DeSue:On my hunt for up and coming biotech companies that could make for good investments, I recently came across Viratech Corp (VIRA.PK). It touts itself as not being your typical biotech company, and I agree after learning of several strides it is making that will not only drive its revenue growth, but will also help it become a major player in the space.

Tim Berners-Lee, the man credited with inventing the world wide web, warned Tuesday of the "blight" of new laws being introduced across the globe allowing people to be cut off from the Internet."There's been a rash of laws trying to give governments and Internet service providers (ISPs) the right and the duty to disconnect people," he told a conference on web science at the Royal Society in London.