IBM launches Power7 processor range and products based on it
US based tech giant IBM has announced the launch of their Power7 processor range.
The company also announced products powered by this new processor.
IBM Power7 comes loaded with eight processing cores in one chip package. Each of these cores is capable of four threads. [...]
Vodafone UK had a Twitter FAIL moment
It has now been reported widely that a Vodafone UK representative posted an offensive message on the official Twitter account.
The message stated something like:
Vodafone UK is fed up of dirty —— and is going after beaver.
Here is a screenshot of the incident.
Vodafone UK has apologized [...]
Motorola Droid gets multi-touch in Google Maps
Google has released an update for the owners of Motorola Droid smartphone.
This update is for the Google Maps application on this device and it now gets multi-touch capabilities.
Google recently issued an update for the Nexus One smartphone that enabled multi-touch capabilities in the browser and maps [...]
Linus Torvalds is a Google Nexus One user!
Linus Torvalds has revealed on his blog that he is now using a Google Nexus One smartphone.
Google Nexus One is powered with Google Android platform which is based on the open source Linux operating system.
Linus said in a blog post about his decision to purchase [...]
Windows Mobile 7 to be showcased at Mobile World Congress?
We are hearing a lot of reports that Microsoft would announce news about their upcoming Windows Mobile 7 operating system for smartphones.
Here are some of the rumors:
· Windows Mobile 7 will be announced at MWC, and there will be a demo, but this will [...]
Facebook now managing ads on their own network
Facebook have revealed that they are now in full control of the ads being run on their network.
Microsoft has been their advertising partner for a while now but they are no longer in control.
Microsoft would however continue to sell ads on Facebook in the future. [...]
Amazon selling Macmillan books again
Macmillan books are back online on the Amazon store.
Amazon had stopped offering Macmillan books after the two companies could not agree on a price point for the eBooks offered to Kindle owners.
Amazon had to agree on a compromise which would now mean higher prices for the eBooks from [...]
Apple might be using a micro SIM card in iPad to please AT&T
Industry sources are indicating that Apple decided to use a micro SIM card in their recently announced iPad tablet PC to please AT&T.
By allowing only a micro SIM card in the iPad, customers would be forced to buy a new AT&T connection [...]
Google might advertise during Super Bowl
TechCrunch blog has pointed towards a tweet from Google CEO Eric Schmidt.
Eric posted:
Can’t wait to watch the Superbowl tomorrow. Be sure to watch the ads in the 3rd quarter (someone said “Hell has indeed frozen over.”)
Looks like Google might have an advertisement in place for the [...]
Project Titan: Facebook working on a Gmail rival!
TechCrunch has reported that Facebook is working on a brand new messaging platform that would replace their existing component.
This product is codenamed Project Titan and it would be a fully functional webmail service.
The interesting part is that this service could feature free IMAP/POP support making it [...]
