Microsoft updates Live.com

Search Engine News May 9th, 2008

Microsoft updates Live.com
Software giant Microsoft has released yet another updated edition of their search engine on Live.com.
The page sports a new color theme though the result pages seem to have the older interface.
There is nothing exceptional about this update visually.
Yahoo has been doing better things with their search as they have just made available [...]

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Google launches YouTube India edition

Brands May 9th, 2008

Google launches YouTube India edition
Google owned video sharing service YouTube now has an Indian edition.
The company said that the localized Indian edition features a localized home page plus search functions.
YouTube India would focus on showcasing videos which are popular amongst Indian web users.
They are also planning to have an entirely ‘local’ flavor and feature [...]

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Google working on launching YouTube video products

Digital Media, Search Engine News May 9th, 2008

Google working on launching YouTube video products
Search engien giant Google is expected to soon launch some new products powered by their YouTube service.
The company added that they are considering expanding their partnership with rival Yahoo as they both aim to stay ahead of Microsoft.
Google CEO Eric Schmidt said in a statemnt that they are working [...]

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Advanced Micro Devices aims to launch 12 core processors in 2 years time

Hardware News, Processor News May 9th, 2008

Advanced Micro Devices aims to launch 12 core processors in 2 years time
No surprises here as Advanced Micro Devices has announced that they aim to be out with 12 core processors by 2010.
The company released their product roadmap for servers and workstations for the next two years.
AMD is working on launching its first six-core chip [...]

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Dell launches PowerEdge R805 and R905 servers optimized for virtualization

Hardware News May 9th, 2008

Dell launches PowerEdge R805 and R905 servers optimized for virtualization
US based PC maker Dell has announced that they are now shipping two new server products named PowerEdge R805 and R905.
These servers are optimized for virtualization and would ship with either VMware ESXi 3.5 or Citrix XenServer Dell Express Edition hypervisors preinstalled.
The company said that the [...]

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Hitachi Travelstar 7K320 launched

Data Storage - Hard Disks - Flash Memory, Hardware News May 9th, 2008

Hitachi Travelstar 7K320 launched
Japanese tech giant Hitachi has launched their new fourth-generation high-speed notebook hard drive.
This new product is Hitachi Travelstar 7K320 and it features 60% more capacity than its predecessor.
The company added that this drive offers 12% better application performance and uses 22% less power.
It is available in 7,200 rpm version and the [...]

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TorrentSpy told to pay $111 million to media companies

P2P Technologies May 9th, 2008

TorrentSpy.com told to pay $111 million to media companies
Motion Picture Association of America has now won a major lawsuit against the torrent search engine service TorrentSpy.com.
Incidentally, TorrentSpy has already closed their operations.
The service has been told to pay $30,000 per violation for nearly 3,700 illegal movies and TV show downloads.
MPAA said that this judgment would [...]

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MySpace to allow members to share their information to other services

Networks May 8th, 2008

MySpace to allow members to share their information to other services
Internet’s most popular social networking destination MySpace has said that they are now going to allow their members to share their public profile information on other online services.
They would have the power to decide to share their personal information like pictures, videos, and text on [...]

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Intel gets a license to operate WiMax network in Sweden

Networks May 8th, 2008

Intel gets a license to operate WiMax network in Sweden
Microprocessor industry giant Intel has now become one of the first winners of a license to operate a WiMax network in Sweden.
The company paid around $26 million for a 15-year license.
Intel is one of the biggest promoters of the WiMax technology. The company is expected [...]

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Cablevision Systems to develop their own wireless broadband network

Networks May 8th, 2008

Cablevision Systems to develop their own wireless broadband network
Cablevision Systems has announced that they are now planning to invest $350 million to build a wireless broadband network.
This network would be used to serve their customers in the New York area. This network is expected to be up and running in the next two years.
The company [...]

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Facebook to implement security measures to meet state demands

Networks, Safety News May 8th, 2008

Facebook to implement security measures to meet state demands
Facebook is said to have agreed to implement several security measures to protect younger users on their social networking service.
The company would take as many as 40 steps to meet the demand from the US state governments.
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said in a statement that these [...]

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America Movil to bring Apple iPhone to Latin America

Apple Computers, Wireless-Mobile May 8th, 2008

America Movil to bring Apple iPhone to Latin America
America Movil SAB has announced that they are working on bringing the popular Apple iPhone mobile phone to Latin American market.
The company did not reveal many details on their arrangement with Apple.
Apple has just announced their deals to launch the iPhone in several other world markets [...]

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Glue Pages Beta: Yahoo Search India gets merged result feature

Search Engine News May 8th, 2008

Glue Pages Beta: Yahoo Search India gets merged result feature
US based internet media giant Yahoo has said that they are now beta testing mixing search results with data from different sources in India.
The result pages on Yahoo India Search would now showcase text, images, and video results on a single results page.
The company said that [...]

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Japan wants to add copyright fee to Apple iPods

Digital Piracy, Digital Media, Digital Music - Players May 8th, 2008

Japan wants to add copyright fee to Apple iPods
Japan’s Cultural Affairs Agency has now proposed that the government should add a new tax on the price of Apple iPods and other media players.
This new tax would be used to compensate right holders who suffer due to massive digital media piracy.
This additional fee would be similar [...]

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Pownce enables public sharing of files

Networks May 8th, 2008

Pownce enables public sharing of files
Pownce has updated its service to add new features for their users.
Pownce users can now make available their shared files to public.
Till now, shared files were only made available to friends on the service.
Pownce is also providing some special settings for controlling the broadcasting of audio files.
In addition, the [...]

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Universal Music Group collaborates with Qtrax

Digital Media May 7th, 2008

Universal Music Group collaborates with Qtrax
Universal Music Group has now announced that they are now collaborating with Qtrax for free legal music downloads.
Qtrax made news earlier this year when they announced that they were launching a new service to distribute music free online. The company claimed that the content would be made available from major [...]

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Nokia 6122c for China Mobile announced

Wireless-Mobile May 7th, 2008

Nokia 6122c for China Mobile announced
Nokia has announced their 6122c mobile phone model for the Chinese mobile service provider China Mobile.
The company said that this phone would come loaded with a 2 megapixel camera with flash and a music player.
It would be powered by the Symbian S60 operating system.
Nokia is the world’s largest mobile phone [...]

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Moto RAZR2 V8 limited edition launched in India

Wireless-Mobile May 7th, 2008

Moto RAZR2 V8 limited edition launched in India
US based mobile phone maker Motorola has now launched the limited luxury edition of its new RAZR2 in India.
This special edition phone is gold colored and has a snake skin like texture. The company is targeting this phone at fashion conscious buyers.
The phone of course comes loaded with [...]

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Sprint Instinct vs. Apple iPhone

Wireless-Mobile May 7th, 2008

Checkout: Sprint | now is good
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Bill Gates: Steve Ballmer to make key decisions

Personalities May 6th, 2008

Bill Gates: Steve Ballmer to make key decisions
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates has said that Ballmer would be making the key decisions now that the company has taken back their acquisition deal for Yahoo.
He has been quoted as saying: “Well, the key decisions on that will be made by Microsoft CEO Steven Ballmer, who took [...]

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