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Google puts flu tracker to work on swine flu
Written on 30 Apr, 2009 at 10:35 in Top Stories | viewed times and users have made 0 comments so far
Using a new tracking tool, search engine giant Google said on Wednesday it saw a spike in searches for information about flu among people in Mexico last week even before news of the outbreak became widely known. Google said it... (Continue reading)
Firefox 3.5 coming soon
Written on 25 Apr, 2009 at 7:31 in Top Stories | viewed times and users have made 0 comments so far
Mozilla Foundation announced it’s plan to release FireFox 3.5 beta, later this week, Firefox 3.5 promises some new features largely based on HTML 5 — the latest update to the core language of the World Wide Web. Mozilla says Firefox... (Continue reading)
The end for GeoCities?
Written on 24 Apr, 2009 at 23:47 in Top Stories | viewed times and users have made 0 comments so far
Yahoo Inc. announced recently that it will be shutting down it’s GeoCities Free Web Hosting services this year. Yahoo acquired GeoCities for $3 billion in 1999. GeoCities no longer accept new accounts, and recommended it’s users to Yahoo Paid hosting... (Continue reading)
Pirate Bay demands retrial
Written on 24 Apr, 2009 at 23:42 in Top Stories | viewed times and users have made 0 comments so far
irate Bay owners were found guilty on being accessories to violating the copyright law by a Swedish Court. They were sentenced to one year in jail and a fine of $3.6 million dollars. But recent findings reveals that the judge... (Continue reading)
Thirteen year-old wins Apple’s billion app contest
Written on 24 Apr, 2009 at 23:10 in Top Stories | viewed times and users have made 0 comments so far
Apple on Friday revealed the name of the winner of its billion app countdown contest. It’s Connor Mulcahey, a 13 year-old who hails from Weston, Conn. Mulcahey downloaded the one billionth app: Bump, a contact information swapping application developed by... (Continue reading)
Nvidia sues Intel
Written on 28 Mar, 2009 at 12:45 in Top Stories | viewed times and users have made 0 comments so far
Nvidia countersues Intel for breach of contract related to a chip licensing agreement between the two companies. When Intel sued NVIDIA earlier this month alleging that the GPU maker had infringed upon its patents. The suit seeks to terminate Intel’s... (Continue reading)
Firefox gaining Grounds
Written on 22 Mar, 2009 at 10:39 in Statistics, Top Stories | viewed times and users have made 0 comments so far
According to vnunet.com, Firefox Web browser is gaining popularity, while other web browsers continued to wane. The figures, published by web developers’ portal W3Schools, shows Firefox with 46.4 per cent, up nearly one percent from January, while various versions of... (Continue reading)