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Google puts flu tracker to work on swine flu

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 has... (Continue reading)

Firefox 3.5 coming soon

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... (Continue reading)

The end for GeoCities?

The end for GeoCities?

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

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 who... (Continue reading)

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Thirteen year-old wins Apple’s billion app contest

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 Bump... (Continue reading)

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Nvidia sues Intel

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 license... (Continue reading)

Firefox gaining Grounds

Firefox gaining Grounds

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)