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Crash Course: CommunicAsia 2011 Roundup

By Scott Robertson On 28/6/2011. no comments

Crash Course: CommunicAsia 2011 Roundup

Over 1,400 technology companies were represented at this years CommunicAsia conference. The event, which was held in Singapore from June 21st to the 24th at the Marina Bay Sands exhibition center, drew in an estimated 55,000 visitors–nearly the same number as last year. Of all the countries to have companies represented at the conference, none had the same presence that China did–having to devote two large pavilions to host all of their tech firms. Nokia’s Dual-Sim C2-O3 Phone After being ...

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Microsoft Updates Hotmail With More Signature Options, Add Keyboard Shortcuts And HTML5

By M Faisal Suleman On 27/6/2011. 1 comment

Microsoft Updates Hotmail With More Signature Options, Add Keyboard Shortcuts And HTML5

In a blog post on the Windows Steam blog, Microsoft unveiled new features and improvements, made to their Hotmail email service provider, to upraise the currently-low standard of Hotmail. It’s no secret that Hotmail has some issues that need addressing, such as the difficulty in navigating, lack of keyboard shortcuts and slow speeds. The new update includes the addition of keyboard shortcuts and a refreshed menu which allows right click facility that provides touch-and-go functions like: “Delete,” Junk,” and “View ...

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Comcast and Skype Partner To Offer HD Video Calling To Television

By M Faisal Suleman On 19/6/2011. 1 comment

Comcast and Skype Partner To Offer HD Video Calling To Television

Comcast, the largest cable operator in the United States, has announced a new partnership with Skype to provide VOIP services to Comcast HDTV boxes in the upcoming months. Using this service Comcast customers will be able to make HD video calls, phone calls and instant messages using only their televisions. Comcast will provide this service using an adapter that connects to a customer’s cable box, a high-quality video camera capable of capturing the 30-fps video and a modified Comcast cable ...

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Google Confirms Deal With Admeld At A (Rumored) Cool $400 Million

By M Faisal Suleman On 17/6/2011. no comments

Google Confirms Deal With Admeld At A (Rumored) Cool $400 Million

Google finally confirmed its deal to acquire advertising optimization firm Admeld (after the rumor originally surfaced last week). This new acquisition will drastically increase their advertising domain and hold on the advertising media. Although Google didn’t disclose the purchase amount, but the reported amount is $400 million. Admeld is a New York-based online advertising firm optimization firm which helps large websites generate revenue by selling “managing” their advertising plots. Admeld offers tons of handy features, such as their analytics facility ...

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Google Unveils Voice Search, Instant Image Search, And Instant Pages Features

By M Faisal Suleman On 15/6/2011. no comments

Google Unveils Voice Search, Instant Image Search, And Instant Pages Features

Google recently announced the addition of Voice Search for desktops, revealing the feature at Search Event 2011. Using this feature anyone can search the web without typing, similar to the Voice Search found on Android. From now on a microphone button will appear next to Google search boxes. We can speak our queries by clicking on the microphone button, then see our result without typing any text. In addition, Google announced the Instant Search, Drag and Drop an Image feature ...

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Spain Arrests 3 Alleged PSN Hackers, AnonOps Swears Revenge

By Susan Underhill On 13/6/2011. no comments

Spain Arrests 3 Alleged PSN Hackers, AnonOps Swears Revenge

The Spanish civilian police force arrested 3 Anon hacktivists for coordinating DDoS attacks against Sony, a number of Spanish banks and worldwide government and corporate websites. The three are believed to be leaders of the Spanish division of the Anonymous collective. But the loosely organized far-flung Anon hive mind has no real leadership. Nevertheless, the police confiscated enough evidence to sink the trio, including a computer running an IRC server to wage the DDoS attacks using the Loic tool, and ...

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Microsoft Loses i4i Patent Infringement Case, Must Pay Toronto Company $290 million

By Vezance Xocobs On 12/6/2011. no comments

Microsoft Loses i4i Patent Infringement Case, Must Pay Toronto Company $290 million

The US Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a $290mn verdict against Microsoft in favor of i4i in a patent infringement case. I4i first sued Microsoft in 2007 over infringement of its patents on the use of XML in documents (like Microsoft’s Word 2003 and 2007 programs), and corresponding packages that included Word like Office. The Canadian company holds the patent on a certain technology that has to do with the use of XML and was even helping the US Patent ...

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Netflix Redesign User Interface To Give New Look And Feel For Netflix.com

By Vezance Xocobs On 12/6/2011. 2 comments

Netflix Redesign User Interface To Give New Look And Feel For Netflix.com

Netflix.com this week changed the site’s user interface radically. Netflix made note that these drastic changes are few of many and users should be expecting much more in the near-future. The “watch instantly” page now shows simply title images. All other information is removed, including star ratings (now accessible when hovering over a title). Netflix’s aim was the make the title images larger and easier for users to scroll through. However, many claim the change is counter-productive since they often ...

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World IPv6 Day – What Did You Do On World IPv6 Day?

By Susan Underhill On 9/6/2011. no comments

World IPv6 Day – What Did You Do On World IPv6 Day?

Are you ready for the future of IPv6? June 8 is World IPv6 Day. And some of the top networks will be participating in the 24-hour “test flight,” including Google, Facebook, Yahoo!, Akamai and Limelight. The more advanced IPv6 protocol can accommodate up to 340 undecillion addresses compared to the meager 4.2 billion supported by the current IPv4, which is already maxed out due to our unquenchable thirst for Internet access 24/7, via smartphones and tablets. The Internet Society (ISOC) ...

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Skype Goes Down (Again), Users Blaming Microsoft On Twitter

By M Faisal Suleman On 9/6/2011. no comments

Skype Goes Down (Again), Users Blaming Microsoft On Twitter

Skype is down for the second time in the last few months, a number of users from around the world have been reporting connectivity problems, message delivery problems and application crashes. A Lot of users from Europe mostly including Bulgaria, Netherlands and UK are tweeting continuously about the problem, that they unable to send messages successfully to the contacts that are online, while others are reporting that they are unable to proceed “Connecting…” status on both Windows 7 and Mac ...

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