Archive for December, 2008
Happy 2009 – Enter it with a smile :)
New years here, and I pray to GOD for all humanity that may we be blessed and get the best loving, maternal paternal blessings by HIM. AMEEN I also pray that we be united as Humanity, resolve our differences and become one against any evil that draws upon us. AMEEN I pray that 2009 and coming years be the best for all of us getting better religiously, economically and socially. AMEEN I pray that GOD ALMIGHTY give us the strength, courage and READ MORE...
Big Blue’s BLUE SPRUCE – The Next Generation Browser Platform
IBM is about to commit itself heavily to browser-based applications. The giant IT company is quietly working on a project called Blue Spruce, which aims to create a fully browser-based application development platform. What’s more, it’s fully open standards based – so it is squarely aimed at challenging the proprietary-rich Internet platforms of Microsoft’s Silverlight and Adobe’s Flash. Blue Spruce is a project READ MORE...
Palantir – Facebook’s New “What People Do Visualizer”
We all know Facebook runs enormous amount of data everyday on its servers. And just to know what people do, Facebook uses Lexicon. But Facebook was always looking for graphic driven way to look at the connections being made on the site and monitor activity. Facebook’s own Jack Lindamood has now come with a solution named Palantir which will enable Facebook to see people’s interactions speeding across a computer model of the earth, as READ MORE...
Serious security flaw found in IE
Internet Explorer is used by the vast majority of the world’s computer users Users of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer are being urged by experts to switch to a rival until a serious security flaw has been fixed. The flaw in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer could allow criminals to take control of people’s computers and steal their passwords, internet experts say. Microsoft urged people to be vigilant while it investigated READ MORE...
Smart mobile can turn on heating
Fancy a cuppa? Call the kettle A system that could eventually control heating, home security cameras and draw curtains has been demonstrated by phone maker Nokia. The Nokia Home Control Center is a wireless router which can interface with equipment around the home. The Finnish firm has partnered with European energy company RWE to manage heating systems and is hoping other firms will sign up soon. It has been showing off the gadget at Nokia READ MORE...
Microsoft signs major deal with Dell for Live Search
Microsoft and Dell have signed a deal via which Dell will be shipping new PCs with the Live Search toolbar preinstalled, according to sources familiar with the arrangement between the two companies. Microsoft officials declined to comment on the alleged deal, as did Dell officials. Officials with both companies said they would not comment on “rumors and speculation.” I wouldn’t put this in the speculation category, myself. My sources say READ MORE...
MobileMe silently filtering email to spamcop.net
According to Mac OS X Hints, if you’re trying to send an email to someone with a spamcop.net email address with your MobileMe account, chances are the message will never arrive, and you won’t be notified. What’s worse, apparently if you’re sending the message to a distribution list, and only one of those recipients has an address at spamcop.net, nobody will receive the message. Apparently the problem has been happening READ MORE...
HP claims market-topping 2.5-inch storage – Our 300GB is bigger than your 300GB
Update HP is shortly to launch a 300GB 2.5-inch hard drive claiming it will have "more storage capacity than any other SFF drive in the market." Both Fujitsu and Seagate’s have 300GB 2.5-inch drives already. What’s going on? El Reg was pointed to HP’s Reality Check: Server Insights blog and found this: "Have you been waiting for higher capacities on your 2.5-inch small form factor (SFF) drives? HP will launch READ MORE...
America loses 1.9 million jobs in 11 months
Not only has the economy in the United States shed 533,000 jobs in November, but the US Department of Labor, whose Bureau of Labor Statistics released its monthly jobs report just before Wall Street opened this morning, now says many more jobs were cut in September and October than originally thought. The good news is that thus far the IT sector seems relatively immune – and the key word is relatively – to the pressures to cut lots READ MORE...
Adobe Builds Web Time Machine Called Zoetrope
Adobe researchers have constructed a time machine that lets you view any web page over time, scrolling to see changes in data. But the Zoetrope software that lets you watch pricing or news-story changes over time has even headier magic powers, too. Not to be confused with Sony’s giant actual zoetrope, Adobe’s Zoetrope, which was co-developed by people at the University of Washington, is more of a metaphorical movie maker, READ MORE...
Gmail gets task feature!
Plugins like Remember The Milk were extremely useful for people looking to add tasks to their Gmail and Google Calendar. Unfortunately, the problem with creating plugins for products like this is that it’s inevitable they become obsolete when the feature becomes natively supported. Thankfully, for RTM, Google Calendar still doesn’t support task lists of any kind. Gmail, however, just launched a new feature in “labs” which adds Task READ MORE...
Sony Set To Launch Online Virtual World
Sony (NYSE: SNE) on Wednesday said it would launch its online 3-D social networking service, Home, Dec. 11, ending months of delay in the long-awaited service for users of the company’s PlayStation 3 video-game console. Home is similar to Linden Lab’s Second Life in that it lets people create virtual characters, or avatars, to interact in cyberspace. PlayStation 3 users will be able to join the virtual world through a free software READ MORE...
Will Microsoft’s CES keynote yield a ZunePhone?
Yes, the rumor is back again. And it will keep coming back until Microsoft eventually releases its own phone (which I think it will and should). The rumor today is that Microsoft could use chief executive Steve Ballmer’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) keynote to unveil a device based on both its Zune portable music device and the Danger-made Sidekick device, Tech Trader Daily reports. This rumor comes compliments of Global Equities Research READ MORE...
Sky Player TV Uses Microsoft Silverlight and PlayReady Technology
Silverlight and PlayReady enable BSkyB to deliver an expanded range of live content to Windows-based PC and Mac users. LONDON and REDMOND, Wash. — Dec. 4, 2008 — Microsoft Corp. and BSkyB announce that Microsoft Silverlight and PlayReady technologies are enabling Sky Player TV, Sky’s online TV service. Launched today, the service offers access to a range of leading pay TV entertainment as part of an online-only subscription. The new READ MORE...
Xbox 360 Registers Biggest Black Friday in Its History
Xbox 360 consoles and games sell at record levels; outsells PlayStation 3 by three-to-one ratio. REDMOND, Wash. — Dec. 1, 2008 — Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system kicked off the holidays with record-breaking console sales on one of the biggest shopping weekends of the year in the U.S. Retailers reported Xbox 360 console sales over the Black Friday weekend were on pace to beat previous years, outselling the READ MORE...
Live Mesh Turns Car into Mobile Computing Platform
Using Azure Services Platform, a Microsoft “motoring guy” links his Porsche to GPS, music, Internet and more REDMOND – Dec. 4, 2008 – Ori Amiga’s 12-year-old Porsche doesn’t look out of the ordinary, even if the car has been around the block a few times. But thanks to some custom modifications, this automobile is far from normal. Amiga never rides alone in his car, which he refers to as the “MeshMobile”—his digital life READ MORE...
School of the Future World Summit Fosters School Reform Through Communities of Continuous Learning
Microsoft Partners in Learning works with education leaders and policymakers around the globe, equipping them to assess and overcome challenges. Microsoft REDMOND, Wash. – Dec. 2, 2008 – Fresh out of college, Mary Cullinane began her career at a high school in New Jersey, teaching current events to graduating seniors. It was 1990, and in the midst of the Persian Gulf War Cullinane was struck by the inadequacy of the curriculum to help her READ MORE...
Konnects – New Site Features to Keep You Konnected with Revamped Search
It’s now easier to track what’s happening in your Network and Communities Konnects is constantly innovating and making your experience the best that it can be. We have just launched the following features to help keep you stay Konnected with the activity in your Network and the Communities you have joined. My Broadcast – My broadcast allows you to post an instant message to your network and communitites. Alerts – READ MORE...
Obama says to Repower America
Cathy Zoi, The We Campaign to me President-elect Obama says it’s time to Repower America. Watch Now! Dear Samir, On Tuesday something great happened. Our Chairman Al Gore met with President-elect Obama to talk about solving the climate crisis. And in his remarks Obama said now is the time to Repower America. You have already had a huge impact. Check out the video here. President-elect Obama said: READ MORE...
CoveritLive Search launched – bringing our users more readers
COVERITLIVE.COM to me Hello, With the 3,000,000+ readers of live events our software gets each month, we decided to finally open up CoveritLive Search to help them find even more live coverage created by our user base. We held this feature back until we were certain that, at least for the marquee events, our user base was generating enough content to be of interest. I cannot promise that if you type in READ MORE...
Microsoft’s Massive scores in-game ad deals with Activision Blizzard
Microsoft’s Massive announced today that it has won multi-year contracts to provide in-game advertising to Activision Blizzard. In doing so, it has landed the big kahuna of the video game business. In separate deals, Massive will provide ads to both Activision’s line of games and the Blizzard Entertainment division. Massive’s deal with Activision will cover 18 games, including Guitar Hero: World Tour, James Bond: Quantum of Solace, Transformers READ MORE...
