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It was this month, particularly this day 40 Years ago on October 29, 1969, the first two nodes of ARPANET were interconnected between UCLA’s School of Engineering and Applied Science and SRI International (SRI) in Menlo Park, California. It took 12 years for 213 computers to get linked in the network and transfer files and shared data to each other via Gopher, or FTP, or Cello (old web browsers ). And then came out Netscape. Initially the web READ MORE...

This post would be an image based post of the much rumored Apple tablet PC, some call it iTablet. some say the big bro of the iPhone and you may call it whatever you want.   So check the pics out.   Will Apple be announcing a all in one tablet plus optimized ebook-reader it appears that it is setting the stage for a completely new platform for delivering, books, newspapers and magazines.   Leave us your comments… READ MORE...

Every day we all search and look fro music, particularly on Google, for our favorite artists, find that new album or iconic song etc. But we keep on searching it again and again browsing many pages here and there. An when we find it we don’t get to download it nor preview it in some sort of way. But wait Google brings a solution to you. Today, Google Unveils a new search feature that does just that by enabling you to search and more easily READ MORE...

  Mozilla’s FireFox is one of the growing browsers of today due to its speed, reliability and performance. But still there is a huge market of MAC users missing out all the fun on the post web 2.0 era and thus today Mozilla’s Mac-based Camino v 2.0 is coming out with its RC of the browser.   Most Mac users prefer Camino for its speed and thus even rate it better than Apples’ own Safari browser.   You can download the READ MORE...

As we celebrate Windows 7 and it’s launch, most customers are looking for cheap fabulous deals to get Windows 7 on their machine.   The technology cafe as a proud Microsoft Partner, brings you these deals today. Today is the last day.   Bookmark us today… Hurry up today (Day 7 – Final Day)…         Day 7 Deals:     BUY NOW   BUY NOW   BUY NOW   We hope you liked the 7 days of READ MORE...

No doubt Google has revolutionized our lives, from search to emails to tech innovations like browsers. Google is clearly the best company not only where people would die to work for but get their ideas implemented as well. Today Gartner took a 45 minute interview with Google CEO Eric Schmidt in which he shares what is next on the web and many other things about how the tech industry will further lead to change our lives.   Some Factors he talks READ MORE...

Google has done it yet again, to bring a wider audience towards the Android 2.0 platform, it today unveiled the beta app of Google Maps Navigation for Android 2.0. This new feature comes with everything you’d expect to find: GPS navigation system, Like 3D views, Turn-by-turn voice guidance Automatic rerouting. Some other Brilliant features are : The most recent map and business data Search in plain English Search by voice READ MORE...

  Dominos always bring the smile to everyone’s faces. It is cool and hence that’s why 22 Microsoft India Employees at the Hyderabad center designed and executed the amazing feat of unveiling the Windows 7 logo using 7000 dominos. I wish Microsoft advertising could learn something from this…   So without further ado…   Much better than the windows 7 Whopper Burger In Japan.   Leave us your comments… READ MORE...

Just a couple of day’s ago we covered up the new ASK.com “Who Wants a Deal? We Do, We Do!” commercials. Yes they were good indeed. But only a few days after IAC, the company behind Ask.com  has mentioned that they would be open to a sale of Ask.com search engine.   Now that a significant use , given that Microsoft Bing and Yahoo recently partnered up for a Single Search engine against Google. Ask.com currently has 4% market READ MORE...

Microsoft now seriously needs to consider a new strategy for the browser because today Mozilla Corporation CEO John Lilly revealed in a Twitter post on Monday that Firefox gained over 30 million unique users over the past eight weeks. He calls the recent growth spurt "amazing." NetApplications last reported that IE’s September market share slipped by 1.26 per cent from the previous month to 65.71 per cent of total web surfers. READ MORE...

  The internet has become for us more of a necessity than a  commodity and companies are taking this seriously for their revenue.  wi-fi hotspots are going to the extreme, and GM has announced today that certain models of their vehicles will feature Autonet, a mobile wi-fi solution built into your car and designed to provide you internet access no matter where you are.   Now that’s what i call Ultimate connectivity.   READ MORE...

  Microsoft has announced today at the Eclipse Summit Europe new solutions that help developers using the Eclipse platform take advantage of the new features in Windows 7 and Window Server 2008 R2, and reinforce Java and PHP interoperability with Windows Azure and Microsoft Silverlight. “Enabling customers to better manage their dynamic IT systems is one of today’s real market opportunities for developers. Microsoft’s goal with these READ MORE...

  Well every website/blog owner wants maximum user base to the site content. We all try social awareness via messaging our friends on Facebook and twitter, but clearly that not enough. What if now your website was automatically “Grazed” or you may call it scanned and was submitted to Graze directories and people looking for content get directed to your website without having you to do the hard work. Sounds interesting?   The Technology READ MORE...

Many Facebook users are getting FAKE emails to confirm their Facebook account Password reset, but originally the email is a dangerous piece of malware. The malicious executable is linked to the Bredolab botnet, which has been linked to massive spam runs and identity-theft related attacks. Below is a sample of the Facebook password-reset messages hitting e-mail inboxes this morning:   You might see the “support@facebook.com,” email address, a READ MORE...

  This week marks the release and premier of the “King of pop’s” final show rehearsal that the whole world has been waiting for. The release has already accounted for a whopping 61% of all online ticket sales this week of all movies. At the technology cafe we see that once again technology is making a difference for die hard fans to directly stream the premier live on UStream.TV. You can view the stream from here. READ MORE...

Well just yesterday we covered about a new startup called Gazopa, which had pretty search for similar images, not only that with a cool FREE iPhone app as well to help you instantly search with your snap taken from the phone. And now Google has finally unveiled and graduated it’s own “Similar Search” towards the masses. The similar images feature would be available on Google Image search. All you have to do is click "Find similar READ MORE...

  Who doesn’t want world peace and what better way to promote and support it than social networking. peace.Facebook.com is a new incentive started by Facebook today that makes it spread the notion of world peace. This portal ask users to Facebook is proud to play a part in promoting peace by building technology that helps people better understand each other. By enabling people from diverse backgrounds to easily connect and share their READ MORE...

    Every developer in the world is gagging about Google Wave and everyone awaits what applications and technology would it bring thus changing our internet lives. According to the Next Web,  Google will launch their own “Wave app Store” thus making it possible for developers to earn money for their efforts developing on the platform. We know that simultaneous conversations and real time collaborations take place in Wave and READ MORE...

The eReader market is just expanding phenomally. From Amazon to Barnes and Noble. And today  Bridgestone has released its all-color touchscreen e-book reader. It’s no Kindle but slightly much better we think as its is is about 5.8mm thick, features a 13.1-inch touch-sensitive e-paper display and has wireless connectivity built within. The most intriguing feature is that the whole eReader is bendable. Here is a video of the ePaper technology READ MORE...

This week has been the battle of the Smartphone’s. From the Droid Does hitting the iPhone to the HTC “You”, the ads are just flushing in.   And today officially Google has released the official Android 2.0 platform video, highlighting interesting new features, including an optimized accounts manager, more fancier contact syncing, optimized Android Bluetooth API to connect devices and device support for Smartphone’s of different READ MORE...

As we celebrate Windows 7 and it’s launch, most customers are looking for cheap fabulous deals to get Windows 7 on their machine.   The technology cafe as a proud Microsoft Partner, brings you these deals today and for the next 1 day   Bookmark us today… Hurry up today (Day 6)…         Day 6 Deals:    BUY NOW   BUY NOW   BUY NOW   Come back tomorrow for more deals on Windows READ MORE...

Remember Yahoo GeoCities, the hyped about webpage creation service that helped people like me and you create web pages instantly before the web 2.0 era? Well today Yahoo! is officially discontinuing GeoCities after a decade. "We have decided to discontinue the process of allowing new customers to sign up for GeoCities accounts as we focus on helping our customers explore and build new relationships online in other ways," the company said. READ MORE...