Archive for July, 2008
Thursday, July 31st, 2008
Since the release of iPhone there is a rush to launch new Mobilesite. Digg took advantage of it and launched its new mobile site m.digg.com. All graphics and other unnecessary information has been completely disabled off this data, allowing it to load on a mobile device as quickly as possible.
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Tags: Blackberry, digg, iPhone, Javascript, Mobile site
Posted in Mobile Technology, Open Source Platform | No Comments »
Thursday, July 31st, 2008
The popular social bookmarking service Del.icio.us launched today. It’s a complete redesign of its service. The company added very few new features since when it was bought by Yahoo in 2005. The new site is mostly focused on enhancing the speed of the service and improving its search capabilities. Del.icio.us can also now be reached at delicious.com and will start using this as its standard URL.
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Tags: Cookie, delicious.com, Social bookmark, URL
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Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
Yuil is a mashup of Yahoo search results (using their BOSS platform). The interface looks like that of the alleged Google killer cuil. The service runs on Google App Engine. BOSS is unique among search engine APIs, giving developers full level of control over results generated by Yahoo’s search engine.
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Tags: BOSS API, Cuil, Google App engine, Mashup, Yahoo, Yuil
Posted in Internet, Search Engine | No Comments »
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
Nintendo CO’s profit for Quarter One rose by 34% as sales of its hit Wii console shot up. The resuly also emphasizes strong Sales of Video games.
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Tags: Microsoft, Nintendo, Playstation, Sony, Video Game, Wii Console, Xbox, Yen
Posted in Business News, Game Software, Video Game | No Comments »
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
Music lovers who can not attend the Newport Folk and Jazz festival will be able to watch part of the concert online. NPR Music, part of National Public Radio, announced Wednesday that it would stream selected portion from both festivals online. The webcasts will be archived and available on-demand for future use.
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Tags: Newport Folk and Jazz Festival, NPR Music, Streaming Video, Webcast
Posted in Internet, Media | No Comments »
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
Oracle on Tuesday issued a Security Alert related to a vulnerability that affects the Apache plug-in for Oracle WebLogic, formerly known as BEA WebLogic. The problem lies in the Apache plugin for the Oracle WebLogic Server and Express products (formerly known as BEA WebLogic). Both of them are application servers. The problem is rated as serious.
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Tags: Apache, Application Server, BEA, Microsoft, Oracle, Security Alert, WebLogic
Posted in Enterprise Software, Security | No Comments »
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
Microsoft made an experiment in order to find out the opinion of the users about Windows Vista and the result is very promising. Mojave was actually Windows Vista. The Redmond-based company asked some XP users in San Francisco to tell their experience about a new Windows version that the company said that was codenamed ‘Mojave.’
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Tags: Forrester, Linux, Mac, Mojave, Vista, Windows 2000, Windows XP
Posted in Enterprise Software, Operating System | No Comments »
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
Tags: Apple Mac Mini, Blu-ray Drive, Dell, Dual-Core, Energy Star, Ethernet, Hybrid PC, Inspiron, Intel Core 2 Duo, RAM, s3330f, Widescreen Monitor, Windows Vista
Posted in Hardware, Laptop, PC | No Comments »
Monday, July 28th, 2008
Symantec on Monday opened public beta testing of a new plug-in called Norton Safe Web. The tool is used to rate a website that will let people easily see what sites are legitimate and which are malicious. It is also going to warn the users before they are able to open a malicious site. The software itself is available only for Norton users, but they are also offering a manual service in which you can submit a site to see if any information is available on it.
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Tags: Google, Malacious site, MSN, Norton, Norton Safe Web, Search Engine, Sponsored Link, Yahoo
Posted in Internet, Security, Web Site | 1 Comment »