Archive for the ‘IT News’ Category
February 16th, 2010 | 
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The launch calls into question Nokia’s commitment to the Symbian software
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The world’s largest chip maker and the world’s largest mobile phone maker have merged operating systems to create a single platform for mobiles.
The new MeeGo platform, unveiled at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, will be used to power phones, netbooks, TVs and in-car entertainment systems.
The open-source software has been created by merging elements of Intel’s Moblin and Nokia’s Maemo software.
The two firms first announced their intention to collaborate in June 2009.
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Microsoft unveils Windows Phone 7′s new pinch interface
Microsoft has launched the latest version of its mobile phone operating system, called Windows Phone 7 series.
The software has a redesigned user interface and incorporates many Microsoft services such as Xbox LIVE games and the Zune music service.
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Google BuzzGoogle Buzz
only launched four days ago but it’s already taking off in a big way. GoogleGoogle
already made some changes to how Buzz works on Thursday but today the company has created a blog post highlighting some additional changes — including some ways to turn Buzz off altogether.
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Tags: Flickr, Gmail, google, google buzz, Google Buzz Gets Some Serious Privacy Tweaks, Google Reader, twitter |
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Tags: skype news, skype on phones, Verizon Plans to Put Skype on its Phones |
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Twelve of the world’s biggest phone networks – including AT&T, Orange and Telefonica – will announce their rival technology tomorrow to Apple’s App Store. The combined audience for the app platform will be 2 billion customers. Phone manufacturers Samsung, LG and Sony Ericsson are also part of the alliance. Read the rest of this entry »
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By Zoe Kleinman
Technology Reporter, BBC News |
The Australian government has not made contact with the activists
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An activist group that temporarily blocked access to key Australian government websites plans to continue its cyber attacks, the BBC has learned.
The group, known as Anonymous, was protesting against the Australian government’s proposals to apply filters to the internet in the country.
A man claiming to be a representative of the group said that around 500 people were involved in the attack.
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Tags: An activist group that temporarily blocked access to key Australian government websites plans to continue its cyber attacks, Cyber attacks against Australia 'will continue', method they are using is known as Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS), Systems Administrators Guild of Australia (SAGE-AU) and Electronic Frontiers Australia., The Australian government, the BBC has learned. |
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Think you’re such a social media expert that you could tweet for a living? Well, President Obama is looking for an official social networks manager, and you might be just the tech whiz for the job.
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Tags: Facebook, MySpace, Political, politics, president obama, President Obama Wants YOU… to Twitter for Him, twitter, white house |
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With over 9 million posts and comments in two days, Google BuzzGoogle Buzz has stormed the web like a swarm of locusts. An array of strong features, integration with GmailGmail, and lots of press have turned Buzz into an overnight phenomenon.
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By Chris Vallance
Reporter, BBC News |
Wikileaks has provoked the dream of Iceland becoming a haven for whistle-blowing
Iceland could become a “journalism haven” if a proposal put forward by some Icelandic MPs aided by whistle-blowing website Wikileaks succeeds.
By now everyone has seen the iconic “I’m a Mac” ads with Justin Long as Mac and John Hodgman as PC. A new parody video from Take180.com copies Apple’s winning formula, but pits the new iPad against Jersey Shore’s “The Situation.”
