Showing posts with label TECHNOLOGY. Show all posts
Showing posts with label TECHNOLOGY. Show all posts

Friday, October 23, 2009

Nokia Only Wants $200 Million From Apple In iPhone Patent Suit

Nokia's lawsuit against Apple over patent infringement on 10 wireless technologies appears to be a battle for pocket change. Nokia (NOK)...

Friday, October 16, 2009

High-Speed 'Other' Internet Goes Global

A super high-speed global Internet devoted solely to science and education has just expanded to include half the countries of the world, and...

Rotating Firefox

Actually, it'll only be rotating if you use it on a laptop that has a built-in accelerometer, similar to the one found in the iPhone. Bu...

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

MySpace Hooks Up With Twitter

Realizing that it's better to swim with the stream than against it, MySpace has just turned on two-way sync with Twitter. MySpace status...

Friday, September 18, 2009

Log In to Facebook With Your Username

People on Facebook can use their username rather than their email to log on to Facebook.com. The new feature, announced by Facebook , allows...

Monday, September 14, 2009

Facebook Lite goes Live

The world's biggest social networking site has launched a slimmed-down version for people with slow or poor internet connections. Facebo...

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

BROADBAND LANDS IN EASTAFRICA

SEACOM today announced that its 1.28Tb/s submarine Fibre Optic Cable system linkin...

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

MYSPACE MIGHT START WEBMAIL SERVICE

Last month TECHCRUNCH reported that MySpace was planning to launch a webmail service - a move that could instantly make it one of the web’...

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

GOOGLE EARTH LAUNCHES UNDER SEA LANDSCAPES

Google dove into the sea on Monday by releasing an updated 3-D mapping service that lets users explore the ocean as if they were dolphins, s...

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

MICROSOFT REALESES INTERNET EXPLORER 8 RELEASE CANDIDATE

Microsoft has just pushed live its Release Candidate for Internet Explorer 8, the latest update to the world’s most widely used web browser....

MOZILLA SUPPORTS OPEN VIDEO FORMAT

The Mozilla Foundation is putting its weight behind an effort to create an open video format on the Web. It is doing this by giving $100,00...

Saturday, January 24, 2009

MICROSOFT PROFITS FALL BY 11 PERCENT

Microsoft’s quarterly net profits declined 11 percent to $4.17 billion for the fiscal period ended in December. Operating profits were down ...

FACEBOOK NEARLY TWICE SIZE OF MYSPACE

In November 2008 Facebook drew 200 million unique worldwide visitors; more than 1 in 5 people who accessed the Internet that month visited ...

Thursday, January 15, 2009

STEVE JOBS TEMPORARILY STEPPING DOWN

Casting a pall over one of the world’s most closely watched companies, Steven P. Jobs, chief executive of Apple, said on Wednesday that he w...

Monday, January 12, 2009

TWITTER GROWS BY 752 PERCENT, FACEBOOK PASSES MYSPACE

There’s little doubt that Twitter was one of the most talked about startups over the past year. But just how much did it grow in 2008? The f...

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

MAC WORLD 2009

The San Francisco show went on January 5-9, 2009. On December 16, 2008, Apple announced that the 2009 conference will be the last in which t...

Friday, October 31, 2008

MICROSOFT UNVEILS NEW WINDOWS 7

Microsoft has unveiled the latest version of its Windows operating system. It promised that it will deliver a better experience for user...

MICROSOFT TO START CLOUD

Microsoft has unveiled a cloud computing service, in which data and applications will not be stored on individuals' computers. The new p...

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

GOOGLE LAUNCHES INTERNET BROWSER

Google is launching an open source web browser to compete with Internet Explorer and Firefox. The browser is designed to be lightweight and...

Thursday, July 24, 2008

DIGG TO BE ACQUIRED BY GOOGLE

Google’s on and off negotiations with Digg have been back on in a big way for the last six weeks, according to Techcrunch.com's multiple...