Archive for June 27th, 2008
Jun
27
Google owned free blogging platform Blogger (BlogSpot.com) has got several new features, currently available in experimental version of Blogger. To try new features, just visit Draft Blogger and temporarily enable “Make Blogger in Draft my default dashboard” at the top of the page.
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Jun
27
Ad variations are multiple versions of an ad for a single product or service, all based on the same set of keywords. Variations are a good way to test many versions of the same message to see which works best with potential customers. One advantage of using ad variations is that AdWords can automatically show the best performing ad. If you are not sure which message will work best with your potential customers, you can simply create multiple ads for an ad group. AdWords will automatically show the best performing ad more often over time. [Google AdWords Blog]
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Jun
27
Google Media Server is a Windows application that aims to bridge the gap between Google and your TV. It uses Google Desktop technology such as Desktop gadgets for the administration tool and Google Desktop Search to locate media files. The Windows-only gadget lets you share all the media content indexed by Google Desktop or just the
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Jun
27
The Internet's key oversight agency relaxed rules Thursday to permit the introduction of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of new Internet domain names to join “'.com,”' making the first sweeping changes in the network's 25-year-old address system. The new domain expected to join are “.bank, .nyc, .berlin, .post. .bg” and more.
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
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Jun
27
Nik Cubrilovic reports that “Opera Software is building a team of “web evangelists” whose job it is to find sites that do not display correctly in Opera and are not standards-compliant, and then email the site owners. They are sending emails with specific tips on how to fix HTML, CSS or other issues that don’t make
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Jun
27
On June 27, 2008, Bill Gates transitions from his day-to-day role at Microsoft to focus more time on his work with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Gates will remain Microsoft’s chairman and will be involved in select projects based on direction from Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer and the leadership team. Watch the video and
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Jun
27
Google is currently testing several new features on iGoogle with some selected users to preview them. You
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Jun
27
Messenger for Mac 7.0.1 is an integrated communications client that enables you to communicate with contacts within and outside your organization. Messenger for Mac 7.0.1 is a Universal application that is built to run on both PowerPC-based and Intel-based Macs and makes it easy to take advantage of the full power of real-time communications.
Messenger for Mac
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Jun
27
The FolderShare team blog announced the release of a new version of FolderShare for Windows, that includes several updates designed to improve reliability. These feature improvements work only on the new version, so the old version needs to be removed before the new one is installed. We understand this process may cause some inconvenience, but be assured that your settings and files will remain the same from start to finish.
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Jun
27
Nearly 80% of businesses have Macs in-house, nearly double the percentage that said they had users running Mac OS X two years ago, a research firm said today.“Then, we were talking about onesies and twosies,” said Laura DiDio, a research fellow at Yankee Group Research Inc. who conducted a survey of more than 700
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Jun
27
This article walks through updating an WDS infrastructure such that Hyper-V RTM bits are “slipstreamed” into the operating system installation. Given that Hyper-V has reached RTM (release to manufacturing), it was time to refresh my test deployment environment in my office anyway. I have an entirely private network segment here with its
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Jun
27
Terry Walsh reports that in a meeting in Denver, HP revealed its plans for the next generation HP MediaSmart Server, codename “Encore” to a small group of industry analysts and online journalists. The features and specification of the new home server are un-disclosed at the moment.
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Jun
27
Microsoft announced it intends to acquire MobiComp, a company that helped pioneer technologies allowing the backup and restoration of mobile data and mobile posting of social content to Web sites such as Facebook. The acquisition would combine MobiComp’s expertise building innovative mobile data protection and sharing services with Microsoft’s vision to provide compelling experiences that span work
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Jun
27
Saul Hansell from the New York Times reports, that “Google acknowledges that it is now testing ways to use some of the data it has been gathering to better aim search ads at Web surfers, although it won’t say how.”
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Jun
27
Dell launches new Studio laptops with cases that add color to a laptop lineup that previously sported a predominantly industrial look. The desktop-replacement Studio 15 and Studio 17 laptops will be available in seven colors, said John New, a senior manager of global consumer
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Random From The Dell Studio Notebooks – 15/17″
- Nov05@live.com addresses publicly available from Tuesday
LiveSino is reporting that Microsoft will be opening up registration for @live.com email addresses this Tuesday. LiveSino, of course, is our sister site in - Jan06Amazon Software Downloads
Amazon has quietly launched a new Software download service that will allow you to purchase and download - Jun18Colorware MacBooks Now Available
ColorWare has introduced MacBooks, like the MacBook Pro before it. Now you can - Mar04Silverlight announced for Nokia Phones
Nokia has announced you will soon be able to see Silverlight content on your Series60 (and earlier Series - Aug16The Top Things People Do on Mobile – Infographic
A new Yahoo! study called "Mobile Modes: How To Connect with Mobile Consumers" reveals people's mobile usage groups into seven types of activities or modes: