Archive for September 14th, 2010


Sep 14

Microsoft Surface will be in homes within three years, Microsoft’s Bill Buxton said

Microsoft's Principal Researcher Bill Buxton in an interview with The Globe and Mail said "The next big thing in tech, he says, is something like Microsoft's already available (but super expensive) Surface. So what does the next version of the Surface look like? Well, it's going to be much thinner -- "no thicker than a sheet
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Sep 14

Google Mobile Bookmark Bubble Open Sourced Under the Apache License

Google open-sourced under the Apache license its "Mobile Bookmark Bubble" JavaScript library that helps users bookmark the web app to their home screen. "The bubble, which currently supports iPhone, iPod and iPad devices running iPhone OS 3 and above, slides in at the bottom of the app with instructions for creating bookmark. Bubble automatically slides back
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Sep 14

Twitter Redesigned ‘Interface, Embedded Photos & Videos’ and More!

Twitter introduces a new, re-engineered Twitter.com, that sports familiar timeline, yet underneath each Tweet is a handful of information, deeper context and even embedded media. Simply click on an individual Tweet and a details pane slides out on the right and reveals this content.Here're some highlights:New design with a cleaner timeline and a rich details pane
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Sep 14

Windows Azure Videos: Bytes by MSDN Series

In this video, Adam Grocholski and Mickey Williams talk about Thor, one of Adam's latest projects designed to help people get real-world experience using Windows Azure.
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Sep 14

Insync: Dropbox Like File Sharing Service for Google Products

Following, Microsoft Sharepoint, Box.net, and Dropbox, Insync, launched with same selling proposition but with tight Google integration for Gmail, Google account, and Google Apps account holders. "After signing into Google account, Insync runs seamlessly with the OS and in the background. You can drag & drop files or create folders just like you would under Windows
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Sep 14

Google Reader’s Fifth Anniversary Falling On October 7th, 2010 – How To Migrate From Bloglines To Google Reader

Blogosphere is saddened to hear that Bloglines will be shutting its doors on October 1. Well, honestly, I'm not much affected, as I never use reader, rather I prefer to visit the blogs directly through browser as an appreciation to people's hard work, as they deserve atleast some page views.Bloglines was a pioneer in the
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Sep 14

Adobe warns of ‘critical vulberability’ in Flash Player & Reader for Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Solaris, and Android OSs (CVE-2010-2884)

Adobe issued a security advisory 'CVE-2010-2884' warns of a critical vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player 10.1.82.76 and earlier versions for Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Solaris, and Adobe Flash Player 10.1.92.10 for Android. And, that it also affects Adobe Reader 9.3.4 for Windows, Macintosh and UNIX, and Adobe Acrobat 9.3.4 and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh."This vulnerability
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Sep 14

Microsoft September ’10 Security Updates Plus MSRT Now Available on Download Center

Microsoft has released the latest monthly security updates for September 2010, that includes: Critical:KB2347290: Vulnerability in Print Spooler Service Could Allow Remote Code ExecutionKB975558: Vulnerability in MPEG-4 Codec Could Allow Remote Code ExecutionKB2320113: Vulnerability in Unicode Scripts Processor Could Allow Remote CodeKB2315011: Vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook
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Sep 14

Spectrum Bridge, Hocking Valley Community Hospital, and Google Begin TV White Spaces Trial In Logan, Ohio

The Spectrum Bridge, Hocking Valley Community Hospital, and Google have teamed up to deploy a broadband network using the TV white spaces. To prevent interference with other signals, the network is using Spectrum Bridge's real-time TV white spaces database (to determine TV white spaces availability at any location, check out Spectrum Bridge's free
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Sep 14

How To Retrieve Google Analytics Times Series Data Using the Data Export API?

Are you looking ways on how to pull a trending report from Google Analytics for the top organic search landing pages. Great! Google've wrote 2 articles and released sample code describing how you can automate retrieving this data from Google Analytics Data Export API. But first let's look at the results.Using the second approach allows analysts
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Sep 14

LaCie USB 3.0 ’2big, and d2′ RAID Storage Solutions

LaCie introduces the 2big USB 3. 0 – the world's first USB 3.0 RAID storage product. 2big USB 3.0 is a two bay NAS drive positioned at the prosumer and small business market, available in 2TB and 4 TB configurations. The testing has seen transfer speeds over USB 3.0 at a crazy 205 MB/s with a
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Sep 14

ASP.Net Web Apps Face Risk of ‘Padding Oracle’ Crypto Attack

Web apps built on ASP.Net may face a new wave of crypto attacks, putting sensitive data as -- well as Microsoft's already tarnished reputation for insecurity -- at risk. The so-called "padding oracle" attack affects every ASP.Net Web application, according to security researcher Juliano Rizzo, enabling an attacker to decrypt cookies' view states, passwords, user
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Sep 14

Microsoft Elevate America Nonprofits Grant Program for the United States of America

Microsoft launched "Elevate America community initiative" grant program to support nonprofit organizations offering employment services, including technology skills training and job placement, in local communities across U.S."We're committing $4 million in cash, $6 million in software and technology skills training curriculum over next two years. We're inviting nonprofit organizations to respond to our request for proposal
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Sep 14

Google Mobile Voice Search: Innovative Usage Videos

Since, the launch of voice search in 2008, one in every four searches from an Android phone in the US is by voice. You can search things even when you don't know correct spelling. Once you start using voice search, you start discovering all sorts of new ways to use it. Google've made some short
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Sep 14

Halo: Reach Free LIVE Weekend With Unlocked Multiplayer Modes to All Xbox Live Gold /Silver Subcribers

Microsoft launched the Halo: Reach, exclusive to Xbox, and if gamers want to play online then they need to have an Xbox LIVE Gold subscription. Also, this weekend Microsoft will allow all owners of Halo: Reach, access to the multiplayer gaming content. The company has said that "from 17-19 September, everyone can enjoy the online
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