Archive for December 9th, 2010
Dec
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Google launched a new local marketing campaign in Portland, Oregon, designed to promote "HotPot," Google's service that invites users to review local businesses and then feeds those reviews into Google Places."We'll be working directly with some of Portland's top businesses to educate them about Places for business and all its benefits. In addition, we're providing
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Dec
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Here's a short video from Ben Rudolph that cover his talks on the broadcast and radio interviews on the hottest tech gifts for the holiday season, which include: Samsung QX410, Toshiba Portege r705, Sony VAIO J and Dell Inspiron duo, the brand-new lineup of Windows Phones, and of course, Kinect for Xbox 360.He also spent some
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Dec
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If you own a Palm Pre with webOS 2.0, have someone fire off a quick email to you with supercowpowers in the subject line and watch what happens!You should see the same thing PreCentral's Dieter Bohn did: a bevy of bouncing bovines.[Source] No Comments » - Posted by DG
Dec
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DivX tries to one-up Adobe with its "DivX HiQ Beta 2," a whole bundle of applications. HiQ boosts web video playback quality and performance by switching to the DivX Plus Web Player on popular websites like YouTube, Vimeo, and DailyMotion, and offers an alternative Play button.Just look for the DivX HiQ
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Dec
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Apple has announced the 2010 year-end top lists for iTunes, which they calling "iTunes Rewind". These lists span music, movies, TV shows, podcasts, etc.Their year end round up marks the top selling and grossing apps in a number of categories. Notably, Apple cleaned up in the iPad grossing section with its iWork Apps.
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Dec
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Google introduced a cloud-based email continuity solution called "Google Message Continuity" that helps ensure that you always have access to your email."If you run Microsoft Exchange 2003 or 2007, Google Message Continuity can help you ensure that your users never lose access to email during a Exchange outage, whether planned or unplanned. By synchronizing your on-premises
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Dec
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In this video Clark Sell explores how to use Version V.0.9.1 of the ASP.NET WebPages Url Shortener Helper. This helper currently uses http://bit.ly as the only provider. This helper works in both WebMatrix and ASP.NET MVC 3.0You can find the download on CodePlex. No Comments » - Posted by DG
Dec
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At Le Web 10, Automattic founder Matt Mullenweg and CEO Toni Schneider were interviewed by TechCrunch:Here're some important notes:How big is WordPress?There are about 30 million publishers right now. That's roughly 10% of all websites in the world. We're currently getting about 300 million unique visitors on WordPress.com a month.Are you making money?We're
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Dec
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Microsoft has released Microsoft SQL Server Compact 4.0 CTP2, of the next gen of embedded databases from the SQL Server family. Besides enhancing the existing desktop scenarios, CTP2 enables a new scenario whereby it can be used as a database for starter ASP.NET websites. SQL SC supports simple deployment and can be xcopy deployed in the
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Dec
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According to latest StatCounter data for the period between December 2009 to December 2010. Windows 7 has now passed through the 25.03% market share barrier, while Windows XP is still continues its slow decline, hitting 50.9% this month.Apple's Mac OS X is closed at 6.49%, while Linux market share 0.78%.
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Dec
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Yahoo! released its Restaurant Comparison Quick App to all users. The app consolidates key comparison points like price, distance, cuisine type, atmosphere, and ratings in a single side-by-side view. When you search for a restaurant, the App also displays similar restaurants nearby. This way, you can find the restaurant you want in a single, easy-to-use app.
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Dec
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Google released the version 2.1 of YouTube app, on the Android Market, so YouTube app updates aren't tied to Android OS releases. The app was rebuilt from the ground up to mirror the YouTube desktop experience and is fastest, most intuitive YouTube mobile app to date.Here's what's new:In-page playback: you can read the video description, browse
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Dec
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Google Project Hosting recevied a new user interface. It's simple, it's clean, it's quick -- and as engineers.However, the look of other Google products has evolved significantly in the last four years. Rounded corners, for example, are not used as aggressively as they used to be. Therefore, only small set of changes are pushed out that
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Dec
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Researchers at GFI Software (formerly Sunbelt Software) have uncovered a scam that generates fake Amazon.com receipts in order to dupe merchants into paying unwarranted refunds. The online tool asks for the details of the fake transaction to enter in the fake receipt, and then generates an HTML file containing the receipt. The main point of this
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Dec
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Google Chrome to Phone lets you easily share links, maps, and currently selected phone numbers and text between your computer running Chrome and your phone. You also need to install the Chrome browser extension on your computer, which can be found by searching for 'Chrome to Phone'.
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- Sep12Windows Mobile 7 ‘no sessions’ for PDC 2009, says Microsoft
Whether Microsoft planning to show, or talk about Windows Mobile 7 at this year’s Professional Developers Conference (PDC) in mid-November? ‘No’, a Microsoft spokesperson said in an - Jan26Facebook Exploit Let You Sneak Into People Private Albums
Facebook has a plethora of personal information, and when any exploit surfaces, it can become a huge security risk. A new exploit has surfaced that - Feb19PayPal to pay for ‘Facebook Ads and Facebook Credits’
The PayPal / India issues are still pending and there’s no update, as to when ‘one can expect the end of this ugly situation’. Meanwhile, - Apr23Microsoft redesigned Office 2010 Logo; Outlook 2010 gets Ribbon/Fluent GUI
Microsoft has redesigned the Office logo for the 2010 version as you can see, opting for a less colorful version compared to its precursor, and - May14Royal Wedding: William and Kate Middleton Catherine’s Balcony Kiss on Buckingham Palace [Video]
On April 29, the Royal Wedding solmenised. Here's the Balcony kiss video: