Archive for December 31st, 2010
Dec
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Welcome to 2011, and Happy New Year's Eve everyone! As usual all the major search engines have posted their special logos for the event.Here're some logos from the 2011 search engine collection:Google's Logo today heralds a new decade with the roman numerals MMXI replacing the OOGL of it's name. Clicking the logo takes the user to
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Dec
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Malware authors don't miss any event in their attempts to spread malware. Evidently, New Year is yet another opportunity to get their creations into unsuspecting users' computers. Microsoft warns of early signs of malware in the form of spam emails misusing this happy event.Here's a recent example:As you can see, the
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Dec
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Users are reporting through Twitter, that Apple's super cool iPhone alarm won't be waking you up come on New Year's Day. When the clock strikes midnight on New Year's 2011 day,one of iPhone's alarm clock bug shows its face to users without recurring alarms.So how can
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Dec
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Welcome! 2011, and here's the upcoming Microsoft events schedule:CES 2011: Steve Ballmer kick-off CES keynoter on Jan'5 at 6:30 p.m. PT. Microsoft execs are remaining tight-lipped about what's on the agenda.Dynamics CRM 2011 virtual launch event is on Jan'20, for Microsoft's "CRM 5" release. The Online version of the product will be available in January;
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Dec
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AllThingsD's Liz Gannes reporting that trouble in MySpace land. The social networking site turned social entertainment hub--is in the midst of planning that could soon result in significant layoffs of its staff. The number could be as much as 50% of the 1,100 employees at Myspace, largely based in the U.S., but also in international locations.The
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Dec
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Whether you're using the original PC manufacturer image or a clean install of Windows, chances are one or more of those drivers are out of date. Fortunately, Intel has now automated the process with a web-based scanner that inventories your current drivers and offers to install the most recent updates.To start, open Internet Explorer and visit
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Dec
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Democracy UK, a UK-focused political campaigning initiative by Facebook, released a number of mind-blowing stats on the massive usage of the network by its 500-plus million members in 2010. Here's a snapshot of 20 minutes on Facebook:What 20 minutes on Facebook looks like:Shared links: 1,000,000 every 20 minutesTagged photos: 1,323,000Event invites sent out: 1,484,000Wall Posts: 1,587,000Status
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Dec
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In Nov. 2010, Microsoft and PreEmptive Solutions introduced Runtime Intelligence (RI) for Windows Phone for developers to instrument their apps and get deep insights into user engagement with the apps they create.PreEmptive released a new version, that makes the tool much easier to use: no more "starter template" and obfuscation is smarter and easier to
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Dec
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Notifications on the Android platform a bit, er, awful. When you play a new song, ever wonder what that song is, or who the artist is? Tune Pop is the answer! Tune Pop will pop up the Song Title and Artist name, as a toast popup. Now when a song starts you'll be alerted with the
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Dec
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IKEA, has released a toasting app called "Sk No Comments » - Posted by DG
Dec
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A California woman whose lawsuit against Microsoft was dismissed in Feb this year has again sued the company over "downgrade" rights to the nine-year-old Windows XP, asking a California federal judge to grant the case class-action status, which would let others join her in suing Microsoft.The complaintant Emma Alvarado accused Microsoft of breaking California's
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Dec
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OpenFeint is mobile social gaming platform, for both Android and iOS devices. The compnay is reporting that it added over 450,000 new users on Christmas day, which is a 184% spike over its daily average and the largest single day in its history in terms of new users. And the network added nearly 1.4 million new
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Dec
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Video: Windows Phone 7 Location Services (GPS/Maps) QuickApp (Using Silverlight for Windows Phone 7)
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