Archive for the February, 2012


Feb 28

Microsoft Research Demos a ’3D Desktop, Kinect Grocery Cart, Holoflector, IllumiShare’ and More Prototype Research Products

At the TechForum this week, Microsoft Chief Research and Strategy Officer Craig Mundie with Interactive Entertainment Business President Don Mattrick, Online Services Division President Qi Lu, Business Platform Division Corporate Vice President Ted Kummert and Chief Research Officer Rick Rashid and others demonstrated how the company is investing in research and exploration of a number of
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Feb 23

Twitter Open Sources Twemproxy for Memcache

Twitter open sourced its proxy for the memcached protocol called "Twemproxy," which was primarily developed to reduce open connections to company's cache servers. "Twemproxy had been running in production for six months, during which time we've increased the number of front-ends by 30%,"
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Feb 8

Nokia Reveals White Lumia 900 with White Lumia 800; Announces Changes in Smartphone Manufacturing Operations

Nokia, announced that the "Nokia Lumia 800" Windows Phone will be available in white, beginning later this month."Since we began selling it late last year, the Nokia Lumia 800 has received rave reviews around the world," said Ilari Nurmi, VP of
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Feb 29

Google Patent Translate Now Part of the European Patent Office’s Espacenet Service

Google released an update to its Google Translate system that incorporates the European Patent Office (EPO)'s parallel patent texts and allows translation between English and French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Swedish.Google in March 2011, signed an agreement with the European Patent Office (EPO) to break down
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Feb 13

Samsung GALAXY Tab 2 Series Running Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Launched

Samsung, launched its first line-up of tablets for 2012, the "GALAXY Tab 2" series, which includes a 7" version and a 10.1" version for UK, and will be launched in global market from March.The GALAXY Tab 2 series is available in 3G and WiFi versions, as well as in 7" and 10.1" variants. Light and portable,
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Feb 8

Dramatic Interpretations of Three Seventh Graders on Facebook Facebook [Video]

A new YouTube video "Dramatic Interpretations of Facebook - Doubt" created by NavySealsofComedy is a dramatization of a real conversation had by a seventh graders on Facebook.The video stresses that the script is copied from the Facebook convo "verbatim." "This is what happens
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Feb 18

Download Data Protection Manager 2010 Poster for Your Office Wall

For your Office or SOHO wall, Microsoft has posted a new Data Protection Manager 2010 Poster for Your Office Wall."The Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2010 Overview poster was made to give an overview and quick reference to DPM's components, architecture, and DPM protection scenarios," posted Microsoft."It consists of system requirements, licensing, architecture, supported workloads, storage types,
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Feb 19

Windows Phone: Nokia Lumia 800 Bundle at Microsoft Store; “Tango” Replaces Facebook and Twitter with Chinese Sevices

Nokia Lumia 800 bundle included with an unlocked Lumia 800, a Nokia Purity HD stereo headphones by Monster, a Nokia Play 360° wireless Bluetooth speaker, and a Nokia Luna Bluetooth headset is now avilable at online Microsoft Store for $899."The Lumia 800's seamless one-piece body gives you a slick look with a clearly defined interface that's
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Feb 10

Xbox 360 No. 1 Console Worldwide, Continue Lead U.S. Console Market in 2012

Last week, Xbox 360 was revealed as the number-one selling console worldwide in 2011, according to publicly disclosed financial data from Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo. Historically, after several years in a console's lifecycle, demand softens, but Xbox 360 continues to defy that convention and continues to lead the U.S. console market in 2012 in January, according
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Feb 18

$10,000 Give Away Prize for 25 Billionth App Store Download; FLA “Tons of issues” Found at Foxconn China

Apple has begun a countdown to its 25 billionth app download on the App Store. For this, the Cupertion company has launched a new page on the App Store, and states that a person lucky enough to download the 25 billionth app will take home a $10,000 App Store Gift Card.The promotional page at the company's
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Feb 23

New Transit Directions and Search Layers in Google Earth 6.2

Google has now enhanced search in Google Earth 6.2 making it even more powerful and easy to use. "We've added features that Google Earth previously didn't have, like transit directions and search layers. And we've made sure that underneath these shiny new
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Feb 25

Screen Actors Guild Move from Drupal to Windows Azure

The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) moved their Linux based website to Windows Azure to support their biggest annual event, the Screen Actors Guild Awards. Each year, the Screen Actors Guild experiences increased traffic to its awards site, which peaks the eve of its annual award ceremony.
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Feb 24

A Look at Microsoft Office 15 Technical Preview Through Screenshots

Office 15, Microsoft upcoming productivity suite, which recently entered in to the Technical Preview and is expected to run on Windows 7, Windows 8, as well as Windows on ARM -- today, has a leak of some screenshots from the Office 15 Technical Preview. Looking at the
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Feb 28

Nokia Reading, Nokia Maps, Nokia Drive, and Nokia Transport Apps Demostrated at MWC 2012

Earlier at the CES 2012 in january, Nokia announced four new apps - Nokia Drive, Nokia Maps, Nokia Music and Nokia Pulse. Today at Mobile World Congress 2012, Nokia again revealed several new apps - Nokia Reading and Nokia Transport, as well as updates
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Feb 27

Nokia 808 PureView with 41 Megapixel Sensor and High-performance Carl Zeiss Unveiled – MWC 2012

Barcelona, Spain, MWC 2012, Nokia announced a new high-end smartphone the Nokia 808 PureView, which will feature Nokia PureView imaging technologies, bringing together high resolution sensors, exclusive Carl Zeiss optics and Nokia developed algorithms.The Nokia 808 PureView features a large, high-resolution 41 megapixel sensor with high-performance Carl Zeiss optics and new pixel oversampling technology."With superior low-light
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