Archive for April, 2009
Skype on your mobile phone
One of UK’s mobile telephone operators (3) announced that as from the 1st of May, their subscribers will be able to purchase a Skype-enabled SIM card for less than Eur 2.30 and then make free calls to other Skype users. It is expected that this service will eventually be offered by other third generation [...]
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Microsoft profit drops
For the first time since Microsoft became a public company in 1986, it’s profits have dropped, as results for Q3 2008 have shown. Following this, Microsoft reaffirmed that it plans to eliminate up to 5,000 jobs by not later than Q2 2010 so that it can save up to US$1.5 billion annually.
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Researchers show how to take control of Windows 7
Windows 7 is still not out but IT researchers Vipin Kumar and Nitin Kumar have already found in it a very serious exploit. Apparaently the pair of researchers have managed to find a way to access all of the files on a windows 7 based machine while Windows is booting up. The consequences [...]
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Nero to support faster video encoding
Nero announced recently that a free update for users of its Nero Move it software adds support for Nvidia’s CUDA architecture. The addition of Nvidia CUDA technology gives systems that are equipped with the latest Nvidia GPUs a massive boost in the speed of video encoding.
For more information on Nvidia’s CUDA click here: http://www.nvidia.com/object/cuda_what_is.html
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Uniblue releases update for SpeedUpMyPC
Uniblue has just released an update (4.1.0.0) for their popular SpeedUpMyPC. The latter is an application which aims to boost windows performance by applying a number of system tweaks and by removing unwanted junk files. Among the new features one finds the capability to safely delete the MSN chat history. This is [...]
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New Version of SpywareBlaster Recently Released
Javacool Software has recently released an update to SpywareBlaster which is their flag-ship product. Users of previous versions will have to download the new setup file but an uninstall of any previous versions is not required since the installer will detect any installed versions and upgrade the software to the latest version. The [...]
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New version of CCleaner supports Internet Explorer 8
It seems that a lot of software updates are currently being released to add support for Internet Explorer 8 which was released by Microsoft last month. The latest version of CCleaner which is one of the most popular applications among Interent users also supports Microsoft’s latest version of their web browser. The latest [...]
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Google releases two new services
Google just unveiled two new services: ‘Similar Images’, which allows users to search for images using pictures rather than words, and ‘News Timeline’ which lists stories chronologically.
For more information and to try them out click on:
Similar Images: http://similar-images.googlelabs.com
News Timeline: http://newstimeline.googlelabs.com
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PC Prices to Continue to Drop
According to Stephen Baker (an NPD analyst) PC prices will continue to drop because in the current economic climate, major PC makers will continue to bring out low cost models. However, these cheap computers only include the basics and hence no extra features are bundled with them. The PC market has been badly [...]
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Microsoft already planning Windows 8
Windows 7 (the successor to Windows Vista) will only be released not earlier than Q4 – 2009 but Microsoft are already planning its successor. The company recently posted a vacancy on its website and from its details it is very evident that the software giant is already planning a new version of its flagship [...]
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