Monthly Archives: May 2009

bing.com Microsoft’s latest Google killer

Hey Google, you better watch out because Microsoft is about to launch another search engine, this time called bing.com. According to the promo video (there’s a link to it in the article) it looks interesting – Read on…

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Windows 7 Starter Edition – 3 app limit to be removed?

According to Microsoft insider Paul Thurrott’s blog, Microsoft has decided to do a U-turn and will now remove the “3 app cap” they placed on Windows 7 Starter Edition. Read on…

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FaceBook keeps your deleted pictures!

According to researchers from Cambridge University, users can find ‘deleted’ photographs on many social media websites, including FaceBook, over a month after the user deletes them! Read on…

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Is cloud computing reliable enough yet?

If you are a Gmail or Google News user, you might have noticed that the service was either down, or extremely ‘sluggish’ earlier. Apparently, this problem was caused by what Google Spokesperson Urs Hoelzle referred to as a “traffic jam.”
Google’s downtime raises a question

Of course, with so many people now relying on providers, like Google, for ‘cloud computing’ services – The question is; “Is cloud computing reliable enough yet?” Read on…..

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Twitter – Anti social media?

If you are a regular Twitter user, you will already know about the massive screw-up that has happened over the past 24 hours.

Is this yet more proof that Twitter’s team are too focused these days, on hanging out with their new celebrity friends – to engage their users and provide what their users want? Read on….

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Is Twitter the Google killer?

Remember how Google came form nowhere to pretty-much own online search and Internet advertising? Well, it seems Twitter is planning a similar move; according to comments made this week by Twitter’s own Santosh Jayaram (a Google Search Quality Manager until recently.)

Here’s why this may not be good news for Twitter users…..

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Kindle DX – $489 is just too much

The Kindle DX is two and a half times the size of the previous Kindle and significantly more expensive than the other, already over-priced models at $489. Although it can display 16 different versions of grey, the device cannot display other colours and it is still unable to play video. Here’s why I won’t be buying one….

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McAfee security error

McAfee are one of the best known names in Internet security, yet their website is currently “enabling malware distribution.” Here’s the story on this amazing security flaw – read on…

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