GPS-enabled products are increasingly popular. GPS capability is one of the most prominent features on new-age Smartphones. GPS functionality makes cutting-edge devices more useful and attractive from the consumers’ perspective. However, the features also make them consume more power resulting in reduced battery life.
The semiconductor company NemeriX has come up with a new multi-band GNSS […]

Microsoft’s new operating system (OS) version will incorporate multi-touch features, serving as an able alternative to the mouse. Slated to be unveiled next year this new fingertip interface will allow users to paint pictures, trace routes on maps, shrink as well as enlarge photos, and play the piano.
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates informed at the All […]

During the All Things Digital conference that took place in San Diego, the Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer talked about the firm’s failure to buy Yahoo!, despite its offer of $47.5 billion. He clarified:
Look, we made a bid (for Yahoo). The bid was out there for three months. There was a difference between bid and ask. […]

While many delegates who attended the D6 conference largely remained glued to the Windows 7 announcement and developments on Yahoo!, a share of spotlight was also grabbed by Bill Gates who is counting down to his last day (1 July) at the firm.
At a reception that was held as part of San Diego’s All […]

Viacom claims it has identified over 150,000 copyright abuses by YouTube that comprised clips from popular shows such as SpongeBob SquarePants, MTV Unplugged and South Park. The firm states that the infringement also included the documentary ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ that had been viewed online ‘an astounding 1.5 billion times’.
Viacom is now asking for damages for […]

It was reported a couple of months ago that Intel was well on its way to unveil its Montevina-based Centrino 2 platform this June. The Centrino 2 is expected to bring new Penryn processors that run on a 1066MHz FSB, three new northbridges (with upgraded graphics; GM45, GM47, PM45) as well as new 802.11n/WiMAX wireless […]

MySpace recently hit the headlines when it declared it was ‘bringing down the garden walls’, permitting its user information to be shared. The firm also pledged to adopt open APIs as well as authentication interfaces. MySpace’s closest rival Facebook - not one to be left behind - is looking to keep up with the former […]

A web site has been set up to let people check whether a bank is set up to receive faster payments, utilising the receiving account’s sort code. The web site www.canipayfaster.co.uk will facilitate a banking scheme that allows one-day cash transfers on the Web and over the telephone.
The scheme is expected to hasten up the […]

The research by Professor David Gauntlett and Lizzie Jackson from the University of Westminster has found that virtual worlds can prove to be valuable platforms where children revise and rehearse what they might actually be doing in real life. They are also a much more ‘engaging and powerful’ alternative in comparison to passive activities like […]

Orange has just inked a three-year deal with Nokia that would offer the Finnish phone maker’s mobile games and maps services to its widening base of customers across nine European countries, comprising the UK. The new deal is perceived to be a step back for Nokia. Nokia had looked to threaten the position of mobile […]

I wanted to do something, which was really global. Free software is a phenomenon, which is truly global.
South African-born Mark Shuttleworth, the brain behind the Ubuntu project, mentioned in an interview. It is named after an African word that means ‘Humanity to others’, or ‘I am what I am because of who we all are’. […]

Chad Hurley, YouTube chief executive and founder, is diffident, down-to-earth and polite but no stereotypical geek, describes a new article in The Guardian. It goes on:
He (Chad Hurley) has a slightly earnest manner, betraying the very fact that for the firm the next year or so is crucial.

Many large enterprises are now looking to server and storage virtualisation to get more efficient and retain more IT equipment at their central sites. Centralisation certainly helps drive the requirement for WAN acceleration since branch-office employees are reliant on far-away data centres for running their applications.
Certeon is a venture-capital-backed startup based in Burlington, Massachusetts. The […]

The web site of popular networking site Facebook is set for a makeover. Next month onward the profile pages of Facebook will get a total makeover.
There was an hour long briefing for the media from Facebook to give them a glimpse of changes proposed in the site likely to be made public next month. The […]

Microsoft has announced that it will begin using its ODF or the Open Document Format, ‘sometime next year’. The announcement has been met with mixed reactions. Managing director of the ODF Alliance, Marino Marcich, stated:
The proof will be whether and when the firm’s promised support for Open Document Format is on par with its support […]

2008 is the year that (online) search got competitive.
So stated Bill Gates. The company chairman, speaking at the annual digital ad summit in Redmond, gave details of their latest product and informed the audience to be ready for ‘big announcements related to search to happen every six months’. He remarked in his keynote speech:
The overwhelmingly […]

In the small, generic plastic box, which actually is the new Netflix Player from Roku, you can probably see the future of video. The Netflix player comprises most of the interface ideas and technology required for revolutionising how we get television in our house.
Saul Hansell, mentions in the New York Times:
The future of video is […]

The observation about the buying habits of a particular individual can be integrated with other behaviour patterns, which are found out through questions like:

Does the customer purchase only when an item is available at a certain price?
Is the customer more likely to purchase on a weekend or even during the week?
Does it need to be […]

New mobile technology is sweeping across Britain. Ofcom’s latest report shows just how fast this phenomenon is taking place. Almost 20 per cent of households now solely rely on a mobile phone for communication.
In Greater Manchester 28 per cent of homes use a mobile, but have no fixed line (landline) telephone. On the other hand, […]

The search for a better recommendations software package for websites continues with many firms selling algorithms, which promise a retailer more of an edge. Sheldon Gilbert is founder and chief executive of Proclivity Systems that provides a system to track buying.
Barneys NY - the upscale clothing store chain - claims it has got at least […]