Technology News

Adobe AIR 2 & Flash Player 10.1 Beta now available
New Delhi, Nov 17: Adobe Systems Incorporated on Tuesday, Nov 17 announced that beta versions of Adobe AIR 2 and Adobe Flash Player 10.1 software are now available from Adobe Labs for Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems.Adobe AIR 2 and...

YouTube to go high-definition, adding 1080p
California, Nov 14: Achieving yet another milestone, YouTube is all set to introduce high definition video capabilities in the coming week..

NASA's LCROSS confirms presence of water on moon
Washington, Nov 14: Based on the preliminary data from the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS), NASA as confirmed the presence of water in a permanently shadowed lunar crater..

Strontium unveils external hard disk drives
Singapore, Nov 6: Strontium, world's leading suppliers of memory modules and flash products, on Friday, Nov 6, launched the stylish external hard drive called the Strontium Power Store Slim..

Ten Most Boring Videos on YouTube listed
London, Nov 4: In a list of ten most boring Youtube videos put together by The Telegraph, a video released by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) on tax disclosure claimed the top spot..

Google launches voice search for Nokia
New Delhi, Nov 3: Google has launched a mobile application for Nokia handsets that will allow users find information through speech..

Google revamps Orkut to fight Facebook
Bangalore, Oct 31: In an attempt to thwart the competition from Facebook, Google revamped its social-networking site, Orkut on Friday, Oct 30 based on in-depth research and user feedback..

Spammer case: Facebook wins $712-mn in damages
Toronto, Oct 31: A California court ruled against the spammer for trying to filch personal information of Facebook users and awarded the social networking site 712 million dollars in damages..

Microsoft to close MSN Direct
New Delhi, Oct 30: Software giant Microsoft has announced that it is shutting down its MSN Direct GPS services..

Facebook under attack, beware of banking trojan
California, Oct 29: Just ..

Twitter partners with Airtel for SMS tweets
New Delhi, Oct 15: India's largest mobile service provider, Airtel has partnered with micro blogging site Twitter to allow SMS access to Twitter messages..

2012 doomsday prediction a hoax: NASA scientist
Washington, Oct 15: A NAS..

Pepsi says sorry for 'offensive' iPhone App
London, Oct 15: Pepsico has issued an apology over its recently released iPhone application that promises to help men 'score' with two dozen stereotypes of women by giving users pickup lines and invites men to brag about their conquests..

Web creator apologises for annoying '//' in URLs
London, Oct 14: Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of the world-wide-web, has finally accepted that he could have created the web without the two backslashes, '//', that Internet users often grumbled about..

Twitter, Facebook to fly with the flights
Bangalore, Oct 13: For all those Tweeter-freaks who miss being active on the micro-blogging site while travelling in a flight, Luftansa has come up with the solution..