Articles Posted on 18 September 2009
Rumours inundate the blogospere over Twitter’s plans to raise another 50 million dollars
News Security
The blogosphere is inundated with the rumours that the microblogging phenomenon Twitter is in the process of raising another $50 million worth of funding which could value the site at a whopping $1 billion. Prominent technology...
Visionary internet browser pioneer Mark Andreessen joins HP’s Board
News Mobile & Telco
Internet browser pioneer Mark Andreessen, the co-founder and chairman of Ning and the co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz, has been appointed to serve on HP’s board of directors, the company confirmed on Thursday. Andreessen...
Snow Leopard sports a high speed growth rate as sales figures zoom ahead of its predecessors
News Hardware
A leading retail analyst firm is reporting that Apple’s aggressive pricing strategy has been perking up the sales of Apple Mac OS X v10.6, better known as “Snow Leopard”, and that the new operating system is...
First Quarter Results of Palm Inc Beats Wall Street Expectations even though it makes a net loss
News Mobile & Telco
Palm Inc. on Thursday announced a further depressed first quarter financial results, with the revenues for the smartphone maker sagging for the ninth consecutive quarter. However, the results still managed to beat Wall Street...
Talks with EU initiated by Microsoft and Yahoo on their search collaboration efforts
News Web
Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc. have been engaged in informal discussions with the European antitrust regulators about their proposed search collaboration, Microsoft confirmed on Thursday. The planned 10-year agreement is also...
Twitter on course to embrace voice with the third party Jajah app
News Mobile & Telco
After Facebook, Twitter would be the next major player in the social networking domain that would allow its users to have voice conversations from its platform. Twitterers could soon make voice calls directly to their friends on...
Google CEO asks detractors of Google Book Search to come up with a better alternative
News Hardware
Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt has finally broken his silence over the widespread criticism of his company’s proposed plans to digitise millions of printed books, and asked his opponents to come up with alternative...
Microsoft Previews Online Office Web Apps
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Software giant Microsoft has released the online version of its Office Web Apps to a number of Windows Live users, albeit in a limited technical preview mode. In a post written on Microsoft's Official Webapps blog, Nick Simons,...
Government Consults On Travel Innovation Weeks Before E-Payments Deluge
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The Government has opened up a consultation on the regulation of ticketless travel systems just weeks before a new law comes into force allowing non-banks to operate electronic payment systems. The Government wants to create a...
Microsoft Confirms Another 250GB Xbox 360 Bundle
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Punters looking to buy a 250GB Xbox 360 on its own are likely to be sorely disappointed as Microsoft has confirmed that the console will only be sold bundled with games. The boss of Xbox Live, Larry Hryb has told Kotaku in a...
