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Google’s +1

In a move to capture the social media market, Google has attempted again by launching it’s new service called  – “+1″. Many experts feel that this might not kick off very well, like other services launched by Google. There are … Continue reading

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Former President APJ Abdul Kalam cuts language barriers

New language translation tool unveiled at the 20th International WWW conference.  Former President APJ Abdul Kalam today launched the Machine translation (MT) systems, also called content multiplier tools, developed with funding from TDIL (Technology Development for Indian Languages) programme at … Continue reading

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Smartphone Shipment Growth May Slow This Year, IDC Says

Global sales of smartphones will probably increase at a slower pace this year, with Google Inc. (GOOG)’s Android likely to become the world’s best-selling smartphone system, according to International Data Corp. Shipments of handsets that allow users to surf the … Continue reading

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Firefox 4 now available for download

Firefox 4 Release Candidate is now available for download. With competition such as IE9 and Google Chrome 10, does Firefox 4 have some tricks up its sleeve to withstand the competition? For starters, Firefox 4 comes with a plethora of … Continue reading

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Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 now available

The final version of Visual Studio 2010 SP1 is now available for download. You can download it from here. The list of changes, features can be found here.

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Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) Released

  Microsoft released the first official service pack for Windows 7 today. This is an important update that includes previously released security, performance, and stability updates for Windows 7. SP1 also includes new improvements to features and services in Windows … Continue reading

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Moonlight 4 Preview Now Available

Novell has announced that Moonlight 4 is now available. This version of Moonlight comes with full support for all prior version of Silverlight and preview support for Silverlight 4, including support of Microsoft-licensed codecs for Silverlight 3 and 4, today’s … Continue reading

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jQuery 1.5 released

The much awaited jQuery 1.5 has released now. This included many performance improvements and bug fixes as well as a major re-write of the Ajax module which now comes with deferred callback management. Core also introduced a new feature called … Continue reading

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Steve Jobs To Take ‘Medical Leave Of Absence’, Stays On As CEO

Apple CEO Steve Jobs has just announced that he is taking a medical leave of absence according to a release issued by the company today. Here’s the email memo Jobs sent to Apple employees today. Team, At my request, the … Continue reading

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Groupon Expands Into India, Israel, South Africa

Groupon Inc. said Tuesday it has expanded to India, Israel and South Africa by acquiring fellow online-coupon discount sites in those countries. Closely held Groupon has been rapidly expanding by persuading local businesses to spend money online to attract customers. … Continue reading

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