New Taiwanese mobile-phone charges powered by hydrogen

October 4, 2009

In a bid to be a major player in “Green Technologies,” Scientists from Taiwan on Friday have revealed its latest discovery, a mobile phone charger that is powered by hydrogen. In a statement released on Friday, researchers at the Industrial Technology Research Institute in Hsinchu city said that the new hydrogen-powered charger can help in [...]

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Amazon Agrees on Settlement over Kindle Suit Filed by a High School Student

October 2, 2009

Online retail store giant Amazon has agreed on Monday agreed on a settlement over a law suit filed by a high school student accusing the company of indiscriminately deleting an e-book copy he bought for his Kindle reader. Amazon.com has expressed intention to settle the case as it filed the necessary documents at the Seattle-US [...]

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Microsoft to Release “Security Essentials” Antivirus Software

September 29, 2009

World’s top software manufacturer Microsoft Corp. said that it is set to launch the new and full version of the antivirus computer software called Security Essentials on Tuesday, to help users shield their PCs from malwares. In a statement, Microsoft executives said that users can start downloading the free version of the Security Essentials next [...]

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Tax Scam on E-mails Becomes Biggest Spam Virus Problem in the World

September 26, 2009

University of Alabama research in computer forensics Director Gary Warner on Friday said the e-mail spam that pose as an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) collection scheme has now become the world’s biggest e-mail virus problem. In a statement, Warner said that the spam e-mails used by cybercriminals have now entered its third week and shows [...]

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Web Pages Comments Now Possible with SideWiki

September 25, 2009

World’s largest search engine provider Google Inc. has launched on Wednesday an added feature to its toolbar, called the SideWiki. The innovative feature would allow online users to input comments on any webpage they are viewed. According to Google Lab executives, the new SideWiki feature of the website would allow Internet users to comment about [...]

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Apple Starts Probe over Defective iPhone Batteries

September 22, 2009

Popular iPhone maker Apple Inc. over the weekend started its probe over increasing reports of defective batteries in its iPhone 3GS. Apple earlier bragged that the new iPhone 3GS has come with a variety of features and software updates that would maximize that use of the device. However, Apple did not prepare itself to the [...]

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US Justice Department Tells NY Court to Reject Google Book Deal

September 20, 2009

The United States Justice Department on Friday told the New York District Court to reject the proposed settlement of the controversial book deal of Google Inc. with authors and publishers in Europe, which would allow the Internet giant to create digitized copies of books that were already out-of-prints. In a document submitted to the NY [...]

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Google to use Carnegie Mellon University’s Anti-Fraud Program

September 18, 2009

World’s most dominant search engine website Google Inc. announced on Wednesday that it has acquired a anti-fraud and spam program developed by Carnegie Mellon University called ReCAPTCHA, which would allow them to cut down unwanted spam while it digitize copies of books. The ReCAPTCHA program works by asking users to solve and type simple “twisted” [...]

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Google Launches Fast Flip News-Reading Service

September 16, 2009

Google Inc., the world’s largest search engine provider, on Monday launched an “experimental” news-reading hub called Fast Flip, which allows online users to browse news and feature stories from dozens of sources like newspapers and magazines. It will be recalled that Google earned the ire of several publishers after it has posted news articles in [...]

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Google Increases Size of its Search Box

September 13, 2009

The world’s most popular Internet search engine Google.com has got a new facelift as the company introduced a much bigger search box on its home page (http://www.google.com). Google Inc., which is based in Mountain View, California, said that it has decided to remove the cluttered look of the search engine’s homepage following complaints and suggestions [...]

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