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Google’s Book Search Deal

The Department of Justice is now looking into Google’s proposed settlement over its Book Search service, sources tell both The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal . The inquiry is said to be focused on antitrust concerns surrounding the online book deal. The Book Search settlement, announced in October, followed a three-year battle [...]

Apple’s new product for the Netbook Market

Apple is coming up with a new kind of touch-screen device that is bigger than its iPhone but smaller than a laptop. The device, according to published reports, will be a kind of miniature tablet computer. Like the iPhone, it would be able to access the Internet over cell phone data networks, allowing users to [...]

A Cheaper iPhone, Why Not?

Apple is preparing to launch not one, but two new devices with Verizon, according to yet another new rumor. The leaked product details about an alleged “iPhone lite”. The rumor sprung up after Verizon Wireless CEO Lowell McAdam confirmed that the company has spoken with Apple executives. “In the last six months. Although McAdam would [...]

Firefox 3.5 coming soon

Mozilla Foundation announced it’s plan to release FireFox 3.5 beta, later this week, Firefox 3.5 promises some new features largely based on HTML 5 — the latest update to the core language of the World Wide Web. Mozilla says Firefox 3.5 will deliver noticeably improved performance, security and a better user experience overall. More specific [...]

The end for GeoCities?

Yahoo Inc. announced recently that it will be shutting down it’s GeoCities Free Web Hosting services this year. Yahoo acquired GeoCities for $3 billion in 1999. GeoCities no longer accept new accounts, and recommended it’s users to Yahoo Paid hosting services. This is a meesage from GeoCities Website.

Pirate Bay demands retrial

irate Bay owners were found guilty on being accessories to violating the copyright law by a Swedish Court. They were sentenced to one year in jail and a fine of $3.6 million dollars. But recent findings reveals that the judge who ruled against The Pirate Bay defendants on Friday is a member of two copyright [...]

Thirteen year-old wins Apple’s billion app contest

Apple on Friday revealed the name of the winner of its billion app countdown contest. It’s Connor Mulcahey, a 13 year-old who hails from Weston, Conn. Mulcahey downloaded the one billionth app: Bump, a contact information swapping application developed by Bump Technologies.

The Pirate Bay Verdict

The men behind Pirate Bay were found guilty on being accessories to violating the copyright law by a Swedish Court. They were sentenced to one year in jail and a fine of $3.6 million dollars. Unlike the case of Napster, The Pirate bay doesn’t actually host the copyrighted files, it simply allows users to posts [...]