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Ferman Aziz

Microsoft Issues Bug Warning for Windows XP and Server 2003 Users

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Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 users have been alerted by Microsoft regarding an unpatched bug that could be used to infect PCs by duping users into visiting rigged Web sites or opening attack e-mail. Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server and Windows Server 2008 R2 are not vulnerable to the attack. Microsoft’s next Patch […]

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Internet In 2020, All in the Cloud?

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The Elon University (USA) researchers have published a report based on a survey of 900 Internet/ tech experts and analysts which predicts that Internet users will “live mostly in the cloud” by 2020. In layman’s terms this basically means that we’ll be doing most of our online work through web-based and mobile apps such as […]

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Share Your Flickr Photos on Facebook

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Now there’s no need to upload your photos separately on Facebook after you’ve saved them on Flickr. Flickr has just announced the new feature which allows users to connect their Flickr and Facebook accounts .Opting for this feature will automatically send an update to a users’ Facebook account every time a photo or video is […]

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Google’s Custom Background Image, Want to Turn it Off?

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Google has announced the rolling out of its customized background image feature last week and now the search giant has gone international with it. The feature will remain activated for 24 hours to create awareness of its availability with Google collaborating with various artists, sculptors and image developers to bring a slew of images to […]

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Singapore is World’s Biggest iCountry

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Recent statistics released by the AdMob mobile metrics has shocked even the bigwigs at Apple. The biggest iOS (iPhone/Touch/iPad) using country in the world by population is not China or the US, it’s Singapore. With 480,950 devices – including 1453 iPads – with a population of 4 million for a penetration of 8.08% the Asian […]

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FIFA Fever Taking Over the Web

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How do you know the FIFA Football World Cup has finally arrived? The answer couldn’t be simpler. When you see Google changing its search result logo from Goooooogle to Goooooooal. Whether we like it or not, we’ll be eating, sleeping and living Football throughout the next month and it’ll be impossible to escape FIFA fever […]

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Is Social Networking the New Google?

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The web analytics firm Hitwise’s latest survey is enough to send web search giants like Google in to some serious damage control mode. Studies and survey results show that the trend of users preferring social networking sites over search engines is continuously on the rise and after the US, where Facebook’s overall traffic beat that […]

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Yahoo Ropes in David Beckham for its World Cup Coverage

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The stylish English Football Captain maybe out of the upcoming World cup owing to an Achilles tendon injury but you can’t keep him away from the action which he’ll be keeping alive by teaming up with Yahoo this summer. Yahoo will be offering exclusive content in its Football WC coverage and also for the 2010/2011 […]

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Farmville, Guitar Hero and Netflix – All on Your iPhone 4

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The new iPhone is delivering on its promise to not disappoint users by pushing the limits and bringing world’s most popular virtual entertainment services in the palm of our hands. Now you can grow and cut your virtual crops, bring out your inner rock star and order and watch videos just by pushing a few […]

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Dawn of a New Era, Apple’s iPhone 4 Arrives

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Apple has finally come through with the promise of bringing the new iPhone to the world at the WWDC 2010 where its CEO Steve Jobs proudly unleashed the new ultra smart and massively upgraded device. Online world erupted with millions sharing the news and gloating over the new features that are mind-blowing to say the […]

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Apple’s WWDC 2010 is Here!

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The day has come at last and all inhabitants of the parallel tech universe impatiently await what their deity (Steve Jobs) has in store for them. The keynote of Apple’s Worldwide Developers’ Conference begins at 10 A.M Pacific (that’s 12 P.M Central/1 P.M Eastern) at Moscone Centre in San Francisco, CA. The biggest attraction no […]

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The Latest Web hook-up! Yahoo and Facebook

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This coming together of the two Titans is a script written in tech heaven. Yahoo Inc announced today that its integrating the site and its services with Facebook and also that there’s more to come. Yahoo and Facebook users “can link their accounts and view and share updates with friends across both networks,” Yahoo said […]

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HTC EVO 4G Breaks Sales Record

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EVO 4G’s biggest distributor Sprint has released its first day sales records which reveal record breaking business on the launch day of the first 4G smartphone. The official announcement from Sprint reports. The total number of HTC EVO 4G devices sold on launch day was three times the number of Samsung Instinct and Palm Pre […]

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Now a Google Account Not required to Use Google Docs

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Google seems to be wooing non users to give it a try as now a Gmail account is no longer necessary to use the Google Documents service. A new site docs.google.com/demo was just launched which allows non Google users to try full-fledged versions of its word processor, spreadsheets and drawing tool. The site allows first […]

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Foursquare Blocked in China After Millions Check in to Tiananmen Square

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After a Facebook ban in Pakistan and Bangladesh, China has blocked access to another social networking tool ‘Foursquare’ after a huge number of users were checking in to Tiananmen Square on the site. It’s the 21st anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre when more than 3000 protestors including students protesting against Communism were shot and […]

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Apple in Hurry to Launch iPhone 4G

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Sources at BGR are putting 2 and 2 together and probably guessing correctly that the new iPhone 4 shall be launched on June 18th and not in July. Their confidence lies in several confirmations from AT&T store reps who stated that their sales quotas for the month of June are ridiculously high which can only […]

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What to Expect From Apple’s MobileMe Service at the WWDC 2010

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What else but to go free! For those who don’t know MobileMe is a service which runs with Microsoft outlook on a PC and syncs data between PCs, Macs, iPhone & iPod Touch. It allows subscribers to access and manage their email, contacts, calendar, photos, and files at me.com. Speculations about the service going free […]

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HTC EVO Launches the First 4G Smartphone

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Take that Apple! With the iPhone 4 still a happy anticipation, smartphone enthusiasts all across the US can now acquire the first 3G/4G wireless phone HTC EVO 4G. Priced at $ 199.99 the device is available at Sprint retail stores, RadioShack, Best Buy and Wal-Mart, as well as through Sprint.com. Reviewers have given a thumbs […]

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iTunes’ Upcoming Competitor, Google Music!

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This seems like the next big virtual war all set to happen and tech geeks will be happy to be on either side of the fence. There’s a new logo hosted on the Google domain throwing everyone in the online world into a flurry of excitement as it reads Google Music. The web based competitor […]

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Facebook’s New Domain, US Politics

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Facebook will now be keeping an eye on American politics as it was announced at the Personal Democracy Forum in New York City that the Social Networking giant has launched a page called US Politics. Check it out at Facebook.com/USpolitics. This is not to be confused with President Obama’s personal page as this is a […]

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