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A lot of technology news has been piping out of the All Things Digital D9 conference in California recently and today is no exception. First, Twitter CEO Dick Costolo confirmed photo-sharing coming to Twitter. Now, we are all getting the very first glimpse of Windows 8. The photo above is the brand new Start menu in the next iteration of Windows. As you can see, it is completely different from

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Google has finally rolled out its own music locker and streaming service at the ongoing I/O developer conference in San Francisco. Music Beta by Google, like Amazon’s recently launched Cloud Drive service, will let users store their entire music collection on the cloud. However, the service will offer more memory than what is being offered by Amazon.<!-- google_ad_client = "pub-8701545971016085

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The first laptops running on a Google-designed software system will go on sale in the US and six other countries next month. The June 15 release date announced Wednesday means the lightweight laptops will hit the market nearly two years after Google Inc. began working on an operating system based on its Chrome Web browser. Since then, Apple Inc.'s iPad and other tablet computers have become hot

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The official website of the Central Bureau of Investigation was hacked late on Friday, on December 4th, by a group calling itself the 'Pakistani cyber army'. The home page of India's premier investigating agency's website had a message from the 'Pakistani cyber army' warning the 'Indian cyber army' not to attack Pakistani websites. In response to this embarrassing incident, An Indian hacker named

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With the HP Slate 500 now available for purchase, some are wondering if Windows 7 is an effective operating system for tablets. For its part, Microsoft believes it is. The company has said time and again that it believes Windows 7 is ideal for customers that want more out of tablets than what they're currently getting from devices such as Apple's iPad or Samsung's Galaxy Tab.&nbsp; However,

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Everyone whose orkut account has been affected with the Sabado Worm, can use this simple trick to get out of this issue. People whose account is not yet affected, please follow the below steps to keep this worm away from your accounts. The worm injects a hidden iframe containing a malicious javascript&nbsp;[do not click this]&nbsp;http: //tptools. org/ worm . js [do not click this], which steals

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In a major XSS (cross-site scripting) attack this week, Google owned Orkut was flooded with "Bom Sabado" scraps. The word "Bom Sabado" means "Good Saturday" in Portuguese, which is the also the official language of Brazil, one of the last remaining Orkut bastions in the world. The worm seems to be posting scraps with the text "Bom Sabado" and also adding affected users to new Orkut groups. Such

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The world largest video sharing service, YouTube is testing a new live streaming platform. The trial would continue for two days - September 13-14. The new service begins as a limited trail with four participating partners. YouTube had previously hosted live streaming of events such as the U2 concert at Rose Bowl and season three of the Indian Premier League (IPL). YouTube will evaluate the

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A new virus based in e-mails with the subject line "Here You have" began running rampant Thursday, hitting corporate America hard. So far, the virus has already been sighted at ABC/Disney, Google, Coca Cola and NASA, several individuals with knowledge of the situation told. Comcast was forced to shut down its e-mail servers entirely after being hit, a spokesperson said on Twitter. E-mails that

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Internet giant Google today introduced "Google Instant", an enhanced version of its search engine that locates the content defendants as the user enters the terms to search. Google adds innovation and speed thanks to its new search function has been presented Wednesday at a news conference. With this new feature, the user will not have to complete the search, because the results will appear as

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AN Israeli company has developed software that monitors a mobile phone's radiation levels and alerts the user if the levels becomes excessive. Tawkon (pronounced talk-on) said the aim was to reduce a phone user's exposure to emissions without having to give up their phone. Tawkon's application is already available for Research In Motion's BlackBerry handsets and will be launched for Google's

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The HTML5, the next version of the language used to create web pages, has drawn attention for its ability to display video within a web browser without plug-ins like Adobe Flash. However, ultimately a series of lesser-known features may have a far greater impact on how users experience the Internet. Experts say that HTML5 does behind the scenes-such as network communications and storage features

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Make your password strong, with a unique jumble of letters, numbers and punctuation marks. But memorize it, never write it down. And, oh yes, change it every few months.&nbsp;These instructions are supposed to protect us. But they don’t! Some computer security experts are advancing the heretical thought that passwords might not need to be “strong,” or changed constantly. They say onerous

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After years of timid attempts, technology companies have decided to bet heavily on the integration of the Internet on television with the launch this fall in the U.S. of novel devices to interact with the "idiot box." The updated Apple TV, which was filed this week, we must add the anticipated sale of products Revue Google adapter-TV- or its competitor Boxee Box, expected a market still looking

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You may have heard a thing or two about Google’s music service, likely to be dubbed Google Music. &nbsp;The idea was discussed at I/O back in May, which expectations we would see something around September. &nbsp;Well, September is here, and we’ve really heard nothing new about Google Music, until now. Reports are now coming in that sources are revealing that Google Music may be landing sometime

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Google Inc. can sift through more than a trillion Web links in a matter of seconds, but can the Internet search leader help people wade through their overflowing e-mailboxes?That's the challenge Google will try to tackle Tuesday with the introduction of a tool called "Priority Inbox" in its Gmail service. The feature relies on formulas devised by Google engineers to automatically figure out and

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Google has relooked and renewed its privacy policy after the settlement of privacy lawsuit over its Buzz. The users are warned with new privacy policy when they visit the Gmail website.&nbsp; The company faced the lawsuit due to disclosure of private information including all contacts of Gmail. <!-- google_ad_client = "pub-8701545971016085"; /* Fireseal-in text */ google_ad_slot = "9564459758";

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Google has fixed a bug with Gmail. The bug caused some of its accounts to repeatedly send email messages over and over. The bug affected less than 2.5 percent of the Gmail users. It involved odd behavior including the repeated messages.&nbsp;The bug was resolved Thursday night, according to Google's Google Apps dashboard. "The problem with Google Mail should be resolved," Google's tech support

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A foreign spy agency pulled off the most serious breach of Pentagon computer networks ever by inserting a flash drive into a US military laptop, a top defense official said Wednesday. The previously classified incident, which took place in 2008 in the Middle East, was disclosed in a magazine article by Deputy Defense Secretary William J Lynn and released by the Pentagon Wednesday. He said a "

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Google has denied reports that it is looking to use unmanned flying spy drones to augment its Street View and Maps features in the future. Earlier news reports claimed that Google was working with one German manufacturer, Microdrones with the latter company claiming to have sold an unmanned flying drone to Google. Microdrones has already supplied such unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to British

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What are the top Mistakes to avoid while setting up your blog? Internet gurus can debate all day about what makes a blog so successful. Indeed, many strategies are subjective. There are, however, certain mistakes that we all agree MUST BE AVOIDED! Instead of banging on all the time about the keys to success! I’m going to tell you how NOT to fail! Here are the top 10 mistakes that you must avoid

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Another malicious application has been found from the Android Market. A game called Tap Snake isn't just a game, it turns out to be a client for a commercial spying application called GPS SPY. The Tap Snake game looks like an average "Snake" clone. However, there are two hidden features. First, the game won't exit. Once installed, it runs in the background forever, and restarts automatically when

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Social networking website Facebook, which offers its subscribers a "like" button for anyone's updates, is now faced with a fake "dislike" button, which is spreading like a virus across the site. The fake dislike button is followed with a link that takes people to a fake application. Instead of installing a dislike button, the application uses the person's network to continue spreading the fake&

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Oracle's suit against Google has one clear winner: Microsoft. With Google's Android tied up in litigation, and Oracle becoming the latest villain in the open source community, Microsoft has a chance to make inroads in the mobile market and elsewhere. Oracle is suing Google, claiming that Android infringes on Oracle copyrights and patents that are related to Java. Oracle spokeswoman Karen Tillman

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Social networking website Facebook is nearing its saturation point in Britain and its growth in the country has gone down over the past six months. Britain, however, has the second-largest membership of Facebook in the world, at 25 million. The list is led by the US, while Indonesia and Turkey follow Britain. Despite Facebook getting its 500 millionth user in July, the average amount of time

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