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New versions of Firefox released, addresses critical security vulnerabilities

S King — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:28:21 +0000

Mozilla released two new editions of Mozilla Firefox browser – Firefox 3.6.9 and Firefox 3.5.12 with an aim to fix critical security vulnerabilities in each and to help Web site operators block clickjacking. Its becoming crucial for Web browsers to constantly watch for new attack possibilities as they become more powerful and independent of the Operating Systems. The 10 critical ...

Google Instant – Get your Google search results instantly

S King — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:48:27 +0000

Google’s just announced Google Instant service, through which you can see details about its immediate result delivery. Basically, the search function no longer waits for you to hit enter while searching and starts updating its results page instantly as you type. “We are pushing the limits of our technology and infrastructure to help you get better search results, ...

Game Center will not work on iPhone 3G

S King — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:35:51 +0000

Bad news for all the iPhone 3G owners who were looking forward to Game Center, Apple’s social and gaming networking application, which is included with iOS 4.1. Apple has confirmed that Game Center will work on the second-generation iPod touch, but not on the iPhone 3G. The first-generation iPhone and iPod touch models are the only other iOS based devices that ...

Nokia N8 opens for sale in UK from October 1st

S King — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:24:59 +0000

Nokia N8 will be on sale at the Nokia’s U.K. Online Shop for £429 SIM free or on contract from £35 per month from Friday 1st October. The Nokia N8 will also be available from Carphone Warehouse, O2, Orange, Phones4u, T-Mobile, Tesco Phone Shops, Three Mobile, Virgin Mobile and Vodafone. Mark Loughran, General Manager, Nokia UK, says, “The Nokia N8 ...

Google TV to launch next quarter

S King — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:25:21 +0000

The IFA technology show in Berlin saw Google reaffirm it’s plans to release the Google TV set-top box in the U.S. later this year, with launch in the rest of the world coming in 2011. Google TV, which was unveiled at the company’s annual I/O developer conference in May, aims to bring Internet video to the living room. ...

Nokia may be launching E7 next week

S King — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:48:24 +0000

According to reports Nokia will introduce its new E7 smartphone at its Nokia World event in London next week, and the device may pack both a “large” touchscreen and a full QWERTY keyboard. Nokia will also unveil its new N8 model, which is the first phone to use the new Symbian 3 software, along with other ...

Ping Surpasses 1 Million Users

S King — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:44:21 +0000

Apple’s Ping music social network had a rocky start, it was hit with spam comments, saw Facebook withdrawing ‘Facebook Connect’ and is plagued with international availability issues, despite these issues it surpassed the 1 million user milestone in few days after launch. Apple had introduced Ping as the centerpiece of iTunes 10, users can follow updates from both their friends ...

iOS dwarfs Android and Linux in usage share

S King — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:58:19 +0000

// According to a study carried out by Net Applications last month, iOS (devices running iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad) is the third most popular platform on the Internet – Microsoft Windows and Apple’s OS X occupy the top two positions – with a 1.13% market share, way ahead of Android’s 0.20% market share and Linux’s 0.85% user share. “It’s ...

Push Notifications for Twitter soon to be launched on Apple’s mobile devices

S King — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:44:21 +0000

Twitter will be enabling Push Notifications service soon for iPhone and iPad. Twitter’s official iPad app, which launched a couple of days ago to and was embraced positively. Twitter’a app for iPhone, formerly known as Tweetie, has been around for the past few months, it has the crown for for the most-used Twitter interfaces with 8% of all users of ...

Twitter Mobile Usage registers a spurt

S King — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:34:43 +0000

Twitter’s mobile usage of the service has gone up 62% in just over four months, and 16% of all new Twitter users are starting out on mobile devices as opposed to web signups according to Twitter’s CEO Ev Williams. “Our Twitter for iPhone and Twitter for BlackBerry clients are now two of the most popular ways to use Twitter. This ...