Friday, August 1, 2008

Short Bulletin

Þ Microsoft to stop selling Windows XP operating system to retailers & computer makers soon
Þ PS3 Network will offer News, Weather, Video
Þ Mobile phone operator Orange teams up with Gotwind to produce charger powered by dance energy
Þ Google announces Google Gadgets for Linux
Þ Blizzard Announces Diablo III
Þ US digital music service Rhapsody embraces MP3 Downloads without copy restrictions
Þ Google releases software module that turns Windows PCs into media streaming servers
Þ Yahoo increases annual domain registration fees by $25
Þ Sony Ericsson is greatest Electronics Company; Nintendo is “least green tech firm”
Þ Marc Andreessen, the former CTO of AOL, joins Facebook’s Board of Directors
Þ Citysense allows Cell Phones to track nightlife in US
Þ Distributed computing project for earthquake monitoring coming soon in California
Þ Europe clears use of mobiles on aircrafts
Þ YouTube videos to be added in Google Maps listings
Þ Yahoo’s Flickr expands into video
Þ AT&T says Internet to hit full capacity by 2010
Þ Open standard Linux-based mobile device platform LiMO released
Þ IBM launches Mashup Suite, a mashup application for businesses
Þ Technology that measures smiles released in Japan for use in cameras, robots and medicine
Þ Cartoon Network’s MMOG FusionFall delayed
Þ Pro Chinese hackers threaten to attack CNN because of negative reporting, then cancel plan
Þ Grand Theft Auto IV leaks on to torrent network
Þ Yahoo! to “rewire” itself to bring social networking to the forefront
Þ Now edit Google Docs offline with new Google Gears

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