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Google dominates the market with 60% share

Posted on Saturday, 30th August 2008 by Indus

Comscore as well as Nielsen Netratings estimated Google’s U.S. search engine market at more than 60% in July. While the market research firms have come up with substantially different numbers for their July report, both agree that Google now runs more than three times the numbers of searches of its closest rival and more than [...]

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Comcast adds 250 GB monthly cap

Posted on Friday, 29th August 2008 by Indus

Comcast, the US largest broadband provider, is rolling out restrictions on its service usage, and subscribers whose use of the internet exceeds 250 GB of data a month will first get a warning call, and then on the second instance, their service will be suspended for a year…its current usage policy was amended online today, [...]

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Black Screens For Unauthorized Copies of Windows

Posted on Friday, 29th August 2008 by Indus

In a bid to deter people from using pirate versions of Windows XP, Microsoft is now updating its Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) tool to introduce a few uncomfortable niggles for users of pirated versions of Windows. These include replacing the desktop wallpaper with a black screen every 60 minutes, although you can still replace it [...]

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Pics of Chinese factory girl sold with iPhone

Posted on Friday, 29th August 2008 by Indus

A Chinese factory worker has become an Internet sensation after a picture of her smiling and flashing a peace sign to a co-worker testing an Apple iPhone stayed on the phone that was sold to a man in Britain. Photos of the unidentified, smiling woman were posted on the Apple discussion website MacRumours.com by a [...]

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Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2: more security

Posted on Friday, 29th August 2008 by Indus

Microsoft Corp. took the wraps off the latest test version of its Internet Explorer browser on Wednesday, unveiling new privacy and security features as the company battles the upstart Firefox browser. Internet Explorer 8 offers users greater control over whether to save or erase their browsing history, “cookies” and other data. It also includes a [...]

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Xbox Live allows voters to register for U.S. election

Posted on Wednesday, 27th August 2008 by Indus

In further proof that the gaming industry is increasingly becoming a part of everyday society, Xbox 360 owners in the U.S. are being given the opportunity to register to vote in their upcoming presidential election via the Xbox Live online service. Rock the Vote, a non-government organisation established to engage youth in the political process, [...]

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Nonprofit Group Sends Filesharing Propaganda To Students

Posted on Wednesday, 27th August 2008 by Indus

There have been yet more attempts at brainwashing and fear-mongering would-be pirates under the guise of education. It seems to me, they would spend alot less time and money evolving to meet the demands of the new millennium, rather than fighting, harassing, and hurting the very people they are trying to sell to.
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Canon officially introduced EOS 50D

Posted on Wednesday, 27th August 2008 by Indus

Those leaked EOS D50 specs on Canon’s Chinese site? Real. The official announcement came today and everything tallies with what we saw on Friday. 15.1 megapixel CMOS sensor (with 1.6x crop factor), a big 3″ LCD screen, Live View (for previewing images on the screen), ISO running up to 12800 (in a special, try-not-to-use-it hidden [...]

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