19. Nov 2009, 18:15
Having recently broadened the capabilities of its PlayStation 3 console through the integration of Facebook, electronics giant Sony Corp. is now rumoured to be preparing to give online PS3 customers access to Mozilla’s open-source Firefox browser.
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13. Nov 2009, 13:25
In terms of performance-based improvement seen by Google after putting its new protocol to the test, the online giant claims Web pages on some of the Net’s biggest and busiest sites loaded up to 55 percent quicker than normal when viewed via SPDY. ...
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12. Nov 2009, 05:20
Already saddled with the “Big Book of British Smiles” courtesy of The Simpsons, the beauty of our crooked-toothed cousins from across the pond has this week taken another blow after an online dating agency deemed them some of the ugliest people in the world.
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11. Nov 2009, 10:30
In a move to secure plenty of good tidings ahead of Christmas, online search giant Google is to provide travelling Internet users with completely free Wi-Fi access at 47 airports across the United States and also on every flight operated by Virgin America during the busy holiday period.
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4. Nov 2009, 12:20
Microsoft Corp. has this week revealed a preview of its newly revamped MSN homepage, which is set to arrive as the first major overhaul the American software behemoth has performance to its hugely popular online portal in more than a decade. ...
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2. Nov 2009, 23:10
Two girls, both sophomores at an Indiana high school, were blocked from participating in afterschool sports programs based on images posted to the social networking portal MySpace. The pictures, considered racy, ended up in the hands of the girls’ coach and principal who banned them from extracurricular activities, made them personally apologize to an all male coaches board, and forced them to attend counseling. ...
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30. Oct 2009, 19:00
The coffers of Facebook could potentially soon receive a substantial monetary injection of $711.2 million USD after a court ruled in favour of the leading social networking site in its anti-Spam case against Internet marketer Sanford Wallace (a.k.a. the ‘Spam King’).
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29. Oct 2009, 15:30
Not that paying for goods on Amazon has ever really been a complex procedure, but the heavyweight online retailer has revealed plans that pander to the impatient and hard of understanding by making payments quicker and easier.
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18. Oct 2009, 14:00
If you follow music, you know who Willie Nelson is. After more than forty years in the business, one of the nation’s most notable music icons and recognized advocate for biodiesel is still on the road, supporting both his newest album and a company we’ve covered on The Tech Herald in the past, Mushroom Networks. ...
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16. Oct 2009, 15:15
Not that the following will come as a surprise to weary parents around the world, but a new survey has revealed that the vast majority of young Internet users simply couldn’t imagine living life without access to the Web.
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