The exact focus of the inquiry is unclear, but the people familiar with it said Justice Department lawyers appeared to be looking into whether the companies involved agreed to not actively recruit employees from each other
Wave is a web-based application that marries multiple forms of communication and collaboration, including chat, mail and wikis, into a unified interface. Everything inside Wave happens in real time: You can even see a comment being made as the person is typing it, character-by-character.
Intel’s fabrication plants can churn out hundreds of thousands of processor chips a day. But what does it take to handcraft a single 8-bit CPU and a computer? Give or take 18 months, about $1,000 and 1,253 pieces of wire.
However I have to let You (meaning Ars and Wired) know whats going on over at one of these Social Bookmarking sites: Reddit. Reddit just recently banned a bunch of users on their social media site. No reasons were given, no warnings were issued
A leaked memo states three executives at MySpace are leaving the company to form their own startup, led by COO Amit Kapur. He will be joined by senior VP of technology Jim Benedetto and and senior VP of product strategy Steve Pearman.
I came across a little tidbit in last Wednesday ’s East Bay Express, out in the San Francisco area, that shows yet again the ever-increasing power of the Internet. In the article, a disturbing and unethical practice by a locally-based social site, Yelp.com, was exposed. It showed that when it came to business reviews its users have posted, the good
“How can I speed up my computer?” DUH, but I a lot of people overlook these simple steps.
As an engineer, and founder of a company where one of our core values is “quantify everything”, lack of numbers bothers me. How bad are things really? Answers like “really bad” or “worst since the Great Depression” just don’t do it for me. What does it mean in dollars and cents?
While 2008 has been a bleak year for the financial markets and the global economy, it has been very kind to open source, at least based on market share. A review of Net Applications data suggests that there has never been a better time for open source; however, as Google Trends data suggests, it's no longer enough to rest on one's laurels...
The Futian People's Court in Shenzhen, China, handed down sentences to 11 ringleaders of the world's largest software counterfeiting syndicate today.
Google recently released its annual rundown of popular searches for 2008 - what they call the "zeitgeist" list - and it's a reminder, once again, of how much we reveal about ourselves every time we type into a search bar.
Samsung has started producing 256GB (SSDs) for notebooks and Desktop PCs. With a high speed drive up to sequential read rates of 220MB/s and sequential write rates of 200MB/s and the delete rate speed is 100GB/s. it offers now SSDs in 8Gb, 16GB and 23Gb for small designs and 64GB, 128GB and 256GB for the higher densities.
The Core i7 represents the vanguard of Intel's new Nehalem microarchitecture. The i7 is a desktop processor targeted initially at gaming boxes.
Yes! there is life beyond iPhone. Companies in wireless phone business are hiring, some of the brightest minds on the planet, to create an ideal phone for ever growing wireless market. Internet is full of concept phone designs, some of which may never see the daylight and will die in labs. But there will be few, who will prevail and shape the future of wireless industry.
Ever wonder how your home page’s Google PageRank score has changed over the past couple years in comparison to your competitors? There’s a way to go back in time and check, assuming you’ve been listed in the Google Directory for a while.
Computing power has increased massively over recent years, and for Mac users the switch to Intel processors brought new heights of speed and performance to even the most entry-level Macs. there are many thousands of older PowerPC machines still in use, dutifully chugging away day after day. And even for newer Macs, applications like working with images, music and video always run more smoothly with more power under the hood.
YouTube announced today an interesting addition to its Insights analytics dashboard. Called "Hot Spots," the feature displays the "bounce rate" of viewers in any publisher's video on a second-by-second scale. Wondering if that joke you told went over well or not? YouTube will now tell you if a substantial number of viewers clicked away from your content at the moment your wisecrack went live.
Software or webapps in a "beta" phase should, according to tradition, not pick up any major features, and should be going through community testing mostly to work out kinks and bugs.
Now a days demand for spy Gadgets is very high , they are very much useful in Investigation and so many Spy Gadgets are releasing in the market. Here is the list of Top 10 Latest Hi Tech Spy Gadgets which are recently released in the market .
China isn't as far along with IPv6 as we're sometimes lead to believe, which is something that should probably change before IPv4 addresses are predicted to run out in the country in the next two years and three months
There are too many frameworks, and too many technologies for it to be a responsible decision to attempt to memorize them all. We refer to the web constantly when learning new technologies or pushing through insipid bugs. I'd even go so far to say that this is a desirable characteristic of a developer: someone who knows where to get information when
Ubuntu users who couldn’t stand the idea of a EULA (End User License Agreement) for the popular Firefox Web browser are going to get their way. The Mozilla Foundation’s chairperson, Mitchell Baker, has agreed to entirely remove the Firefox EULA
Exactly a year ago, the anti-piracy company MediaDefender was put to shame after a hacker gained access to their systems. Many of the deepest secrets of the company were published online, and now, twelve months on, the company is walking the plank to bankruptcy as its shares are worth less than one cent each.
Here are some of the most spectacular inventions and discoveries that changed the way people did things. Science has been of great help to the people. Below are some of the great things that were discovered and invented by famous people around the world.
Keepvid is definitely one of my personal favorite websites where I download all my videos from. KeepVid supports just about any video sharing site out there. Another great thing about Keepvid is that it displays the most famous videos on the web so you can quickly download the most watched videos.
During October 2007, the popular BitTorrent tracker OiNK was shut down in a joint effort by Dutch and British law enforcement. Today, OiNK admin Alan Ellis has been charged with conspiracy to defraud. Charges against four OiNK uploaders will follow later today.
I know there is a lot of guys out there who are really fascinated by the people down radio show and always wish to have one, including me. Well, now you can get your own radio show and your own radio station.
From incognito browsing and the streamlined download manager to URL highlighting and improved search, let's take a look at how you can bring some of Google Chrome's best features to Firefox.
It sounded like a winning proposition — free money — for Internet access providers. By tracking their subscribers' personal Web surfing habits, they could help deliver ads targeted to the consumers' interests, and claim a share of the burgeoning online advertising market dominated by Internet search companies. But those efforts to sniff out consume
A decision to dismiss appeals against the controversial fast-track approval of a Microsoft document format has provoked six members of global standards-setting body ISO to question ISO's relevance. Brazil, India, South Africa and Venezuela -- countries with fast-growing IT markets -- had appealed against ISO's stamp of approval for Microsoft Office
In 1985, when he was fourteen and in high school in Escondido, California, Anderson was subject to one of the largest FBI raids in California history after hacking into a Chase Manhattan Bank computer system and subsequently showing his friends how to do it
Google is in hot water again over invasive Street View photos that ignore private roads and "No Trespassing" signs. While privacy's existence is still being debated, perhaps the company just needs a lesson in how to read
Yahoo’s stake in Yahoo Japan is often cited as one of its most valuable assets, and indeed Yahoo is considering selling it as a quick fix to appease angry shareholders in the U.S. While Yahoo seems to be treading water in the US, Yahoo Japan is sitting on top of the Japanese web industry. In fact, Yahoo Japan’s market cap at the Tokyo stock exchange is hovering at around $22 billion, compared to Yahoo’s current $27 billion. Fiscal 2007 marked the 11th consecutive year of profitability and record revenues: Yahoo Japan’s sales grew 23.3% to $2.4 billion (Yahoo in the US: $7 billion) on a year-to-year basis, with a net income of $570 million (US: $660 million).
These sites let you crunch the numbers, analyze the data, or just look up who that one guy is in that one movie.
Finally, Yahoo Buzz has been launched for the normal users. Its a site like digg where people share stories and can rank them. It was only available to few invited members before but now its available for everyone.
Google is working on YouTube mobile now.
The new Facebook is coming. Facebook, the product that brought a whole new meaning to information and application overload, is about to release their new Facebook vision, one with focus.
After adjusting to (and it took a few days of frequent interaction) the re-worked and refined Facebook experience, 2 themes stood out above all others
Microsoft Release for Mac 12.1.2 is the security vulnerability affects Excel, and could allow someone to execute code remotely if you download and open a specially-crafted Excel document.
There’s no catch here: this is just a geniune attempt to help Windows Vista users.
‘Windows Vista - The Pocket Guide’ covers the basics of customizing, improving, and organizing your Windows Vista machine.
‘Windows Vista - Customization Manual’ covers the basics of customizing your computer. Learn how to customize you boot screen, login screen, desktop, start menu, Windows Explorer, and much more.
I’ve designed both books to aim at users of all skill levels - even if you’re new to Windows Vista or computers in general, you can still follow along easily. Both books have a chapter titled “Getting Started” that helps you build a solid foundation, which will help you as you work through the rest of each book.
There are parts of the internet that are just down right weird, strange, or simply have no seeming purpose whatsoever. They may just make you laugh, sigh or go and do something more interesting instead. Take a look and join us on some journeys to the far side of the Internet.
Rapidshare is one of the biggest and fastest one click hosts in the world where users can upload big files and easily get the download link.
I found these interesting things to do with Google and let me tell you this, all of them are amazing, I love them. If you have found any thing fun or useful on the web and use firefox, well you can send this useful piece of information to your cell phone...
U2 manager Paul McGuinness, who wants file-sharers to be disconnected from the Internet, has something else to complain about today. Four songs from U2 upcoming album ‘No Line On The Horizon’ have been leaked online after Bono played them too loudly on his stereo - and a fan recorded them.
Google has been instructed to reveal the identity of an anonymous blogger in a defamation lawsuit filed by an Indian construction company against them, reports the Wall Street Journal.
In an attempt to stop spammers, Twitter users can now only add up to 2,000 followers before being limited and receiving this error message: "You are unable to follow more people.
For years, backers of open-source software have hoped to push Microsoft out of its dominant position in desktops and laptops. Windows-powered personal computers account for more than 90% of unit sales,. Linux 4%, Gartner says.
