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AT&T testing metered Internet access

AT&T is testing metered Internet access in Nevada. The trial caps bandwidth according to access speeds with its top 6Mbit/s customers getting an 150GB allotment monthly while its slowest 768kbit/s broadband users limited to just 20GB. T [...]

Posted On : Nov, 06 2008 | Comments : 0

Google, Yahoo Said to Be Revising Online Ad Agreement

Google Inc. and Yahoo! Inc. revised the terms of their proposed Internet-advertising accord, seeking to win support from U.S. antitrust officials, people familiar with the matter said. The new agreement will run two years instead 10, said [...]

Posted On : Nov, 04 2008 | Comments : 0

Google Deal Opens Web to Millions of Books

A sweeping $125 million settlement between Google Inc. and the publishing industry clears the way for the Internet giant to make many millions of digital books available on the Web, with payments to authors and publishers for their use. If [...]

Posted On : Oct, 30 2008 | Comments : 0

Yahoo Gains Internet Search Share; Microsoft Loses

Yahoo! Inc. handled a larger chunk of U.S. Internet searches last month while Microsoft Corp. lost market share, according to researcher ComScore Inc. Yahoo had about 20.2 percent of queries in September, up from 19.6 percent in August, R [...]

Posted On : Oct, 29 2008 | Comments : 0

Microsoft launches Windows Azure

Microsoft on Monday announced a version of Windows that runs over the Internet from inside Microsoft's own data centers. Dubbed Windows Azure, it's less a replacement for the operating system that runs on one's own PC than it is an altern [...]

Posted On : Oct, 28 2008 | Comments : 0

Google Answers the iPhone

In the exciting new category of modern hand-held computers -- devices that fit in your pocket but are used more like a laptop than a traditional phone -- there has so far been only one serious option. But that will all change on Oct. 22, wh [...]

Posted On : Oct, 27 2008 | Comments : 0

Google Android source code released

Google has released the open-source code which powers its Android mobile operating system and invited outside programmers to tinker wi th the software to develop their own features. "Today is a big day for Android, the Open Hands [...]

Posted On : Oct, 25 2008 | Comments : 0

Yahoo bows to financial crisis and sheds 1,500 jobs

Apple might well be celebrating “stunning” quarterly financial figures that convincingly sidestep the current economic depression, but the same can’t be said of Yahoo, which has today announced it is to shed a huge 1,500 j [...]

Posted On : Oct, 24 2008 | Comments : 0

Gizmo puts cold callers on hold

A device which claims to alleviate the problem of cold calling has been launched by two British inventors. The TrueCall device acts as a buffer between the phone and the outside world and learns to distinguish between welcome and unwelcome [...]

Posted On : Oct, 23 2008 | Comments : 0

Does unfiltered internet disturb children?

According to the NSPCC, three out of four children have since images on the ‘internet’ that have disturbed them.The poll has renewed calls for the computer software manufacturers to make sure they install security which will sto [...]

Posted On : Oct, 21 2008 | Comments : 0

Demand for OpenOffice 3 crashes site

Following the availability of OpenOffice 3.0 on Monday, the OpenOffice.org website crashed due to “unprecedented demand” at about 7pm Malaysian time when it was released. Since the crash, the site has been replaced with a strip [...]

Posted On : Oct, 20 2008 | Comments : 0

Facebook to announce 25 recipients from fbFUnd

Facebook announced 25 recipients from its $10 million fbFund after six months , the fund was announced by Facebook a year ago ,with the money from the company, Accel Partners, and the Founders Fund, but its disbursement has been delayed sin [...]

Posted On : Oct, 18 2008 | Comments : 0

Google's UK homepage gets royal makeover

Google Inc received the royal seal of approval on Thursday when it added a picture of the Queen to the logo on its British homepage to mark her visit to its London offices on Thursday. The image, known as a Google Doodle, [...]

Posted On : Oct, 17 2008 | Comments : 0

Google update stomps Chrome browser bugs

Google released a developer-oriented update to its Chrome Web browser on Wednesday that fixes some crashes and video playback issues. Chrome is still in beta testing, and for those who have an even higher tolerance for rough-around-the- [...]