Is the tech recession over?

Let's not get too excited by this but it's the first good news I've seen in a while. "OK, it’s just one data point. All I know is sales of FogBugz and Copilot. But what I’m seeing is this: October-December 2008...

Google Earth 5.0 goes Under the Sea, to Mars, & Back in Time

Google Earth has just launched "Google Earth 5.0", a wonderful new ocean program said to eventually document the entire ocean floor.  It also features historical images and incredible details of Mars.  ...

Marijuana Growers Beware - Google Earth is Watching

"ZURICH, Switzerland (AP) -- Swiss police said Thursday they stumbled across a large marijuana plantation while using Google Earth, the search engine company's satellite mapping software." The find led to the...

Probable Microsoft Office 14 Screenshots Leaked

A probable concept screenshot of Microsoft Office 14 is now leaked out from a powerpoint presentation hosted at Microsoft servers, Microsoft has not declared any release dates or roadmap for the next version of Microsoft Office but speculation is that Microsoft Office 14...

Facebook Game Scrabulous: It's Back as Lexulous!

Good news for all Scrabulous fans - it's back on Facebook!  It's pretty much the same, except it's now named Lexulous, and for those of us playing it when it went off last summer, our unfinished games,...

Microsoft poised to announce job losses

After battling with the problems with Zune digital music player, Microsoft is preparing, for the first time in the 32 years of company's history, for a large scale job cut and as many...

ScareWare Shut Down by US...............

We have all seen the add "Is your computer running slow- even a brand new computer - click on our web site and we can scan it and tell you viruses found, extra programs that you do not need., etc., etc.        England has known about this company for over a year and has...

Hasbro drops Scrabulous Lawsuit against Agarwalla Brothers

Hasbro has settled a lawsuit filed against two Indian brothers, whose RJ Software had created the word game 'Scrabulous' on Facebook.  They, however, cannot use the term 'Scrabulous' in any of their...

Google's Android Gains More Powerful Followers

"Today is a dark day for Nokia and Microsoft: Telco Vodafone, equipment maker Ericsson and handset maker Sony Ericsson have joined Google’s camp in making rival cell-phone software. Today,...

Google Calendar officially comes to Apple's iCal

Google on Monday formally announced full support for the CalDAV protocol along with the release of a small piece of software for Mac computers that lets users easily link up their Google Calendars with the iCal...

Who said American Ingenuity was dead? Barak Obama should hire these fellows!

Who said that American ingenuity was dead?  One thing is for sure, when faced with adversity you can bet that somewhere, an American is fast at work trying to solve a problem.  Take Rick Westmoreland for...

Now marriage market dumps software engineers in India

Majority of young boys and girls in India are married by their family by what they call it "arrange marriage". There is always big demand of professional bridegrooms in marriage market. Boys working in new economy business were most preferred choice of any girls father....

NASA Successfully Tests ‘Interplanetary Internet’

" Although the crew of the spacecraft Endeavour experienced a glitch in the first space walk when an astronaut accidentally let her tool bag float away, NASA had a lot to celebrate as it announced success with a high-tech space program. NASA, along with Vinton Cerf, a...

Christmas shoppers beware, online fraud may peak on November 24th

November 24th can turn into an online shopper’s “black Monday,” as researchers forecast that it might become the worst day of the year for malicious software attacks. This peak in computer attacks is...

The Valley to See More Layoffs?

"Another cluster of Web and media companies announced layoffs yesterday, among them blogging software company Six Apart, Wired, and Al Gore's Current. It was enough to cause plenty of panic at Valley...

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