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Bill Gates Looks back at Microsoft and Moves on with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

June 30th, 2008 | Related entries: General

Bill Gates, Chairman of Microsoft said bid adieu to his company which he founded. The founder of Microsoft now will not be participating in the day-to-day work of the company. However, he will still be holding the Chairman position of the company.
On the occasion of retirement of the founder and chairman of the organization, Microsoft […]

Skeeter Defeater, the ultimate mosquito defense Unit

June 27th, 2008 | Related entries: General

Driving away mosquitoes in our yards is quite a pain in the neck. Protecting ourselves from mosquitoes proves to be big task while camping, hunting, fishing and other such outdoor activities. Looks like Outdoor Solutions, Inc. really has a solution for the mosquito problem!
Outdoor Solutions, Inc. recently launched the “Skeeter Defeater” the mosquito killer in […]

Microsoft Announces to Acquire MobieComp

June 27th, 2008 | Related entries: General

Microsoft has announced its plans to acquire MobiComp, a company that helped pioneer technologies allowing the backup and restoration of mobile data and mobile posting of social content to websites such as Facebook.
MobiComp is a Portugal-based company with expertise in mobile services including MobileKeeper Backup and Restore, MobileKeeper Sharing and Communities, and Active mTicker.
The acquisition […]

China has 592 million Mobile Phone users

June 26th, 2008 | Related entries: General

Ranking the highest in population levels, China also boasts to be on the top position in regards to Mobile Phone owners as well. Yes! That’s true that China’s mobile phone ownership has crossed the 592 million mark.
As the landline phone requirement goes down, Mobile usage soars in the Chinese markets. The Mobile Phone accounts rose […]

Microsoft steps into TV ad business with the acquisition of TV Ad Technology Company Navic

June 19th, 2008 | Related entries: General

Guess who is now keen on having a foothold in the world of TV advertising? It’s none other than software leader Microsoft.
On Wednesday, Microsoft announced that it has acquired Waltham, Mass.-based Navic Networks, a company focusing on the budding forms of television advertising technology.
The taking over of Navic will make it possible for […]

iPod Music to entertain passengers flying with United Airlines

June 17th, 2008 | Related entries: General

iPods and music players provide great company while traveling and avoid the pesky conversations with the fellow passengers. Now to provide further convenience and comfort United Airlines treats its passengers with the ability to connect their iPhones and iPods to the in-flight entertainment system.
Passengers using the United #936 will be the first lucky ones […]

80 percent of the music that teenagers have on their iPods is Illegal: Research

June 16th, 2008 | Related entries: General

“Freeze. Put your iPod down. There are 800 illegal songs on your iPod!” The police against piracy must have not yelled that yet. However a research on young people’s music ownership confirms that teenagers have 800 illegally copied songs on their iPod, it is unclear though what made the researchers conduct research on this topic!!!
The […]

MySpace to provide redesigned space to users

June 14th, 2008 | Related entries: General

Your space on MySpace gets a new look as News Corp is redesigning the home page of the site.
Users of the social networking site will be able to find MySpace easy-to-use and navigate with most of the changes being made for homepage, search, navigation, Profile Editor and video compatibility and MySpace TV.
With […]

SanDisk acquires Digital Content Distribution Company MusicGremlin

June 11th, 2008 | Related entries: General

SanDisk has acquired MusicGremlin, the advanced digital content distribution technologies developing company. The acquisition falls under SanDisk’s Sansa audio/video business unit.
Through this acquisition, Sansa owners are expected to be offered direct download of music service through Wi-Fi services.
“MusicGremlin’s digital distribution platform and capabilities will provide SanDisk with adaptive and innovative technology that […]

Wipro walks the Green Path by joining The Green Grid

June 10th, 2008 | Related entries: General

Wipro has taken up the noble cause of going the green way by announcing its membership in “The Green Grid” which is a global consortium dedicated to advancing energy efficiency in data centers and business computing ecosystems.
Wipro plans to move on to an eco-friendly mode with its energy efficient data centers, eco-friendly product engineering […]

 
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