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Bell Canada offers cheaper less confusing version of iPhone

July 4th, 2008 · No Comments

Toronto -The decision of Rogers Communications to offer the iPhone for sales at its much anticipated rate plan has led to a fallout among customers in Canada.
Bell Canada is offering its own less complicated phone that will be similar in looks but is a lot less complicated, and it is also with a much cheaper […]

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Google brings instant-messaging to iPhone

July 4th, 2008 · No Comments

Google has announced that they are bringing the Google Talk instant-messaging application to the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch.
Google launched the new instant-messaging app on Thursday, as it will allow users to send friends Gmail messages from the iPhone.
The new application does not require any new software to be installed or downloaded.
All you have to […]

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Microsoft continues to find new ways to make money

July 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

Redmond, WA-Chalk another one up for Microsoft and its innovation spirit.
Microsoft is unveiling a new subscription based service called Equipt, which will draw together the best parts of Windows Applications, MS Office Applications, Windows Live OneCare security applications, and even Office Live Workplace.
The new project was formerly known as Albany, but has been renamed as […]

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2008 is looking more like 1984

July 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

Washington, D.C.-Well its not 1984, but there are a couple of civil rights groups that feel that the United States Government should reveal exactly how they use Cell phones to track individuals and groups.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Civil Liberties Union both filed suit in Federal District Court in Washington, D.C. under the Freedom […]

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Voyager II probe: The hardest worker at NASA

July 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

Houston, TX-When it was launched August 20th, 1977 the Voyager II probe was expected to report back for several years about the different planets and space features it encountered.
But for thirty years?
The Voyager II space probe has been the little engine that could, faithfully beaming back information on a weekly basis for the last 30 […]

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Viacom delivers huge blow to internet giant YouTube

July 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

In a decision that shouldn’t be too shocking to any one, Google’s YouTube must give Viacom a complete log of all user activities. This comes as part of a $1 billion lawsuit filed by Viacom against YouTube.
So what does this mean for those users? YouTube must provide everything from their user names, IP addresses, as […]

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Mozilla’s Firefox 3 established a new world record

July 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

Mountain View, CA-In a whimsical bid to create its own newly carved niche, the Mozilla foundation established a new world record with its single day download record for its new Firefox 3 web site browser.
Over 8 million downloads were successfully created on June 18th according to the company, setting the bar for any other future […]

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Intel and AMD move forward in microprocessor market

July 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

Santa Clara, CA-The competition for microprocessor chip supremacy is a constant struggle, but recently both Intel and AMD have made inroads against the sales of their competitors.
Intel, which has its world headquarters in Santa Clara California, picked up a point in overall microprocessor market share in the worldwide market.
Advanced Micro Devices was a winner also […]

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Google forgets Canada day logo change

July 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

Ottawa - No one, not even the folks at Google seem to know why, but the annual nod to the Canada Day celebration temporary change of the online Google logo was skipped this year.
Normally, in every year since 2001, Google has changed its website logo for the day, featuring a version of the Google Logo […]

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Tags: Curiosity · Sci/Tec

Rogers ignores consumer concerns over iPhone

July 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

Toronto - For all of the uproar over the pricing that will accompany the new Apple 3G iPhone, the cell phone carriers are relatively not bothered by the commotion.
Rogers Wireless Communications has the exclusive rights to sell Apple 3G iPhones inside of Canada, while in the United States its AT&T that has the right to […]

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