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A New Search Engine - ranknoodle.com
It seems that Google's overwhelming success has made a lot of online entrepreneurs considering the idea of launching their own search engine. Ranknoodle.com is one of the examples in the long list of such kind of Internet enterprises.
The site of this new search engine is extremely simple and comfortable at the same time offering the to the Internet surfers a speedy path to the terms they search for.
What I like about Ranknoodle.com is the fact that it has two items displayed on its homepage:
The site of this new search engine is extremely simple and comfortable at the same time offering the to the Internet surfers a speedy path to the terms they search for.
What I like about Ranknoodle.com is the fact that it has two items displayed on its homepage:
- recent searches
- most popular searches
Funcţii noi pentru utilizatorii gmail
Azi, după 10 zile departe de Internet, am dat peste nişte "funcţii noi" de la gmail. Ia check out aici:
click pe imagineDupă ce am dat cu clicku' am descoperit că gmail e mai bunt pentru că are:
Pentru mai multe detalii despre schimbările operate pe gmail, daţi aici cu clicku'!
- Etichete colorate
Organizaţi-vă emailurile mai bine cu noile etichete colorate. Nu trebuie decât sã faceþi clic pe mostra de culoare de lângã fiecare etichetã pentru a atribui o culoare.- Chat în grup
Comunicaţi prin chat cu mai multe persoane fără ferestre multiple. Invitaţi-vă prietenii la o discuţie în grup. Pentru a porni un chat în grup, faceþi clic pe „Chat în grup” din meniul „Opţiuni” în timp ce conversaţi prin chat.- Emoticonuri noi
Treceţi de la :) laşi începeţi sã trimiteţi expresii mai bogate prietenilor dvs.
- IMAP gratuit
Sincronizaţi-vă instantaneu şi automat Mesajele primite pe toate dispozitivele. Indiferent dacă vă citiţi sau scrieţi mesajele dvs. de email pe telefonul dvs. sau pe desktopul dvs., modificările pe care le efectuaţi în Gmail vor fi vizibile de oriunde veţi accesa Mesajele primite.
P.S. Mie mi-a plăcut aia cu "expresii mai bogate":))!
Groovy, baby, there is a new Nokia N95 Firmware Release
All of you lucky bastards outthere owning the great Nokia N95, there is some great news (although kind of old:D) for all of us: Nokia announced the release of a new firmware.
It made the new firmware available couple of weeks ago and is only available for the European and Asian version of the N95.
The new Nokia N95 firmware update version 21.0.016 is ready to download (around 118mb) and install with Nokia Software Update utility. You can also visit the nearest Nokia Service center to request for an upgrade if you’re not comfortable on updating your phone on your own.
It made the new firmware available couple of weeks ago and is only available for the European and Asian version of the N95.
The new Nokia N95 firmware update version 21.0.016 is ready to download (around 118mb) and install with Nokia Software Update utility. You can also visit the nearest Nokia Service center to request for an upgrade if you’re not comfortable on updating your phone on your own.
Google and Yahoo to share web ads
Well, this is great news indeed, isn't it:D.
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Yahoo and Google, the world's two biggest search engines, have announced a two-week experiment that will see them share advertising space. During the pilot, Google will be able to place ads alongside 3% of search results on Yahoo's website.
Analysts say the move is designed to frustrate Microsoft, which has offered to buy Yahoo for $44.6bn (£22.6bn), or extract a higher offer.
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- Mass Media Quickies: News on the Yahoo Microsoft Deal and 10 ways for the death of today's Internet
- Why Microsoft wants to lasso Yahoo
- Yahoo to Reject $44.6 Billion Microsoft Bid, Wall Street Journal Says,
- UPDATE for the Microsoft Yahoo! Deal: Microsoft, Yahoo! and Google.
- Giants in Combat
- UPDATE for the Microsoft Yahoo Deal,
- UPDATE for the Microsoft Yahoo Deal: Microsoft, Google Come Out Lobbying
- Google troubled by Microsoft move. A quick press review on the Microsfot Yahoo deal
Mass Media Quickies: 1. Mobile phone calls will be allowed on planes flying in European airspace 2. China allows access to English Wikipedia
1. Mobile phone calls will be allowed on planes frlying in European airspace
Mobile phone calls will be allowed on planes flying in European airspace under new European Commission rules.
The decision means that mobiles could be used once a plane has reached an altitude of 3,000m or more. It follows six months of consultation by the European regulator and the first services could launch next month.
2.China allows access to English Wikipedia
Chinese authorities appeared to have lifted a block on the English-language version of online encyclopedia Wikipedia, but politically sensitive topics such as Tibet and Tiananmen Square are still off limits.
Internet users in Beijing and Shanghai confirmed on Saturday that they could access the English-language version of one of the world's most popular websites, but the Chinese language version was still restricted.
The move comes after International Olympic Committee (IOC) inspectors told Beijing organizers that the Internet must be open for the duration of the 2008 Olympics and that blocking it "would reflect very poorly" on the host country.
Mobile phone calls will be allowed on planes flying in European airspace under new European Commission rules.
The decision means that mobiles could be used once a plane has reached an altitude of 3,000m or more. It follows six months of consultation by the European regulator and the first services could launch next month.
2.China allows access to English Wikipedia
Chinese authorities appeared to have lifted a block on the English-language version of online encyclopedia Wikipedia, but politically sensitive topics such as Tibet and Tiananmen Square are still off limits.
Internet users in Beijing and Shanghai confirmed on Saturday that they could access the English-language version of one of the world's most popular websites, but the Chinese language version was still restricted.
The move comes after International Olympic Committee (IOC) inspectors told Beijing organizers that the Internet must be open for the duration of the 2008 Olympics and that blocking it "would reflect very poorly" on the host country.
Mass Media Quickies: News on the Yahoo Microsoft Deal and 10 ways for the death of today's Internet
Microsoft gives Yahoo three weeks to do a deal
Microsoft on Saturday issued an ultimatum to Yahoo, giving the Internet search pioneer three weeks to enter formal merger negotiations and conclude a deal.
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10 Ways the Internet (As We Know It) Will Die
We often think of the Internet as a platform for unfettered global communication, where information flows freely, innovators can launch new applications at will, and everyone can have a voice. But it’s unlikely that our children’s Internet will look anything like what we have now.
How might the Internet as we know it die? Here are 10 possibilities.
You might want as well to read
- Why Microsoft wants to lasso Yahoo
- Yahoo to Reject $44.6 Billion Microsoft Bid, Wall Street Journal Says,
- UPDATE for the Microsoft Yahoo! Deal: Microsoft, Yahoo! and Google.
- Giants in Combat
- UPDATE for the Microsoft Yahoo Deal,
- UPDATE for the Microsoft Yahoo Deal: Microsoft, Google Come Out Lobbying
- Google troubled by Microsoft move. A quick press review on the Microsfot Yahoo deal
10 Ways the Internet (As We Know It) Will Die
We often think of the Internet as a platform for unfettered global communication, where information flows freely, innovators can launch new applications at will, and everyone can have a voice. But it’s unlikely that our children’s Internet will look anything like what we have now.
How might the Internet as we know it die? Here are 10 possibilities.
BBC: Children flock to social networks
Is the Hi5 phenomenon going to die and leave the areas it has decisively occupied to the wide range of social networks?
Click here to read the full story Children flock to social networks
More than a quarter of eight to 11-year-olds who are online in the UK have a profile on a social network, research shows.
Most sites, such as Bebo, MySpace and Facebook, set a minimum age of between 13 and 14 to create a profile but none actively enforce the age limit. Ofcom's survey of 5,000 adults and 3,000 children found 49% of those aged between eight and 17 have a profile. Ofcom says parents need to keep an eye on what their children do online.
The Ofcom report looks into the impact of social networks on people's lives in the UK as part of a wider media literacy campaign and surveyed 5,000 adults and more than 3,000 children. "Social networks are clearly a very important part of people's lives and are having an impact on how people live their lives," said James Thickett, director of market research at Ofcom.
Click here to read the full story Children flock to social networks
The 101 most useful websites according to Daily Telegraph
Daily Telegraph has compiled a list of the 101 most useful websites, classifying them by:
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Dell spent $1.6M to lobby in 2007
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Dell Inc., the world's No. 2 PC maker, spent $1.6 million in 2007 to lobby on issues related to government controls on the export of computers to foreign nations, and other technology matters.
The company is developing more computers aimed at the Chinese and Indian markets. The company has said its consumer sales in China grew by 54 percent last year, more than three times the industry average of 17 percent.
Dell, which spent $800,000 in the second half of 2007, also lobbied on computer recycling and energy efficiency, technology funding for homeland security programs, health information technology, spyware, data security and trade issues.
It lobbied Congress, Commerce Department, the Patent and Trademark Office, the U.S. Trade Representative's office, Federal Communications Commission and other agencies, according to a disclosure form posted online Feb.12 by the Senate's public records office.
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Dell Inc., the world's No. 2 PC maker, spent $1.6 million in 2007 to lobby on issues related to government controls on the export of computers to foreign nations, and other technology matters.
The company is developing more computers aimed at the Chinese and Indian markets. The company has said its consumer sales in China grew by 54 percent last year, more than three times the industry average of 17 percent.
Dell, which spent $800,000 in the second half of 2007, also lobbied on computer recycling and energy efficiency, technology funding for homeland security programs, health information technology, spyware, data security and trade issues.
It lobbied Congress, Commerce Department, the Patent and Trademark Office, the U.S. Trade Representative's office, Federal Communications Commission and other agencies, according to a disclosure form posted online Feb.12 by the Senate's public records office.
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BBC Chief Has Radical Designs on Internet
Civil servant Mark Thompson wants to turn the British Broadcasting Corp. into an empire on which the sun never sets.
To do that, the BBC's 50-year-old chief executive is determined to get the world to watch more British drama, comedy and news online. His push has required radical job cuts and new business strategies -- and has put him in conflict with private media companies and BBC workers.
On Friday, the BBC's union is expected to announce that members have approved job cuts and salary concessions that will free up funds for Mr. Thompson's vision.
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To do that, the BBC's 50-year-old chief executive is determined to get the world to watch more British drama, comedy and news online. His push has required radical job cuts and new business strategies -- and has put him in conflict with private media companies and BBC workers.
On Friday, the BBC's union is expected to announce that members have approved job cuts and salary concessions that will free up funds for Mr. Thompson's vision.
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Approval for mobiles on aircraft
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The use of mobiles on planes flying in European airspace has been given approval by UK regulator Ofcom. It has issued plans that will allow airlines to offer mobile services on UK-registered aircraft.
The decision means that mobiles could be used once a plane has reached an altitude of 3,000m or more. But airlines keen to offer the services must still satisfy other regulators about how the hardware will be used.
Ofcom's decision comes out of a consultation exercise that began in October 2007. The decision to offer the services now falls to individual airlines. However, there are other regulatory hurdles to overcome before the technology is considered to be fully approved.
The European Aviation Safety Agency needs to approve any hardware that would be installed in aircraft to ensure that it did not interfere with other flight systems.
Find out how this system works by reading the full article on Approval for mobiles on aircraft
The use of mobiles on planes flying in European airspace has been given approval by UK regulator Ofcom. It has issued plans that will allow airlines to offer mobile services on UK-registered aircraft.
The decision means that mobiles could be used once a plane has reached an altitude of 3,000m or more. But airlines keen to offer the services must still satisfy other regulators about how the hardware will be used.
Ofcom's decision comes out of a consultation exercise that began in October 2007. The decision to offer the services now falls to individual airlines. However, there are other regulatory hurdles to overcome before the technology is considered to be fully approved.
The European Aviation Safety Agency needs to approve any hardware that would be installed in aircraft to ensure that it did not interfere with other flight systems.
Find out how this system works by reading the full article on Approval for mobiles on aircraft
Is Apple taking a 'Safari' into malware territory?
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Users and tech pundits howl in outrage as Cupertino tries to push its Web browser onto Windows users, with Mozilla's CEO sniping that Apple's move "borders on malware distribution practices." Did Apple do wrong? So here's what happened: Starting early last week, the Windows version of Apple software update application dutifully notified users that a new version of iTunes was available for download. Nothing strange there.
But tempers flared when users noticed that Apple Software Update had also teed up Safari 3.1 for installation, even on systems that didn't already have Safari installed. If you click "Install" without paying attention, you'll get Safari whether you want it or not.
The controversy peaked on Friday, when the CEO of Mozilla—the company that distributes the open-source Firefox Web browser—fired a warning shot at Apple for essentially pushing Safari on Windows users:
Apple has made it incredibly easy—the default, even—for users to install ride along software that they didn't ask for, and maybe didn't want. This is wrong, and borders on mal ware distribution practices.
It's wrong because it undermines the trust that we're all trying to build with users. Because it means that an update isn't just an update, but is maybe something more. Because it ultimately undermines the safety of users on the Web by eroding that relationship. It's a bad practice and should stop. [From CNET News.com]
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Users and tech pundits howl in outrage as Cupertino tries to push its Web browser onto Windows users, with Mozilla's CEO sniping that Apple's move "borders on malware distribution practices." Did Apple do wrong? So here's what happened: Starting early last week, the Windows version of Apple software update application dutifully notified users that a new version of iTunes was available for download. Nothing strange there.
But tempers flared when users noticed that Apple Software Update had also teed up Safari 3.1 for installation, even on systems that didn't already have Safari installed. If you click "Install" without paying attention, you'll get Safari whether you want it or not.
The controversy peaked on Friday, when the CEO of Mozilla—the company that distributes the open-source Firefox Web browser—fired a warning shot at Apple for essentially pushing Safari on Windows users:
Apple has made it incredibly easy—the default, even—for users to install ride along software that they didn't ask for, and maybe didn't want. This is wrong, and borders on mal ware distribution practices.
It's wrong because it undermines the trust that we're all trying to build with users. Because it means that an update isn't just an update, but is maybe something more. Because it ultimately undermines the safety of users on the Web by eroding that relationship. It's a bad practice and should stop. [From CNET News.com]
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Google backs "white space" wi-fi
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Google is pressing the US government to allow the unlicensed frequencies of TV "white space" to be used for wi-fi. The firm has written an open letter to regulators saying the US spectrum was a "once in a lifetime opportunity".
White space is unused blocks of frequencies in-between channels broadcast on analogue airwaves. Google has said that devices designed to take advantage of the white space spectrum could be on the market by the end of 2009.
Other countries are also looking at using white space spectrum. In the UK much of this space is being dedicated for use by services like wireless microphones for broadcast use, and for cognitive radio, a smart wireless technology that allows for the use of wi-fi.
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Google is pressing the US government to allow the unlicensed frequencies of TV "white space" to be used for wi-fi. The firm has written an open letter to regulators saying the US spectrum was a "once in a lifetime opportunity".
White space is unused blocks of frequencies in-between channels broadcast on analogue airwaves. Google has said that devices designed to take advantage of the white space spectrum could be on the market by the end of 2009.
Other countries are also looking at using white space spectrum. In the UK much of this space is being dedicated for use by services like wireless microphones for broadcast use, and for cognitive radio, a smart wireless technology that allows for the use of wi-fi.
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2 Quickies: I. Sony To Offer Notebook Computers Without "Crapware" II. PlayStation 3 Now "Most Advanced" Blu-ray Player
I. Sony says it will drop the $50 fee it planned to charge customers for removing the trial software and games the company pre-installed in notebooks.
When you buy a new computer, it often comes loaded with applications, games, and applets that try to convince you to buy other programs and services. These pieces of software, which can slow the performance of a new machine, are often described as "bloatware" or "crapware."
Computer makers often are paid to include such programs on their machines. Sony, however, came up with a clever idea: Launch a program called "Fresh Start" and convince customers to pay $50 to get a computer without the unwanted and unnecessary software.
Sony reversed course on Friday, shortly after it launched the program, and said it would drop the $50 fee it charged customers for removing the trial software and games the company pre-installed in notebooks.
The consumer electronics company, which launched the paid option on Friday, responded to a query from InformationWeek and said that it would offer the service for free within 24 hours.
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Then you had the occasional wander-by planting rumors that the PlayStation 3 Blu-ray drive was going to somehow be incompatible with upcoming changes to the Blu-ray format and thereby future Blu-ray discs, and that buying a PS3 for Blu-ray was simply an exercise in planned obsolescence.
Well surprise, it's called "upgradeable firmware," which lets Sony update the PS3 to Blu-ray 2.0 profile compliance courtesy version 2.20 of the console's system software.
Click here to read the full story on PlayStation 3 Now "Most Advanced" Blu-ray Player
When you buy a new computer, it often comes loaded with applications, games, and applets that try to convince you to buy other programs and services. These pieces of software, which can slow the performance of a new machine, are often described as "bloatware" or "crapware."
Computer makers often are paid to include such programs on their machines. Sony, however, came up with a clever idea: Launch a program called "Fresh Start" and convince customers to pay $50 to get a computer without the unwanted and unnecessary software.
Sony reversed course on Friday, shortly after it launched the program, and said it would drop the $50 fee it charged customers for removing the trial software and games the company pre-installed in notebooks.
The consumer electronics company, which launched the paid option on Friday, responded to a query from InformationWeek and said that it would offer the service for free within 24 hours.
Click here to read here the full story on Sony To Offer Notebook Computers Without "Crapware"
II. Here's another reason you want to be especially wary of unsourced chatter on the Internet. First, you may have encountered certain persons claiming HD DVD wasn't going anywhere in the wake of the format's early 2008 studio sponsorship meltdown. Of course it now seems that even the people suggesting HD DVD was in serious trouble may have been too conservative, given that the entire edifice effectively collapsed overnight.
Then you had the occasional wander-by planting rumors that the PlayStation 3 Blu-ray drive was going to somehow be incompatible with upcoming changes to the Blu-ray format and thereby future Blu-ray discs, and that buying a PS3 for Blu-ray was simply an exercise in planned obsolescence.
Well surprise, it's called "upgradeable firmware," which lets Sony update the PS3 to Blu-ray 2.0 profile compliance courtesy version 2.20 of the console's system software.
Click here to read the full story on PlayStation 3 Now "Most Advanced" Blu-ray Player
Firefox 3 Beta 4 Download
După cum ştiţi, sunt fan declarat Firefox, mai ales după ce am avut probleme serioase cu nişte virusoi înhăţaţi din cauza IE-lui prost. A apărut Firefox 3 Beta, aşa cum anunţam în New search powers lead Firefox 3 and Microsoft Readies Internet Explorer 8 Beta.
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EU Internet: Speeds Up, Prices Down
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More than 50,000 European homes and offices added a high-speed broadband Internet connection every day last year, according to the European Commission. Increasing competition has cut prices as Internet speeds increase, while mobile third-generation Internet services doubled last year to include 88 million users, some 20 percent of the EU's population, the commission said Wednesday.
Denmark, Finland and the Netherlands now top the world in their proportion of residents with broadband service, although the European Union as a whole lags behind other regions with a "broadband penetration rate" of 20 percent.
More than half of broadband connections have speeds of 2 megabits to 10 megabits per second although a "significant" number of connections transmit data at 10 megabits per second. Some 19 million broadband lines were added across Europe last year, generating revenues of $98 billion for telecommunications companies.
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More than 50,000 European homes and offices added a high-speed broadband Internet connection every day last year, according to the European Commission. Increasing competition has cut prices as Internet speeds increase, while mobile third-generation Internet services doubled last year to include 88 million users, some 20 percent of the EU's population, the commission said Wednesday.
Denmark, Finland and the Netherlands now top the world in their proportion of residents with broadband service, although the European Union as a whole lags behind other regions with a "broadband penetration rate" of 20 percent.
More than half of broadband connections have speeds of 2 megabits to 10 megabits per second although a "significant" number of connections transmit data at 10 megabits per second. Some 19 million broadband lines were added across Europe last year, generating revenues of $98 billion for telecommunications companies.
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China Blacks Out Tibet News
After YouTube was banned in China, here comes another piece of news regarding the drastic censorhip dominating the Internet in this communist country, as an article on BusinessWeek.com reads.
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Since riots broke out in Tibet last week, authorities have imposed martial law and tried to control the flow of information into and out of the region. The government has banned journalists and tourists from entering Tibet. And officials have imposed strict controls over the Internet in an effort to spin what happened in Tibet and neighboring provinces to conform with Beijing's version of events.
That's resulted in some typical blackouts. Not surprisingly, Google's YouTube, (BusinessWeek.com, 12/06/07), which the government often targets, was down over the weekend in China after someone posted video clips of Tibetan monks protesting. In-house censors at blog-hosting companies have excised any comments that are not in line with those from official state-owned media such as China Central Television (CCTV) or the Xinhua News Agency.
China's most popular search engines and portals are sticking to the official line, too. The only mention of Tibet on Baidu.com, China's top search engine, is in a Xinhua story alleging the Dalai Lama is plotting to destroy social stability in Tibet, an effort that Xinhua says is doomed to fail. The Chinese versions of Yahoo! and Microsoft's MSN are running the same Xinhua item. The Chinese edition of Google News has links to the Chinese Web sites of the British Broadcasting Corp., Voice of America, and Taiwanese newspapers, but those sites are blocked within China.
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YouTube Video featuring the Ad for the new Nokia N96
After having recommended A great Nokia N96 blog, today I came across the add for the Nokia N96. I still think my N95 is better:D!
The First iPhone Mobile Torrent
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2008 has been dog-eared as the “Year of the Mobile Torrent” so it stands to be expected that the first iPhone torrent has arrived as predicted.
For those not yet familiar with mobile torrent technology, the concept of file sharing from one system to others is borrowed from computer-based file sharing applications into the mobile setting.
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2008 has been dog-eared as the “Year of the Mobile Torrent” so it stands to be expected that the first iPhone torrent has arrived as predicted.
For those not yet familiar with mobile torrent technology, the concept of file sharing from one system to others is borrowed from computer-based file sharing applications into the mobile setting.
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- iPhones First Native P2P Torrent is up and Running
- iPphone Gets Native P2P Torrent Software
- Tools Torrents Monile Phones on Mashable
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