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Yahoo 'Time Capsule' to Launch from Mexican Pyramid
1pointsYahoo, the search bigwig, on Tuesday began collecting text, audio, video and photo submissions from interested parties to be included with a message that will be digitized and beamed into space as part of the company’s “Time Capsule” effort to…
Laser TV unveiled
1pointsT'S being hailed by its developers as the next revolution in visual technology - a laser television that will make plasma screens obsolete. Soon-to-be-listed Australian company Arasor International and its US partner Novalux unveiled what they cla…
A Message from Chad and Steve - YouTube Founders
1pointsHear it from the founders of YouTube about how they feel about the Google sale. Besides very rich, that is!
Google To Acquire YouTube for $1.65 Billion in Stock
1pointsGoogle ... announced today that it has agreed to acquire YouTube, the consumer media company for people to watch and share original videos through a Web experience, for $1.65 billion in a stock-for-stock transaction. Following the acquisition, YouTu…
Vodafone buys iiNet's NZ business
1pointsMobile carrier Vodafone has bought the ihug-branded New Zealand operations of telco iiNet for AU$36 million. iiNet had been looking to sell the business since July this year. The company is understood to have rejected NZ$30 million (AU$26.5 millio…
Local Vista pricing announced
1pointsMICROSOFT has released local pricing for its next generation operating system with prices starting at $385. The software company said prices for the much delayed Windows Vista operating system are comparable to equivalent Windows XP versions. F…
Microsoft Gets Breathing Room As Google Puts a Full Stop to New Products
1pointsThere are some 50 odd products in Google's arsenal that we know of and there could be atleast a hundred more incubating in Google research labs. But when it comes to public awareness about these Google inventions, most Google users are confused an…
Google to Subpoena Yahoo, Microsoft on Book Scanning
1pointsGoogle Inc. will subpoena information from Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Amazon.com Inc. to help fight copyright lawsuits over its book-scanning project. Google, the world's most-used search engine, is seeking information on rival projects by t…
Hilary Duff to feature in EA's The Sims 2 Pets game
1pointsGame maker Electronic Arts Inc. said Thursday it is entering into a partnership with Hilary Duff, the celebrity pop artist, actress and philanthropist, to make her inaugural game debut in the PC game franchise, The Sims. She will appear in The Sims 2…
Microsoft to shut out PCs using pirate Vista
1pointsMicrosoft on Wednesday toughened its stance against software piracy as it disclosed that it will hobble PCs that it suspects of running pirated copies of its forthcoming Windows Vista operating system.
Hands off 'pod', Apple warns
1pointsThe global tug-of-war over rights to the word "pod" has spread to Australian shores with Apple Computer battling to stop a number of local companies laying claim to it. Apple's local activity is part of a wider global strategy to prevent the word…
Vodafone crashes Telstra's party
1pointsSol Trujillo's winning smile may be slightly forced this Friday when the Telstra chief executive attempts to deliver the good news about Telstra's massive transformation strategy to reporters. Warning there is a really annoying ad on the page, but…
Telstra in top-speed surprise
1pointsTelstra is offering hi speed broadband across Australia at vastly increased speeds. Here is the story - but roll out time to real speed is down the track
Nokia reveals Bluetooth rival
1pointsMOBILE phone market leader Nokia has unveiled a new short-range wireless connection that is smaller and more energy-efficient than current Bluetooth technology. The new radio technology, dubbed "Wibree," can work alongside Bluetooth short-range wi…
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