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Yahoo and Microsoft No Longer Speaking. Google Deal May Be The Only Option Left

12 de junio de 2008

Yahoo formally announced today that it is no longer in discussion with Microsoft for a deal of any sort. Both companies had renewed discussions once again exploring either an all-out acquisition or the sale of Yahoo’s search business. But Microsoft was “not interested in pursuing an acquisition of all of Yahoo!, even at the price range it had previously suggested..” And Yahoo’s board realized that selling its search business would effectively neuter the company in the long run. A search deal with Google now looks more likely.

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iPhone 3G Announced! Built-in GPS and Costs $199

9 de junio de 2008

Finally! the biggest Apple rumor of this year has come to an end taking the shape of reality i.e. iPhone 3G has been announced by Steve Jobs at WWDC 2008.

The iPhone 3G is even thinner. It features black plastic back, solid metal buttons, same gorgeous display, camera, flush headphone jack, and improved audio. iPhone 3G also features faster data downloads which makes it perfect for Safari and Mail.
iPhone 3G has an efficiency of data transfer 3 times that of EDGE. Also, when compared to other 3G phones (Nokia N95 and Treo 750), the iPhone is 36% faster.
GPS support is now also included in iPhone 3G giving iPhone the ability to do live tracking. iPhone 3G will be available by July 11th in 22 countries. It will cost $199 for 8GB black edition and $299 for 16GB white edition.

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Firefox 3 To Be Released On June 17th

12 de junio de 2008

Mozilla has been announcing Release Candidates for Firefox 3 consistently for the past month. In fact, Firefox 3 RC 3 was just released earlier today. One could guess that the time for an official release was right around the corner, but we wouldn't have guessed it'd be this soon. Only hours after RC3, and after 34 months of development, the company has announced that Firefox 3 will be officially released next Tuesday, June 17th.
What To Expect
If you haven't given any of the Firefox 3 RC's a shot, I can personally tell you that it's fast! Stability and performance has been consistently better than Firefox 2 with each RC. Memory usage has been down significantly over long periods of time compared to Firefox 2 where memory continued to rise with prolonged use. Features and fixes for Firefox 3 include:
Updated address bar with integrated bookmarking functionality
Standard themes that are consistent with the native UI of your Operating System (Windows, Mac, Linux)
Revamped bookmark manager
New Icons
One-click site information
Secure add-on updates
Vista Parental Controls
Revamped password management
Full page zoom
Scrolling Tabs
One-click bookmarking
Tags for bookmarks
tons more!







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