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Vonage Releases New Mobile Apps to Compete Against Skype

Just recently, Vonage Mobile released a new iPhone and Android app wherein subscribers can text or call for less than what Skype charges. Skype international call rates are 30% more expensive than that of Voyage’s, but it is still a question of whether or not Vonage Mobile can move past Skype. It wasn’t long ago [...]

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Microsoft And Google’s Crossfire This Week Over Bing

Microsoft And Google’s Crossfire This Week Over Bing

Any doubts about Microsoft’s sincerity in its online efforts should have been dispelled this week, after the company lashed back at Google’s accusations that Bing, Microsoft’s search engine, copies its Web-search results. The tussle began Feb. 1, when the blog Search Engine Land published details of what it called Google’s “sting operation” against Bing. Google [...]

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Microsoft Issued Warning About A Serious Vulnerability In All Versions Of IE Browser

Microsoft Issued Warning About A Serious Vulnerability In All Versions Of IE Browser

If exploited by a booby-trapped webpage the bug would allow attackers to take control of an unprotected computer. Code to exploit the bug has already been published though Microsoft said it had no evidence it was currently being used by hi-tech criminals. A workaround for the bug has been produced while Microsoft works on a [...]

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Mark Zuckerberg Make It To Time’s Person of the Year

Mark Zuckerberg Make It To Time’s Person of the Year

Time magazine clicked “Like” on Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, naming him its 2010 Person of the Year. Previous tech luminaries to make that list include Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, former Intel CEO Andy Grove, and Microsoft magnate Bill Gates, who shared the honor with his wife Melinda and U2 singer Bono. “Facebook has merged with [...]

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Groupon Junks Google’s Bid

Groupon Junks Google’s Bid

According to published reports, Google Inc. had offered more than $5 billion to acquire local-coupon site Groupon, has apparently failed for now. Groupon, who has ties to local merchants and some 35 million global subscribers, has decided to stay independent for now, according to reports by the Chicago Tribune, The Wall Street Journal and The [...]

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Microsoft To Launch Major New Operating System In 2012

Microsoft To Launch Major New Operating System In 2012

The blog post used quotation marks when it referred to Windows 8, so there is no certainty that this will be the final name, but if the time frame is correct, then we know that Microsoft should be within three to six months of a milestone M1 release that is provided to the company’s closest [...]

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Additional Disc-Free Netflix Streaming On Nintendo Wii And Playstation 3

Additional Disc-Free Netflix Streaming On Nintendo Wii And Playstation 3

You don’t need to insert a disc to stream Netflix movies and TV shows on your Nintendo Wii or PlayStation 3 anymore. Both consoles now offer downloadable apps comparable to the one Xbox 360 owners have enjoyed for two years now. Previously, Microsoft and Netflix had signed some sort of exclusivity deal, although the details [...]

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AT&T’s Pay TV Service Now Has New Features

AT&T’s Pay TV Service Now Has New Features

AT&T on Monday announced new features for subscribers of its U-verse pay TV service who own Microsoft-powered devices. Owners of Microsoft’s Xbox 360 game console will be able to use the device in place of an AT&T set-top box to tune in U-verse programming. Meanwhile, upcoming phones running Windows Phone 7 that are sold by [...]

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