Archive for January, 2006
NDTV, Astro, Value Labs buys Red FM
Friday, January 13th, 2006NEW DELHI, JAN 4: Hyderabad-based IT company Value Labs, Malaysian broadcaster Astro and news channel NDTV on Wednesday announced they had bought out Living Media in radio channel Red FM.
Google bundles up desktop tools
Friday, January 13th, 2006“Pack could grease entry into enterprises” - Phil Muncaster, IT Week
Google has launched a beta of a free collection of applications, including some from other vendors, to help users download, install and maintain software to use the internet more effectively.
The new Google Pack - available here - is primarily aimed at consumers, but experts said [...]
Schmidt’s Google Super-Sizes Mini Search Box
Friday, January 13th, 2006Schmidt’s Google Super-Sizes Mini Search Box - Forbes.com
Chief Executive Eric Schmidt’s Google announced Thursday new double and triple capacities for its Mini search device, letting companies peruse their Web sites and internal networks the same way that Google’s flagship search engine scours the Internet.
Google Talk Gets a Taste of BlackBerry
Friday, January 13th, 2006Instant messaging service will be available on mobile devices.
Continuing its push into the mobile space, Google is making its Google Talk instant messaging service available to BlackBerry users, Google and BlackBerry maker Research In Motion announced Thursday.
Google Talk for BlackBerry is a version of the instant messaging application that was designed for BlackBerry devices. The [...]
I see burnt heads everywhere on the streets
Wednesday, January 11th, 2006Its Bakrid today for muslims worldwide and in India. Its festival time for them. But on the other side, its the worst day for the poor goats. A day for which they are feeded/grown. Yes, I am talking about the goats which are sacrifised on this day. Also called as Bakras. The word bakra today [...]
Mercora Brings Music to Google Talk
Thursday, January 5th, 2006Mercora, Inc. recently launched Mercora IM Radio for Google Talk, bringing Mercora’s innovative music search and discovery service to Google Talk users. As a result, Google Talk users gain the ability to browse and listen to their friends’ music as well as seamlessly access Mercora Music Search to find and listen to any music on [...]
Skin your Yahoo Messenger for a change.
Thursday, January 5th, 2006A skin to make Yahoo! Messenger look like Google Talk.
Run the install and change your skin in Messenger > Change Skin…
Download: gtalk-yahooskin.exe
Source: Shift This
A New York tech firm to sue Google!
Tuesday, January 3rd, 2006
Firm says telephony service Google Talk uses patented VoIP technology
The Times of India
Sunday, January 1, 2006
New York — A small New York technology firm said on Sunday that it was suing search titan Google for up to $5 billion dollars for patent violation in the Internet telephony software used in Google Talk.
Jerry Weinberger, chief executive [...]
dot Address for Yahoo! Mail Accounts
Monday, January 2nd, 2006Looks like nothing but attracting a few Gmail users who are just leaving from Yahoo!
Ever dreamed of the perfect Yahoo! Mail address? One that mirrors your personality? Your passion? Your hair color? Or maybe just the name your mother gave you at birth?
Well, you’re in luck. We’ve just opened up new “dot†addresses to all [...]
Wish you all a Very Happy New Year 2006
Sunday, January 1st, 2006Have a Blast!!