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German publishers criticize new Google Books deal
Frankfurt - German book publishers - angered at being included in the Google Books Settlement without being consulted - voiced concern Sunday that they had now been excluded. The US search giant and US publishers announced Friday that the revolutiona...

[Posted on : 2009-11-15 ] Category : [ Internet (Technology) ]

Computer and internet briefs, Sunday 15th November 2009
Washington - How would you like to have an expert look at your PC and tell you what you need in order to get it running at its potential? You could pay a tech expert lots of money to do the job or you could download the free Belarc Advisor (http://ww...

[Posted on : 2009-11-15 ] Category : [ Internet (Technology) ]

First aid for forgotten Windows passwords
Munich - Forget your Windows password and you have got a problem. Without the password, users can't get back into the operating system, says Thomas Baumgaertner, a Microsoft spokesman at the company's Munich office. Access to personal data is then bl...

[Posted on : 2009-11-15 ] Category : [ Internet (Technology) ]

New Apple TV software available
Munich - Apple has released new software for its Apple TV network media player. Version 3.0 offers a redesigned user interface, the company announced. The new version provides simplified navigation through iTunes libraries, as well as the ability to ...

[Posted on : 2009-11-15 ] Category : [ Internet (Technology) ]

Microsoft study shows growing threat of computer worms
Munich - The danger of corporate computers becoming infected by worms has risen dramatically recently, according to a new study by Microsoft. The study showed that, globally, the chances of infection by a computer worm had increased by almost 100 per...

[Posted on : 2009-11-15 ] Category : [ Internet (Technology) ]

Google unveils social search function
Hamburg - Google is testing a new Social Search function to make it easier for people find their friends' blogs and twitter feeds. The only catch is that users of the service need to have an open profile with Google that includes personal contact dat...

[Posted on : 2009-11-15 ] Category : [ Internet (Technology) ]

New Google Books settlement restricts scale of project
New York/Hamburg - Google has reached a new, more limited agreement with US publishers over the internet search giant's project to make millions of digitalised books available online. The new Google Books settlement, following months of negotiations,...

[Posted on : 2009-11-14 ] Category : [ Internet (Technology) ]

YouTube says hi to high-definition
San Francisco - Online video site YouTube is to introduce high definition video capabilities next week in a move that marks another milestone in the transformation of the internet into a full-fledged video viewing platform. The Google-owned company s...

[Posted on : 2009-11-13 ] Category : [ Internet (Technology) ]

Google's holiday gift to travellers in US - free airport Wi-Fi
San Francisco - Internet giant Google is offering travellers in the United States a generous gift for the holidays. The Silicon Valley company said Tuesday that it would provide free Wi-Fi service at 47 major airports throughout the US until January ...

[Posted on : 2009-11-10 ] Category : [ Internet (Technology) ]

Intel launches e-book for blind, dyslexic
San Francisco - Computer chip giant Intel on Tuesday announced the launch of a new kind of book and text reader that it said will be a boon to people suffering from blindness and dyslexia. The Intel Reader uses a 5-megapixel autofocus camera to captu...

[Posted on : 2009-11-10 ] Category : [ Internet (Technology) ]

 

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