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Yahoo, Google Reportedly Talking Terms on Ad Deal With DOJ

sjamobile — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 04:41:52 +0000

Yahoo and Google are attempting to work with the U.S. Department of Justice to attain favor of their proposed ad plan. The two companies are negotiating a deal that will curb interests that the agreement would focus too much power in the hands of Google.

The two companies recently delayed plans for their ad partnership because of the investigation. Authorities in the European Union and Canada are also investigating the deal. Consumers, businesses, and advocacy groups have sounded off that the arrangement would concentrate too much power in one place. Competitor Microsoft claims that the partnership would send 90% of search ads to Google, which already dominates Web search and search ads. Yahoo and Google will stay on to compete in the search market under the arrangement, and both companies have asserted the partnership is good for competition.

OpenOffice 3 Officially Released

sjamobile — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 04:41:33 +0000

OpenOffice 3 has been formally released, with one of its greatest enhancements being back up for file formats in Microsoft Office 2007. The unveiling of the open source productivity suite comes a three-year development cycle. Nevertheless, some commentators queried whether the upgrade was enough to be charged as a full upgrade. The upgrade appealed enough attention to overtake the OpenOffice.org Web site.

The software suite aggregates word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation tools akin to the Microsoft Office suite. The open source version, however, is free, making it an appealing choice for people or businesses that need only basic capabilities. The biggest advance to OpenOffice 3 is the ability to open Office 2007 files. However, some files, such as .docx, .xisx, and .pptx, can only be read. The second major sweetening is a new version for the Apple Mac. The upgrade installs and runs like a normal OS X application.

Google’s Contender Applies Google Tech To Take E-Mail Offline

sjamobile — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 04:41:12 +0000

Service provider Zoho announced that its e-mail service is passing private beta and is now publicly available. Interestingly, Zoho uses Google’s own Gears technology to take Zoho Mail offline. Zoho has been rendering cloud-based productivity instruments for quite some time, and, like Google, lets people access applications such as text file creators and spreadsheets from any Web-enabled PC. Zoho had been retaining on offering a real competitor to Google’s Gmail. Zoho Mail offers hierarchical folders and labels, serial and conversational e-mail listings, unlimited storage, Zoho chat, Zoho productivity suite, and Zoho Business. What’s perhaps most intriguing, though, is that Zoho takes up from Google to contend with Google.

From the press release, Zoho relies on Google Gears to cause Zoho Mail available offline, so users need Gears set up locally to enable offline functionality using Firefox, Internet Explorer, or Safari Web browsers.

The Incoming Windows Bears An Official Name

sjamobile — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 04:40:57 +0000

For many months, Microsoft has cited to its Vista heir as “Windows 7.” Most of us course thought that name was a proxy for a moniker that would be crafted through in depth opinion in the marketing department and several months of center groups. Well, . The next translation of Windows will be called Windows 7.

Although Windows 7 isn’t an stimulating name, it does keep off the trouble of being linked with a particular release year. It also avoids the difficulty of picking a name that can attract to consumers, small businesses, and corporations. Possibly the flat name indicates that Microsoft assigns to focus on features, functionality, and performance, which would be a groovy matter.

As challenging as it’s become to gain clients to move to new Windows versions, there is a good chance that Windows 7 will be the last customary monumental release of the operating system.

Mobile Firefox A Single Step Closer To Unloose

sjamobile — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 04:40:38 +0000

Begin getting accustomed the word “Fennec.” It’s the code name for the alpha release of Mozilla’s mobile Firefox browser. If you would like to get your hands on the alpha release of mobile Firefox, you’d better already be a member of the Mozilla Club. The newest mobile browser will first be usable only for the Nokia N810 Internet Tablet, which goes a proprietary open source platform supported by Linux.

This first edition of the browser will be an alpha alpha release and there will be several versions of the alpha provided to the Mozilla community over the coming months until it achieves a beta state sometime next year.

Will it be accessible for any other platforms? Windows Mobile will capture a version of the browser, too, though there is no news if it will get an alpha version or a beta version of the mobile browser.

Blackberry Spreads Out With Multimedia Partnerships

sjamobile — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 08:14:55 +0000

Multimedia is blowing up on Researh in Motion’s Blackberry as RIM extends its charm to consumers. Microsoft’s Live Search will be blended into the Blackberry, a MySpace front end will be evolved, and interfaces will be formed for TiVo and Ticketmaster. Slacker will also develop an applilcation for its radio content.

RIM and Microsoft will work to integrate Microsoft’s Live Search features into the Blackberry browser and Blackberry maps. The Live Search capability, especially tied to Blackberry maps, will vie with other mobile location applications. Yahoo’s Fire Eagle maps restaurant searches according to your GPS position, and Yahoo’s Blueprint platform hints at geo-aware capabilities for cell phones.

The RIM-Microsoft consolidation is also expected to include Blackberry-based Hotmail and Internet Messenger. MySpace will forge with RIM to develop a smartphone front end its social-networking site, so Blackberry users can get access their pages on the go.

Seagate, Western Digital shift Hard-Drive Order

sjamobile — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 08:14:38 +0000

Seagate and Western Digital both detailed modifications in their external hard-drive lineups. New external hard drives up to 1TB have been annunciated by Seagate and Western Digital. Seagate’s FreeAgent Go drives have an optional docking base in capacities up to 500GB, and the Xtreme drive tenders 3GB per second transfers. Western Digital’s Passport drives have up to 500GB in two versions with a software capacity gauge.

Western Digital’s announcement centered a new 500GB drive in two flavours - the Passport Elite and the Passport Essential. According to Western Digital, the Essential drives come in 11 colors and weighs in at seven ounces. The Elite drives come in four soft-touch completes and include software to help guarantee file sharing and channel on MioNet-enabled PCs. The drive also includes a software capacity gauge, so users can easily watch how flooded the drive is.

Visa Credit Cards May Merge With Cell Phones

sjamobile — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 08:14:03 +0000

The card giant has announced that it is developing applications for Google’s Android operating system and upcoming Nokia smartphones. to make mobile payments and receive real-time financial information.

The initial focus will be on notification of card activity, the delivery of coupons and other targeted offers, and the location of the nearest ATM or Visa-accepting business.

Actual phone-based payments may have to wait until the release next year of Nokia phones equipped with Near-Field Communication (NFC) chips,

wireless smart cards that communicate with compatible readers over short distances (about four inches). Similar technology is already in use in Mobil’s EZPay and Visa’s payWave programs. The first NFC-equipped phone, the 6212 Classic, is scheduled for release in October 2009.

Consumer market is ready for mobile payments. Consumers in Japan and Europe have been using their phones to buy goods and services for some time.

Talks Between Apple And China Mobile On iPhone In China.

sjamobile — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 08:13:45 +0000

Apple, Inc.’s iPhone 3G may shortly be sold lawfully in China through China Mobile, the world’s largest cell-phone provider. It was accounted that negotiation between Apple and China Mobile are in the closing levels.

Remarkably, is the fact that China Mobile is a member of Google’s Open Handset Alliance, a group of companies that project to develop products based on Google’s Android mobile-phone platform that would compete in real time with the iPhone.

If Apple inks deal with China Mobile, the iPhone 3G would be sold in 43 countries. China has more than 600 million cell-phone subscribers, with China Mobile accounting for 415 million of them, according to the company’s figures.

Apple’s iPod has did well in China in spite of the knockoffs, which foreshadows l for the iPhone’s possibilities. The iPod’s success manifests that people will pay a premium for the original product.

Touching the Next Generation On Apple iPod Enhanced Features

sjamobile — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 08:13:31 +0000

Apple is bragging new iPod nano and iPod touch models.But are the new features sufficient to sell the next generation of Apple’s market-leading MP3 players?

Apple initiated the iPod craze by introducing the fourth-generation iPod nano last month. It’s the thinnest iPod ever with a design that focuses on a curved aluminum and glass enclosure. The new nano comes in nine colors and incorporates Apple’s Genius technology, a one-click feature that automatically produces playlists from songs in a user’s music library that complement each other.

The new iPod nano also features an enhanced user interface. The new iPod nano grants users up to 24 hours of music playback or four hours of video playback between charges and is available worldwide in an 8GB model for $149 and a 16GB model for $199. The iPod nano is the world’s most best-selling music player.