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Those of you who’ve been using the Firefox 3 beta might want to upgrade. Firefox 3 Beta 3 is now available for download. A look at the release notes shows that beta 3 has 1,300 changes from the previous beta. That number convinced me to try out the latest beta.
Unlike my previous experience with beta […]

It’s definitely business as usual as Yahoo! has just acquired video advertising company Maven Networks Inc. to the tune of $160 Million. While the board deliberates on Microsoft’s offer, Yahoo’s latest acquisition has turned Maven into a subsidiary owned by the search engine company.
Companies like Sony BMG and CBS Sports have been using Maven’s platform […]

The newest addition to the developing story on Microsoft’s bid for Yahoo is a rumor that Yahoo’s board is planning on rejecting Microsoft’s offer because it “massively undervalues” the search engine company. According to an article on The Wall Street Journal, Yahoo wants Microsoft to increase its offer of $31 a share to $40 a […]

Straight from the Windows Vista blog, Mike Nash from the Windows Product Management group at Microsoft has announced the release of Vista Service Pack 1 to manufacturing. The official release of Vista SP1 is set to be available through Windows Update and Microsoft’s download center in mid-March. Vista users who have chosen to receive updates […]

By now almost everyone has heard of Microsoft’s $44.6 Billion bid for Yahoo. Google has finally released a statement about the bid on their official blog.
Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer, David Drummond, had this to say in the official post:
So Microsoft’s hostile bid for Yahoo! raises troubling questions. This is about […]

Most of you have photos that would be real interesting if you could fly around them. What am I talking about? Imagine turning your vacation photos into 3D worlds. Sound good? Here’s the kicker, you can do it for free.
Developed by Stanford’s Ashutosh Saxena, Min Sun, and Andrew Y. Ng, Make3D is a great tool […]

Coming right after the rumor that Windows 7 was scheduled for 2009, another addition to the rumor has popped up. The latest addition is that Microsoft has already sent Windows 7 Milestone 1 Build 6.1.6519.1 to its key partners.
Here are some of the supposed leaked screenshots of Windows 7 Ultimate from ThinkNext. Take a look […]

MonkeySee is a video sharing site that focuses on “how-to” videos. Videos comprise of submissions by normal users and experts in various fields like the video of Rubik’s Cube expert Bob Burton on how to solve the famous cube.
Now if you’re thinking that you would like to be an expert too, it’s not that hard. […]