Dec
2nd

Six Apart acquires Pownce and shuts it down

Author: Vikas SN | Files under Blogging, Tech News, Web 2.0

Six Apart, the company behind various blogging softwares like Typepad, Movable Type and Vox has acquired the microblogging startup Pownce for an undisclosed amount and are closing it down by Dec 15th.


Nov
1st

Youtube’s Halloween Logo

Author: Vikas SN | Files under Tech News

Youtube has changed its logo to suit the occasion of Halloween that occurs on Oct 31. This logo looks kinda spooky which is the essence of Halloween.

Did you like the new logo of Youtube? Do pass on your comments.


Oct
25th

Wordpress releases version 2.6.3

Author: Vikas SN | Files under Blogging, Tech News

Wordpress team has found a vulnerability in the Snoopy library . Snoopy is used by Wordpress to fetch the feeds shown in the Dashboard. Download the following 2 files to upgrade to 2.6.3


Oct
16th

Windows 7 now officially named Windows 7

Author: Vikas SN | Files under Tech News

Microsoft has confirmed that the successor of the Vista operating system will officially be called Windows 7.


Oct
14th

Initial screenshots of Firefox Mobile.

Author: Vikas SN | Files under Mobiles, Tech News

People at Mozilla are busy developing the mobile version of Firefox titled “Mozilla Fennec”. Wondering how it looks. The initial images of the mobile browser are coming out on the internet courtesy Brad Lassey, a mozilla Developer. Here are some screenshots of the Fennec running on a mobile device.


Oct
11th

Microsoft to release flood of patches shortly

Author: Vikas SN | Files under Tech News

Microsoft is about to issue 11 security updates next week to fix various bugs in Windows, Active Directory, Internet Explorer , Microsoft Office and Host Integration Server.

4 of the 11 updates has been labeled “critical” Updates, with 6 being labelled “important,” and one update labelled as “moderate update”.


Oct
8th

Airtel Launches DTH Services

Author: Vikas SN | Files under Tech News

After much speculation and much waiting, Airtel has finally launched its DTH services across 62 Cities and 21,000 retail units. It has many unique features as compared to other DTH services available in market.


Oct
4th

Seagate Launches FreeAgent 2008 External Hard Drives in India

Author: Vikas SN | Files under Gadgets, Tech News

Seagate, one of the world leader in storage solutions, today announced the latest lineup of the its award-winning FreeAgent external hard drives. This new generation of the Seagate FreeAgent family has an attractive desktop and mobile options, for both Mac and Windows operated PCs that make it a breeze to back up, share and protect valuable digital content like photos, videos and music.


Sep
25th

$ 1 mn paid to just add a single letter to a domain

Author: Vikas SN | Files under Tech News

A British Travel Company has just paid a record amount for just adding a single letter to their domain.


Aug
19th

Vodafone announces its prices for iPhone 3G

Author: Vikas SN | Files under Tech News

Vodafone has finally announced its prices for iPhone 3G. It is 31,000 for 8GB model and 36,100 for 16GB model. So what do you say? Are the prices too high or does the iPhone deserves this price tag. Tell me your views.