Craigslist boss in counter-claim
Thursday, May 28th, 2009 | Internet News | 1 Comment
In the latest twist to a long-running dispute, US classifieds ads website Craigslist is filing a claim against South Carolina’s attorney general.
Henry McMaster had threatened to sue Craigslist for continuing to have “advertisements for prostitution and pornographic material”.
The claim seeks “declaratory relief” against the attorney general’s office.
Henry McMaster called it a “victory”, saying Craigslist is “taking the matter seriously for the first time”.
Craigslist boss Jim Buckmaster said he was being “publicly condemned” by the South Carolina’s attorney general’s office and the threats of further action had left him little option other than to sue.
In documents filed in South Carolina’s district court, Craigslist claimed: “Despite Craigslist’s legal immunity from criminal or civil liability under state law for unlawful third-party content on its website, and despite the numerous good-faith actions that Craigslist has voluntarily taken to deter abuse of its service by third parties … McMaster has persisted in threats to criminally prosecute Craigslist on the basis of third-party content appearing on the Craigslist website”.
Warid brings green technology to Pakistan
Thursday, May 28th, 2009 | Other | No Comments
The green technology has finally landed in Pakistan – another first by Warid Telecom. To protect environment by introducing the environment friendly or green energy for mobile in Pakistan, Warid is in lead to introduce/deploy solar powered Macro Base Stations (BTS).
The non-hybrid site is 100% powered on solar energy thereby reducing carbon dioxide emissions and noise pollution, both of which are unfriendly to the environment. The solution also reduces pressure on Pakistan’s overall energy supply which further benefits the environment.
Environment-friendly Solar Powered Macro BTS allows Warid to extend its network reach to the rural areas of the country where there is no commercial power or frequent electric failures. Solar power system integrated with energy storage can also provide backup power during the worst power outages. Every residential PV system reduces greenhouse gas emissions as much as removing one car from the road.
In four year of operations Warid has covered 450 cities and having further ambition to aggressively expand its network coverage especially in small and medium sized cities, suburban areas, countryside, as well as in mountainous areas with poor transportation links.
Oracle To Purchase Sun Microsystems for $5.6bn Net
Monday, April 20th, 2009 | Internet News | No Comments
Sun Microsystems and Oracle Corporation announced today they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Oracle will acquire Sun common stock for a total of $5.6 billion net of Sun’s cash and debt.
Sun’s CEO, says:
“From the Java platform touching nearly every business system on earth, powering billions of consumers on mobile handsets and consumer electronics, to the convergence of storage, networking and computing driven by the Solaris operating system and Sun’s SPARC and x64 systems. Together with Oracle, we’ll drive the innovation pipeline to create compelling value to our customer base and the marketplace.”
StumbleUpon Breaks Away From eBay
Monday, April 20th, 2009 | Internet News | No Comments
The content discovery service, StumbleUpon, has gotten itself back to start-up status, after being bought by eBay two years ago.
It announced today that it was returning to being an “investor-backed startup” by a roster of well-known Silicon Valley investors, including Ram Shriram of Sherpalo Ventures, Accel Partners and August Capital.
Its founders, Garrett Camp and Geoff Smith are also back, with Camp now in place as CEO.
“We are grateful to eBay for its guidance. However, we realized there were few long-term synergies between the two businesses. It is best for us to part ways and focus on our respective strengths,” said Camp, stating the very obvious.
StumbleUpon Stumbles Out of eBay’s Arms to Be Reborn as a Start-Up
Windows XP support to end next week
Friday, April 10th, 2009 | Microsoft & MSN | No Comments
Windows XP will pass another milestone on the road to retirement next week when Microsoft withdraws mainstream support for the operating system.
While the company said that it will continue to provide free security fixes for XP until 2014, any future bugs found in the platform will not be fixed unless customers pay for additional support.
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Mainstream support for XP will end on 14 April 2009, over seven years after the operating system originally shipped.
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Google container data center tour
Friday, April 10th, 2009 | Google | No Comments
First presented at the Google Efficient Data Centers Summit, hosted at Google headquarters in Mountain View, CA on April 1, 2009.
For more information about the event or Google’s data center efficiency efforts, please visit: http://www.google.com/corporate/green
Google Chrome 2.0 (Beta) Released
Friday, March 20th, 2009 | Google | No Comments
Google Chrome 2.0 (Beta) on Roll
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Preview the latest features
Try out the newest tools while they’re a little rough around the edges. 
Give early feedback
Let us know what you think and help make Google Chrome a better browser.
Continue to get BETA updates
When you switch to the BETA version of Google Chrome you will always get the latest speed and feature updates. Please note that you can only have one version of Google Chrome at a time.
Internet Explorer 8 Released
Friday, March 20th, 2009 | Microsoft & MSN | No Comments
Users will be able to download IE8 in 25 languages
View any site with ease
Now you can quickly display websites that were designed for older browsers. If you’re looking at a page and the text or images aren’t lined up right, just use the new Compatibility View button next to the Refresh button on the Address Bar.
Get things done faster with Accelerators
You’re just a few mouse clicks away from driving directions, word translation, sharing your web discoveries with friends and more. Accelerators help you do the things you do all the time without having to open up a new window. So you can speed through everyday browsing tasks, like getting a map to a business address or forwarding a link to a friend.
Stay safer online
Browse with more confidence knowing Internet Explorer 8 helps protect you from evolving online threats right out of the box. The new SmartScreen filter and other built-in security features help you stay safe by protecting against deceptive and malicious websites which can compromise your data, privacy, and identity.
No More Freee Lunch : Google Checkout fees
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009 | Google | No Comments
Transaction processing fees
When you use Google Checkout to process your sales, you’ll be charged a low 2% + $0.20 per transaction until May 5, 2009. With Google Checkout, there are no monthly, setup, or gateway service fees.
If you advertise with Google AdWords, you will also be eligible for free transaction processing for some or all of your Google Checkout sales each month until May 5, 2009. For every $1 you spend on AdWords each month, you can process $10 in sales the following month for free through Google Checkout. Any AdWords transaction processing credits accrued during April 2009 will be applied towards transactions that occur on May 1-4, 2009
Sales Through Google Checkout Transaction Fees until May 5, 2009
Sales of up to 10 times your monthly AdWords spend FREE
Sales in excess of 10 times your monthly AdWords spend 2% + $0.20 per transaction
Sales for Merchants that do not advertise with AdWords 2% + $0.20 per transaction
Monthly Sales Through Google Checkout Fees Per Transaction
Less than $3,000 2.9% + $0.30
$3,000 - $9,999.99 2.5% + $0.30
$10,000 - $99,999.99 2.2% + $0.30
$100,000 or more 1.9% + $0.30
Google’s Tim Armstrong: AOL hires new CEO
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009 | Internet News | No Comments
AOL snatched up Google Inc. executive Tim Armstrong as its new chief executive Thursday, as the Time Warner Inc. unit seeks to revamp its Internet presence.
AOL said in a statement that Armstrong, who helped build Google into an online advertising powerhouse, “is the right executive to move AOL into the next phase of its evolution.”
“…Armstrong has been credited with pushing the Internet search giant to expand further into graphical display and online video advertising.
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