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You Tube Blocked in China

admin — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:41:51 +0000

Access to video sharing Website, YouTube, has been blocked in China. The site has been down in China for over 24 hours. Google seems to be unaware of the reasons for the blockage and is reportedly trying to rectify the situation. According to a Google spokesperson, “YouTube is currently blocked in China. We don’t know the reason for the blockage, but are working as quickly as possible to restore access to our users in China”. Both Google and YouTube have previously been blocked in China according to the company. YouTube was also previously blocked in Thailand and Turkey. China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman, Qib Gang said that “China’s Internet is open enough, but also needs to be regulated by law in order to prevent the spread of harmful information and for national security.”

The Chinese government is not too keen on its citizens broadcasting themselves on all topics. The government is known for censorship of content it considers offensive or politically disruptive or contrary to its beliefs. The Chinese market is, however, lucrative with a population of 1.3 billion, 300 million Internet users, and 100 million blogs.

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admin — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:13:43 +0000

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Geithner waited 2 days to tell Obama about AIG bonuses

admin — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:55:45 +0000

WASHINGTON (CNN) — A new timeline released by White House officials late Tuesday evening reveals the president first learned about the $165 million in AIG bonuses last Thursday, days before the story leaked to the media over the weekend.

The new timeline was released after White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said he was unaware of when President Barack Obama first learned of the bonus controversy and reporters asked that the White House provide a timeline. It also shows that Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner first found out about the bonuses from his staff last Tuesday.

It was not until the following day, after 6 p.m. Wednesday, that Geithner called AIG’s CEO Edward Liddy to “express outrage” and say the payments were “unacceptable,” according to the timeline released by White House officials

Next generation broadband set for Manchester trial

admin — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 12:14:50 +0000

A project bringing “next generation” broadband to the Oxford Road area of Manchester city centre – recently rebranded as Corridor Manchester – is to be launched later this month.

Manchester will be the first city in the country to deliver this type of broadband, according to the city council.

It claims the new broadband will increase capacity and speed and open out a new range of applications for the internet beyond traditional telecommunications.

A pilot project will provide 400 businesses and 1,000 homes in the Oxford Road area with internet connections, which between 10 to 100 times faster than present levels.

Working groups drawn from business, social and healthcare sectors will also be set up to develop applications suited to the new high speed connections.

Sir Richard Leese, leader of Manchester City Council, will be speaking at a launch event for the media on March 24, along with Damien Bourke, partnership and policy manager at the Northwest Regional Development Agency; Jackie Potter, chief executive of Corridor Manchester and David Carter, head of the Manchester Digital Development Agency.

*Content based from cranes magazine

Worlds first pen phone!!!

admin — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:00:16 +0000

eriously small, but packed with cutting-edge innovations, the Haier P7 Pen Phone is the cell phone to have in today’s tech savvy world. Advanced technologies fuse seamlessly in the sleek pen-style design. The phone multitasks as a 90-minute voice recorder and a powerful digital camera; plus, the colour High Resolution LCD supports Multimedia Messaging Service so you can share photos instantly, play games, and more.

The Haier P7 has been featured in the ‘Hello Magazine’, The Sunday Times and Stuff Magazine. This unique handset was given out to celebrities at the prestigious golden globe awards. Use you Haier P7 to stand out from the crowd and turn heads with it’s elegant sophistication and style.

Specification:

GSM 900/1800/1900 MHz Tri Band

GPRS Class 10

Dimensions: 150 x 27 x 18.2 mm

Weight: 65 g

Antenna: Integrated

Battery: 600 mAh Li-Ion

Stand-by time: up to 130

Talk time: up to 4 h

LCD Main display: 65535 colours

WAP 2.0

MMS

Integrated camera: VGA 640 X 480

USB cable connection (cable not included)

90 Minute Dictaphone

Predictive text input

Polyphonic ringtones

Games

To view image please click here

Microsoft move on Google

admin — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 12:30:24 +0000

As I noted earlier on Monday, Microsoft plans to start internal testing later this week of Kumo, the rebranded version of Live Search. Now I have a screenshot to share. Also, here’s the text of an e-mail that search executive Satya Nadella just sent to his staff. Keep in mind, even though he talks about checking out the site, his e-mail is to Microsoft staff with access to it.

Us outsiders will have to chew on the screenshot (see below). From this screenshot (and two others I have seen), it appears the biggest change in Kumo is the way that it shows in the first results the query narrowed by a couple of different things the searcher might be looking for.

N86 8MP camera and 8BG Memory what more could u want??

admin — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 06:00:57 +0000

It looks like Nokia has pulled out all the stops in delivering a potentially paradigm shifting N86 cameraphone with a camera that they claim has SLR-like optics and is good enough to replace your current compact digital one. With 8GB of internal storage, and a lens system from Carl Zeiss, this device can capture still images at 8 mega pixels, as well as 640×480 video 30 frames per second. The camera has a F2.4 aperture (so it’s able to handle low light conditions) and includes a high intensity dual LED flash. Nokia is also using the internal GPS in the device to geo-tag all the photos. Click here to find out more

Microsoft trying to get a bite of the Apple?

admin — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 06:00:49 +0000

When I heard that Microsoft will be opening retail stores a-la Apple, my first reaction was, what are they going to sell in there? Windows? Zunes? Xboxes?

In a statement, Microsoft said it hired David Porter as its corporate vice president of retail stores. The former Wal-Mart Stores executive’s first mission will be to define where and when to open the Microsoft stores.

“The purpose of opening these stores is to create deeper engagement with consumers and continue to learn firsthand about what they want and how they buy,” Microsoft said.

But in this economy, these stores will have to do more than just showcase Microsoft technologies and products; they will have to make money selling Microsoft products and even perhaps competitors!

Microsoft could be competing with existing retailers, partners

However, Microsoft’s main problem will be not to irk existing retail partners like Best Buy or Wal-Mart, and OEMs such H-P, Dell, by favouring some and leaving others out of its stores.

A dilemma that Apple did not have as it makes both the hardware and the software (operating system and applications) for its computers; although affecting some smaller Apple retailers that eventually closed shop.

At the same time, large electronic retailers like Amazon, Best Buy, Fry’s and others are still important distributors of Apple computers. And large mainstream stores such as Wal-Mart or Target are selling truck loads of iPods.

But Microsoft is no Apple!