Official Google Search Getting More Social

Google’s move to include social networking information in its searches has gotten personal.The search-engine giant has announced that, with a few tweaks, people using Google can now see search results related to friends, co-workers and other members of their social networks above all other results.

Racist HP camera tracks white people only

Though fair complexion is loved by almost everyone across the globe, but the new cameras installed in HP laptops are really an example of racial discrimination besides being noisome for the Black people as the said cameras could only detect the fair people.

15 Biggest technology scandals of 2009

The year 2009 was surely not one of the best years for the business world globally. The economic recession bruised companies of all sizes, big and small.

New Android based Smart Phone – HTC HERO

Htc Hero HTC from Taiwan has announced the release of its next smartphone HTC HERO which is based on Android platform. It has the new user interface “Sense UI”. HTC HERO is 1st of Android based devices to support Adobe Flash. In addition, the smartphone has following features;

Blackberry buddies up to game developers

Research In Motion (RIM) on Monday announced it is making Blackberry devices friendlier to game applications, as the business-oriented smartphones try to show a more playful side.

Worms infesting computers worldwide: Microsoft

A Microsoft security report released Monday warns that cyber crooks are digging into computers for weak spots to penetrate with worms — malicious software that steals control or data.

Facebook revamps home page feed

Facebook has modified its news feed feature to let members of the world’s leading social-networking service catch up on tidbits they may have missed while away from the website.

Now, a game to fight Swine flu

THE HAGUE: The clock is ticking, people are dying and a flu virus is sweeping the globe that is the scenario of a new computer game designed to make people think about how to respond to the swine flu pandemic.

Australian Businessman Dismisses Facebook Threats

An Australian businessman accused of selling “friends” from the social networking site Facebook hit back Friday, saying it would be “very difficult” to stop him. Facebook warned Thursday that members who bought information from the Australian online marketing company uSocial.net could be banned from the site.

Graphic British Car Crash Warning Prove YouTube Hit

A graphic British police video about the dangers of sending text messages while driving has become a worldwide hit on the Internet.

Google Blames Gmail Outage On Server Maintenance

Internet giant Google has blamed server maintenance for a Gmail outage which left millions of users without the free Web-based email service for more than an hour and a half on Tuesday.

Icahn Cuts Stake in Yahoo

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn has sold 12.7 million shares in Yahoo!, cutting his stake in the company a month after it formed an Internet search partnership with software giant Microsoft.

YouTube To Help Creators Of Viral Videos Make Money

YouTube on Tuesday offered a way for creators of videos which go viral to cash in on their success.

Twitter Out To Make Money From Businesses

Micro-blogging sensation Twitter says it is making progress on ways to pump cash from the free service.

Google users loyal: comScore

The planned Microsoft-Yahoo! online search tie-up has promise but must overcome people’s fierce loyalty to market king Google, industry tracker comScore said Friday.

Google Building new-generation Search Engine

Google has rolled back the curtain on a secret project codenamed “Caffeine” focused on building a new iteration of its winning Internet search engine.

How to find new friend for Facebook

Facebook announced on Monday that it has acquired FriendFeed, a Silicon Valley startup which allows members to see what their friends are doing online and share content.

News Corp Tests charge for Content policy

Britain’s Sunday Times newspaper will be the testing ground for News Corporation’s new policy of charging for Internet content, a report said Friday citing industry sources.

Google woos IT Managers with old-tech Billboards

Google on Monday resorted to old-time outdoor billboards in its quest to convince business IT managers to use software applications that the Internet titan offers as services online.

Yahoo!, Microsoft in Web search, ad partnership

Microsoft Yahoo Yahoo! and Microsoft, after months of negotiations, unveiled a 10-year Web search and advertising partnership on Wednesday that sets the stage for a joint offensive against Internet titan Google.

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