Category: Internet
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O2 Online Billing – An Interactive Guide to us and understand your O2 Online billing service
O2’s online billing service is second to none and the but the many features that are available to an online user can be a bit daunting but O2 has created a full and interactive online guide to the O2 billing experience in the form of an interactive manual that will help you through everything you…
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YouTube gets a new look with “Cosmic Panda”
Following Google Panda, the search engine algorithm reboot, the Gee have just given a facelift to its YouTube online video network. Continuing in the bear sized footsteps of its predecessor the new view currently in trial is called Cosmic Panda. One first impressions it’s just a new look to the way you watch videos and…
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Facebook “Vibes” music service revealed
With the announcement of a new piece of software comes a lot of digging around by software developers and general geeks, and the new Facebook Video Calling with Skype is no different. One clever chap has seemingly unearthed evidence of a new Facebook service called “Vibes” within the source code of the new Video Calling…
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Amazon takes on Apple with unlimited Cloud Storage
Amazon’s unrelenting quest for web dominance has recently resulted in them offering Unlimited Cloud Storage to customers, presumably in an attempt to rival Apple’s iCloud. Those who subscribe to Amazon Cloud Player will now have the option to have unlimited music storage – provided you’re paying $20 or more per month for your Cloud Storage…
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One fifth of all web browsing is done using Google Chrome
Just over twenty percent of all web surfing is done using Google’s browser Chrome, according to a report filed by internet analytics company StatCounter. Chrome first started off life as a beta version in September 2008 and then became publically available in December of that year. By June 2009, 2.8% of the world’s internet browsing…
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Tomita Technologies (who?) get legal on Nintendo over 3DS
Nintendo is under fire from a patent infringement claim regarding the 3D screen tech behind its portable gaming gadget, the 3DS. The company Tomita Technologies (we don’t know either) filed the suit in the last few weeks with Nintendo keeping the story under wraps – Until today.. The handheld 3DS’ glasses-free three-dimensional selling factor is…
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Apple’s App Store claim against Amazon slammed by US Judge
Not a week goes by without word of an Apple court battle and in the continuing saga of Apple vs. Amazon over the exclusivity of the “App Store” name, a California Federal Judge has taken a pin to the Jobs Squad’s inflated illusions of self-importance and told it like it is. Apple’s grandiose claim is…
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Spotify is coming to the US – Registration now Available
Spotify has taken another huge leap in its forthcoming world domination plans by inviting our American counterparts to sign up online and be notified when the long-rumoured Spotify US service goes live. A new page on the Spotify website says: “Spotify is coming to the US. The award-winning music service that’s taken Europe by storm will soon be…
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PlayJam UK brings playtime to Samsung’s Smart TV
UK owners of Samsung’s Smart TV sets already get to enjoy the best of the web right on their telly (with over 5 million apps downloaded) and from today PlayJam – the world’s largest interactive casual games network – will be bringing playtime to the big screen. Now that’s smart! Live in the Samsung App Store right…
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Facebook Press Conference: Social Network will integrate Microsoft’s Skype to take the fight to Google
As predicted, Facebook’s founder Mark Zuckerberg took the stage at the press conference today to announce that – Yes, Facebook will integrate Skype video conferencing as a major new feature into the Social Network. As Microsoft was making its $8.5-billion bid for the VoIP carrier service back in May, current Skype CEO Tony Bates was…
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9 months later – Windows Phone 7 to arrive in Japan with Mango
Windows Phone 7 is on its way to Japan by the year’s end – after reports first hit back in February of Microsoft’s intentions to get the smartphone OS on the market in the Far Eastern country. It’s been nine months since Windows Phone 7 was launched and it would seem if schedules are set…
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PayPal UK Twitter hack raises alarm for customer security
Cause for concern today, as worryingly PayPal’s UK-based Twitter has been hacked into with the company logo tampered with and a series of mocking tweets made from the account. It’s not yet expected that the intrusion has gone so far as the payment accounts infrastructure. As most will know, PayPal is an online method of…