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Think You Need Another Social Network? Well, Microsoft Thinks You Do

Dec 28, 2012

Think you need another social network? Well, Microsoft thinks you do. That's why the software company on Thursday opened up the doors to Socl, a new social network. Socl, which is pronounced Social, quietly launched in May. Coming out ...

Tags: social network, Microsoft, software, Socl

Microsoft Announced It Will Deliver Seven Security Updates to Patch 11 Vulnerabilities

Dec 28, 2012

Microsoft today announced it will deliver seven security updates next week to patch 11 vulnerabilities, including the first that apply to Internet Explorer 10 (IE10), the company's newest browser. As it did last month, Microsoft will also ...

Tags: Microsoft, security updates, vulnerabilities, IE10, Windows 8

The Number of Google+ Active Users Has Jumped to 135 Million

Dec 28, 2012

Calling Google+ the "fastest growing network thingy ever," a company executive said Thursday that the number of Google+ active users has jumped to 135 million, a 35% increase in its user base in three months. Vic Gundotra, a senior vice ...

Tags: Google+, network, users, Communities

Google's CEO Larry Page Spoke for The First Time in Public in Months

Dec 28, 2012

Google's CEO Larry Page spoke for the first time in public in months, addressing the company's annual Zeitgeist conference in Paradise Valley, Arizona on Tuesday, a spokesman confirmed. Page has not spoken in public since June, when a ...

Tags: Google, CEO, Larry Page, Zeitgeist conference

Intel on Monday Announced Its Latest SSD 335 Solid-State Drive

Dec 28, 2012

Intel on Monday announced its latest SSD 335 solid-state drive, which is being pitched as a hard-drive replacement for laptops. Newegg is offering the 240GB drive for US$209.99. The SSD 335 will slot into 2.5-inch laptop bays. The SSD ...

Tags: Intel, SSD 335, solid state drive, hard drive, laptops

Venezuela Has Its Eye on Becoming a Major Minerals Producer

Dec 28, 2012

According to Maplecroft's principal Latin America analyst James Lockhart-Smith,Venezuela has its eye on becoming a major minerals producer,though its capacity to do so is in question. Mr Lockhart-Smith told BNamericas that"Specifically ...

Tags: Maplecroft, Latin America, Venezuela, minerals producer

SteelGuru to Help Them Remain Updated with Various Capex Projects in The Sub Continent

Dec 28, 2012

SteelGuru,the leading website for steel,metal and mining industry with 150,000 page views per day and 75,000 plus registered users for its E mail based news letter Steel Trade Today,has added yet another value added service for its readers ...

Tags: SteelGuru, Airport ATF Pipeline Project, Kolkata, CAPEX projects

Moody's to Face Trial Over Insider Trading Charges, After Losing a Court Appeal

Dec 28, 2012

A FORMER analyst at Moody's Investors Service and the friend to whom he allegedly passed inside information are set to face trial over insider trading charges, after losing a court appeal. Sydney-based Daniel Joffe, who worked at Moody's, ...

Tags: Moody's Insider Case, Investors Service, court appeal

Outokumpu Has Announced That It Has Completed The Acquisition of Inoxum

Dec 28, 2012

Finland-based stainless steel producer Outokumpu has announced that it has completed the acquisition of Inoxum,the stainless steel unit of the German steel giant ThyssenKrupp.The new Outokumpu starts operations on December 29,2012,with a ...

Tags: Outokumpu, stainless steel, cold rolling capacity, steel

Oracle Released on Tuesday an Update to The Standard Edition of Java

Dec 28, 2012

Oracle released on Tuesday an update to the standard edition of Java, enabling Java to run on Mac OS X and two versions of the ARM processor. The company also upgraded the JavaFX rich media application platform with Linux and multitouch ...

Tags: Oracle, standard edition, Java, Mac OS X, JavaFX, OS X

More That a Dozen Retailers Have Joined Forces to Form The MCX

Dec 28, 2012

More that a dozen retailers including Best Buy, Walmart, Target and 7-Eleven have joined forces to form the Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX), a mobile-payments network that will compete with Google and Isis. The retailers claim that they ...

Tags: Walmart, Target, MCX, mobile payments network

Sony's New Mobile Gaming Platform Will Launch This Fall in Nine Countries

Dec 28, 2012

Sony said Wednesday that its new mobile gaming platform, which will allow "PlayStation-like" games to be played on third-party Android devices, will launch this fall in nine countries. The company said that its PlayStation Mobile has ...

Tags: Sony, mobile gaming platform, PlayStation, Android devices

Facebook Said Monday It Has Defenses in Place to Detect Click Fraud

Dec 28, 2012

Facebook said Monday it has defenses in place to detect click fraud despite one company's claim it detected suspicious clicks on its advertisements billed to it by the social-networking site. Limited Run, a company based in Manorville, ...

Tags: Facebook, click fraud, claim, advertisements

Hewlett-Packard Is Extending Its 3PAR Enterprise Storage Offerings

Dec 28, 2012

Hewlett-Packard is extending its 3PAR enterprise storage offerings with an all-SSD version of the P10000 array. The all-SSD (solid-state disk) version, announced on Monday and available immediately starting at US$350,000, is designed to ...

Tags: HP, 3PAR enterprise storage, SSD version, P10000 array

Levinsohn Took Over Yahoo in May

Dec 28, 2012

Ross Levinsohn, who served as Yahoo's interim CEO for about two months until the company hired former Google executive Marissa Mayer on July 16, will leave the company on Tuesday. Levinsohn took over Yahoo in May during one of the darkest ...

Tags: Ross Levinsohn, Yahoo, CEO, Marissa Mayer