Archive for March, 2007

DeepFish - Microsoft’s Mobile Browser

Thursday, March 29th, 2007

Microsoft has unveiled their new mobile browser know as DeepFish. DeepFish’s goal is to bring surfing on a mobile phone close to surfing the Net on a PC. Now we know that Apple’s iPhone will have this function. It uses the Safari web browser native to Macs.

If you have ever connected to the Internet and tried visiting sites you know how ugly it can be. You mostly see text links, with no pictures at all. For that reason, most people will only surf the Net to access important information.

Not only that but to include all the images and frills and load them on a cell phone takes way too much time.

Viacom Sues YouTube For $1 Billion

Thursday, March 22nd, 2007

One billion dollars. A lot of money. That’s what Viacom is suing Youtube for copyright infringement. It is widely know that copyrighted materials of famous TV shows or even music videos do appear readily on YouTube. The problem doesn’t lie only with YouTube but also with the plethora of other video sharing sites out there.

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Bye Bye JPEG. Hello HD Photo

Sunday, March 11th, 2007

Microsoft has announced that the JPEG’s image format days are over. Ushered in is a new file format fit for gadgets and devices that feature HD everything. Microsoft’s new file format, HD Photo, has a higher quality, and is preserved longer than the JPEG.
The HD Photo also can compress itself 200% better than the JPEG […]

Lenovo Announces Huge Recall of Notebook Batteries

Friday, March 2nd, 2007

If you have bought a Lenovo notebook you might want to read this. Today, Lenovo announced the recall of about 205 000 notebook batteries. The batteries were extended life 9-cell battery packs. Interestingly, the safety concern springs because the batteries tend to overheat after they experience a strong external impact (eg. falling).
The overheated batteries can […]