News Stories - May 2009

Scribd opens internet store for e-books

Scribd the document sharing website has opened a new e-book online store stating its claim in the rising e-book market. Following the same business model as iTunes, Scribd hopes to attract users with high commission fees compared to Amazon, and a..

Wolfram Alpha Launches

The long awaited and highly anticipated search engine rival to Google has launched. Alpha Wolfram makes systematic knowledge immediately computable and accessible to everyone. Using complex mathematical and computational coding, Wolfram Alpha..

Microsoft slashes price of e-learning courses

Candidates for Microsoft’s certification exams have been keen to snap up the latest offer on e-learning material. E-Learning course collections have been reduced from an average of $350 to $35, a staggering 90% discount!. During these tough economic.

NYTimes twitter account gets hacked

Another high-profile organisation joins the list of Twitter accounts that have been hacked. This time around, it’s the global newspaper, The New York Times. In particular it was their fashion publisher, The Moment, who regularly use Twitter..

Twitter down again

Twitter schedules another maintenance downtime. This time around, its an hour at the peak of the day. Critics have been quick to resurface the concerns that the Twitter infrastructure is simply not up to task. The downtime today is another one..

Microsoft launch 70-680 exam for Windows 7

Microsoft announced yet another exam in their series of Windows 7 exams. Part of the new MCITP certification path, 70-680 is aimed at Windows 7 professionals wanting to demonstrate their skills and abilities in configuring Windows 7

French law passed to stop illegal downloads

A highly controversial French bill has been passed by the National Assembly. The bill states that anyone could be disconnect if caught downloading content illegally. The new change uses the 3 strike rule to disconnect users via their ISP..

Twiterific 2.1 launches in iPhone App Store

Twitteriffic the iPhone client for the social netowkring scene launches version 2.1 for the iPhone. Created by IconFactory way back in 2007, Twitterrific has become popular with iPhone lovers worldwide..

Twitter not for sale - Google Apple and Microsoft bids rejected

Twitter co-founder Biz Stone has told an American television show that the microblogging site Twitter is not for sale. Following weeks of speculation that Google, Apple and Microsoft have all failed in bidding for Twitter..

UK Schools cancel exams to prevent Swine Flu

On the day that 2 new cases of Swine Flu were disclosed, bringing the total to 34 confirmed cases in the UK, UK schools consider suspending exams and closing schools to prevent the spread of Swine Flu.

Twitter wins Webby Outbreak of the year award

Twitter the social networking micro blogging service wins prestigious web award for Outbreak website of the year. Twitter allows users to send and read other users updates which are known as tweets

Google launches DoubleClick Studio for Advertisers

Google focuses on helping marketers and agencies to use Google tools to customize and display Google Ads with greater ease. Since Google's acquisition of DoubleClick last year, they have invested even more money in its advertising program..

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