NEW YORK-Verizon Wireless customers will soon be able to get their hands on the much anticipated Google Android phone called the Droid. The companies officially unveiled the device at an event here. Like most smartphones of its class, the phone will cost $199 with a two-year contract. And it will be available to consumers starting [...]
Archive for October, 2009
Internet addresses in your mother language
The internet regulator has approved plans to allow non-Latin-script web addresses, in a move that is set to transform the online world. The board of Icann voted at its annual meeting in Seoul to allow domain names in Arabic, Chinese and other scripts. More than half of the 1.6 billion people who use the internet [...]
Facebook awarded $711 million in spam lawsuit
Facebook was awarded $711 million in a judgment Thursday against self-described “spam king” Sanford Wallace. Judge Jeremy Fogel of the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California granted Facebook’s application for a default judgment against Wallace for violating the Can-Spam Act, which bans “false and misleading” marketing e-mails. Fogel also found that Wallace [...]
windows 7 lunched.
Windows sales ‘please’ Microsoft Microsoft has said it is “pleased” with the “strong consumer demand” for its new Windows 7 operating system. The new operating system was rolled out worldwide on 22 October. Windows 7 was not included in its results from July to September, for which it reported net profits of $3.57bn (£2.18bn), down [...]

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