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At Last Hotmail Listens to Us…

Posted November 27, 2008 by Sam

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Recently, Windows Live Hotmail got a revamp on it’s interface with new added functionalities. But not everyone liked the change. And many people did report several issues about it.

At last, after so many outcries, Microsoft Windows Live Hotmail team has finally answered. The team has come out with a bulletin that they would roll out their next update, in mid-December, focusing on scrolling issues, for users preferring the reading pane. Along with that, fixing the scroll bar overlapping issues due to user screen resolution differences. 

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$275 Million – That’s Symantec’s Estimate…

Posted November 27, 2008 by Sam

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Figuring security budgets could be one of the most tough times for us. And looking at stats is one way for the enterprise and small business users to appropriately plan ahead. Security firm, Symantec has released their view of the underground economy as it has evolved over the past year, in it’s latest internet security threat report.

The report  gives you a full fledge insight of how the economy will have its effect on security businesses and users alike focusing on the justification for infrastructure and security services related to PCI-DSS, putting a end market value for traded goods etc, at around $275 million based on the underground level of transactions.

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Meezoog – not just another dating network

Posted November 27, 2008 by Saad Ali Abbasi

meezoog logo Meezoog – not just another dating network

Meezoog is a social network of friends that lets you find out who means what in your life. Well that’s a little difficult to suggest, but the methods are simple and it is left up to you to decide which of your friend is closer to you. Meezoog functions by letting you search for a person through social proximity, and implements an algorithm that calculates trusted paths between people.

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Find jobs near you with iPhone App, Job Compass

Posted November 27, 2008 by Shoaib Hashmi

jobcompass thumb Find jobs near you with iPhone App, Job Compass

During the current financial crisis, a number of people have lost their jobs and the process continues. iPhone’s application Job Compass can play a significant role in helping people find a job. The app lets you find job within a radius of 5, 10, 25, 50 or 100 miles from your specific location. According to Lonnie Lazar of Cult of Mac:

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Obama’s site welcomes user comments on healthcare

Posted November 27, 2008 by Shoaib Hashmi

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Soundflavor lets you discover music in many new ways

Posted November 27, 2008 by Shoaib Hashmi

soundflavorplayer Soundflavor lets you discover music in many new ways

You may have come across a number of music discovery services that lets you find music of your taste such as Pandora, Last.fm, etc. Soundflavor is a music discovery service that provides you more ways to browse, search and discover the music of your choice. Following are some of the things you can do while using the service, as described by DownloadSquad:

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Fast Forward works like StumbleUpon, only better

Posted November 27, 2008 by Saad Ali Abbasi

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BuzzBox has come out with its new Firefox plugin called Fast Forward. The San Francisco-based startup works a lot like StumbleUpon but only better, as it adds logic to the stumbling mechanism. The service generates recommendations based on popularity as well as by the order in which they were viewed. Fast Forward works by recording and analyzing the anonymized browsing habits of its users, though it is still in its early and needs time to be reach its maximum, so expect some glitches. Fast Forward will soon be on Internet Explorer as well – say, in a few months.

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Apple ships its 24 inch LED Cinema Display

Posted November 27, 2008 by Shoaib Hashmi

appleledcinemascreenshot thumb Apple ships its 24 inch LED Cinema Display

Apple’s 24 inch LED Cinema Display has been shipped. The display only supports mini DisplayPort connector of Apple. The latest screen seems similar to the iMac but is half thicker than and weighs 21lbs. Here is the snapshot from ars technica.

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EU nations agree to cut short SMS charges abroad

Posted November 27, 2008 by Sardar Mohkim Khan

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Good news for mobile phone users in Europe, the EU telecom ministers have come a to a decision to reduce prices of sending SMS while users traveled abroad within the limits of the Union. With this decision, carriers wont charge users more than 11 euros cents for each SMS, charge calls per second after the 31st second and the data downloads be charged at a euro per megabyte of download. EU Telecommunications Commissioner, Viviane Reding welcomed the decision, saying:

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Free soda offer crashes Dr Pepper site

Posted November 27, 2008 by Shoaib Hashmi

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Dr Pepper promised a free soda bottle to people in America if the the new album of Guns n’ Roses was released this year. To get the free soda, users had to register for a free coupon on the site of Dr Pepper. People love free stuff and it does matter. The offer was for a larger number of people and the time was limited to just one day, this caused the problem for site. The site was overcrowded with visitors and became unavailable for most part of the day. This made the company extend the offer for another day. Rich Miller examined the situation by saying:

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