Yahoo to expand its business announced that they would buy Musicmatch for $160 million. Currently Musicmatch sells music online and with this takeover Yahoo will be in direct competition with Apple’s iTunes, Microsoft’s online music store and with RealNetworks. Yahoo had acquired Launch Media in 2001 for $12 million. It already has advertise supported free […]
Longhorn boasts Security
Microsoft’s Longhorn which is due in 2006 will have a security which will help companies have more control by allowing or prohibiting devices that can be easily used for transferring data. As devices it also includesg Apple’s popular brand iPod which is capable of holding more data. Some worry that people could use them to […]
FingerPrint peripherals from Microsoft
Microsoft will be introducing a new line of keyboards and mice and some of them will include fingerprint readers that lets users scan a finger instead of having to enter a log-in name and password when accessing online services or logging on to the PC. These products are aimed at consumers and meant for user […]
Skype in PDAs
Internet telephony provider Skype Technologies has released a final version of its peer-to-peer VoIP software for Wi-Fi enabled PDAs. Skype for Pocket PC Version 1.0 will be a stripped down version of the Skype desktop service, which allows users to make free phone calls to other Skype users or purchase minutes to call offline phone […]
Microsoft will sing in Mobile Phones
The software giant Microsoft is aiming to install its audio and video software into the mobile phones. It will enable the consumers to play music they have saved in the Windows Media format on their PCs onto their handsets. U.S. based mobile manufacturer Motorola and Japan’s NEC have already integrated Microsoft’s media decoders into their […]
Now no ‘Brick’: Nokia
Leading handset manufacturer, Nokia unveiled on Wednesday a slimmer version of its Communicator, its 9300. “A high percentage of the current Communicator users are men. The (new phone) fits a lot better in a handbag, but also in a shirt pocket,” said Niklas Savander, Nokia’s senior vice president for business devices. The newer model is […]
A Phone with a Hard Drive
With the technology getting cheaper and advancing in a brisk rate Samsung has come up with the world’s first mobile with an in-built hard drive. Its the Samsung SPH-V5400 which comes with a 1.5 GB Hard Drive with a one-inch diameter. SPH-V5400 was first launched in Japan and Samsung claims it as the world’s first […]
Napster To Go
Napster will be launching a monthly subscription service that would let the users to download an unlimited number of songs and play them on portable music devices that support Microsoft Corp.’s copy-protection software. But this service will be launched on a test basis. Its called Napster to Go, which costs only $14.95 a month and […]
Nintendo Game Boy Advance, now cheaper
Nintendo has now taken the challenge to dominate the market share for handheld video games. Nintendo has cut down the price for Game Boy Advance SP and now it will be available for $80 instead of the earlier $100. “This new price point makes Game Boy Advance SP affordable for the vast majority of the […]
Opera to be launched for Mobile Phones
Opera, the famous Norwegian browser vendor said on Tuesday that they will be launching their successful browser ,Opera for mobile phones, powered by Microsoft Windows Mobile Platform. The company has developed browsers in the past for the Symbian platform as well as desktop Windows, Linux & the Mac OS computers. The company said in its […]