Nimbuzz has announced the launch of its multi community mobile social
messenger application for Android handsets. Unique for Android users, Nimbuzz
introduces a revolutionary buddy list layout, Skype IM, a time-sensitive user
interface, home-screen notifications, auto-reconnect, clickable URLs, and
local social network support to make Nimbuzz the most sophisticated IM
application for Android handsets.
Nimbuzz takes full advantage of the benefits of the Android platform
technologies. Alongside home-screen notifications that alert the user on the
home screen of activities such as incoming chats while the application runs
in the background, Nimbuzz also added a time-sensitive user interface option
that detects how long the user presses on a contact in the buddy list. A
fa... (more)
Sundar Pichai, VP Product Management at Google, and Linus Upson, a Google
Engineering Director, posted details about the long-awaited Google Chrome OS
yesterday on the Official Google Blog. Google Chrome OS is a new project,
separate from Android.
"Google Chrome OS is being created for people who spend most of their time on
the web, and is being designed to power computers ranging from sma... (more)
Google, whose shares hit a record of $641.41 a week ago, reported that sales
in its third quarter had surged by 57% compared with the period a year ago,
and net income by 46%. "We are very pleased with the impressive growth we
experienced across our business," said CEO Eric Schmidt, who also told
analysts, drily: “It is obvious to us that our model continues to work
very well.&rdqu... (more)
According to VietNamNet Bridge, the Ministry of Information and
Communications has issued an instruction on using open source software
products in state agencies.
It was reported that by June 30, 2009, 100% of servers in IT divisions of
government agencies must be installed with open source software; that 100% of
staff in these divisions be trained in the use of these software products, ... (more)
Crescendo Networks has announced the Maestro CN-7000 series, a new line of
advanced application delivery hardware platforms. The CN-7000 series includes
the entry-level CN-7710, the CN-7740 for medium to large organizations, and
the CN-7790 for the largest organizations, with up to 10 Gbps throughput.
The new platform series allows Web-based businesses of all sizes to
accelerate and optim... (more)
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