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Twitter will offer an optional feature which will allow developers to add location details( latitude and longitude) to any tweet.

                                                                                                                                                 Biz Stone, Twitter co-founder, stated in a blog post on the official Twitter blog that :
we’re gearing up to launch a new feature which makes Twitter truly location-aware. A new API will allow developers to add latitude [...]

Google India has today announced ‘Doodle 4 Google’, its first ever ‘doodling’ competition in India, to give school students in India a chance to draw on the most exciting canvas in the world, by creating a doodle for the Google India homepage.
This contest is open for any student studiying in any school in India between [...]

Google has added several new features that we hope will further improve the way you use Reader. Below are the same
1) Send to : This new feature will enable you to share posts you like to Blogger, Twitter, Facebook, and more. Just go the Settings->Send to tab and you will see Blogger, Twitter, Facebook etc [...]

All of us have someting that we do not need anymore and you don’t want to throw either. At time you give the stuff to friends.  But sometimes you don’t even have a friend who need it. Well, the stuff will remain with you which you actually don’t want. You can always post in Facebook [...]

For all those who have been patiently waiting, the new price for the PlayStation 3 80 GB model has been announced. The PlayStation 3 80 GB prices have been set at Rs 19,990, a clear 20 per cent drop in price. To make the purchase even more attractive, the PS3 80 GB will be offered [...]

Yesterday Apple released firmware updates for its wireless mouse and keyboard, as well as for recent MacBook Pro owners.
Bluetooth Firmware Updates, update provides bug fixes and better compatibility with the Apple Wireless Mighty Mouse and Apple Wireless Keyboard. It installs on all Macintosh systems with Bluetooth based on the Broadcom chipset.
Hard Drive Firmware Updates, MacBook Pro Hard [...]

If you’re switching to Gmail from another email provider, importing contacts and messages from your old email account can help you make the transition without having to do a bunch of housekeeping. Below is the procedure :
1) Login into your Gmail account.
2) Click the Settings link.
3) Click on Accounts and Import tab and then on [...]

Friends, earlier I wrote an article on What are Rootkits, How they work, software to remove them. In the article I mentioned an application called RootkitRevealer which helps in indentifying suspesious DLLs in the system. But the problem was that we need to analyse the file and then manually delete it because the application doesn’t remove the [...]

Software giant Microsoft Corporation has announced to co-develop Asia’s first cloud computing center in National Chiao Tung University in Hsinchu (Taiwan), in association with Executive Yuan’s Networked Communications Program (NCP).
As reported in a Taiwanese Daily, Taipei Times, Microsoft Taiwan general manager Davis Tsai said that since this would be a 10-year project, no initial investment [...]

Transcend has released its brand-new DDR3 1066 MHz memory modules, which will support Intel’s high performance desktop platforms.
The DDR3 memory module has higher speed and bandwidth than DDR2 memory modules, and its performance is ideal for systems using dual or quad core processors. Besides, the DDR3 supply voltage has been decreased from 1.8V to 1.5V; [...]