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News
Social web browsing arrives
Flock 1.1 an upgraded version of Mozilla’s new social media web browser has just been released. It takes the social media experience to a new level integrating various blogs, news aggregation and social networking sites such as Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Flickr and Blogger. Version 1.1 now also includes webmail support.
Samsung to build Android phones by 2009
The first phones based on Google’s Android operating system will be built by Samsung and available to the public by 2009. The company made the announcement at the recent Mobile World Congress.
Social web browsing arrives
Flock 1.1 an upgraded version of Mozilla’s new social media web browser has just been released.
Electronic Arts fails in hostile bid to buy Take Two
Take Two Interactive Software has surprised the world by rejecting Electronic Arts’s unsolicited takeover bid.
Global alliance to build trans-Pacific Unity cable
In a first for a search company, Google has got together with five telecoms giants, India’s Bharti Airtel, Hong Kong and Singapore-based Pacnet, Kuala Lumpur-based Global Transit, Japan’s KDDI Corp, and Singapore’s SingTel to build an undersea cable linking the US and Japan.
Comment
A talkative pair of trainers
Since MySpace came along, everyone keeps saying that brands should be trying to have a conversation with people. Easier said than done.
Bitesize
Scott Safran's Android score and other games trivia
Ever wondered whether Space Invaders is still the most popular video game of all time?
Harnessing human power
Scientists in Canada have worked out a way for a mobile phone to be charged by human muscle power which in turn generates electricity as a person walks.
Mexican beer targets East Coast web users
ttempting to capture a larger segment of the US market, Mexican beer makers, Pacifico have launched videos on their website around the theme of adventure sports and discovery.
Tel Aviv sushi bar ditches waiters for e-menus
Ordering sashimi for the first time at Frame, a fashionable sushi bar in Tel Aviv has never been easier.
Hollywood and FBI share web tools
DNSstuff, makers of network security software have developed a new computer forensic tool, Vector Trace, which will make its world debut in a Hollywood film, "Untraceable". In the movie, the FBI use Vector Trace to track down a maniac who tortures people to death and then describes it in gory detail on the internet.
The Numbers Page
Google tops Superbrands list
Google has beaten Microsoft and BBC Worldwide to become the top UK brand in the annual Superbrands league tables, an independent survey by 1,500 professionals.
Over 50s are keen social networkers
The gap between younger and older users of social media sites is closing according to a recent Hitwise report.
UK mobile web usage on the rise
Record web traffic was reported in December 2007 with 25% of all mobile phone owners accessing the internet from their phones. Picture and video messaging is also increasing.