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Archive for February 17th, 2008

IOC allows blogging at Beijing Olympics

Posted by: ADMIN on: February 17, 2008

The International Olympic Committee has finally given its permission to allow athletes competing in the Olympics to blog.
IOC said in its statement that they consider blogging as a legitimate form of personal expression and not a form of journalism.
Bloggers would not be allowed to post any visual or audio material during the games. They are also [...]

Next to Eee PC – ASUS U6S Ultraportable Laptop

Posted by: ADMIN on: February 17, 2008

After the success of Asus Eee PC, Asus launches their next ultraportable laptop – the U6S.
The U6S sports a 12.1 inch LED backlight WXGA display with 1280×800 resolution and Asus Splendid Video Intelligent Technology, Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T7500, 2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM, 160GB 5400RPM SATA hard drive and NVIDIA GeForce 8400M [...]

Yahoo! updates Video service

Posted by: ADMIN on: February 17, 2008

Yahoo! launched a totally revamped and updated Yahoo! Video service.
Some of the new features in the updated Yahoo! Videos:
1. They have now made available a new player which supports 16:9 video.
2. They are covering a wide variety of video content including music, movies, TV, news, sports etc.
3. They are now allowing members to upload files [...]

New York Times to cut 100 jobs

Posted by: ADMIN on: February 17, 2008

The New York Times announced that it will cut 100 newsroom jobs this year, due to financial pressures.  This is equivalent to 8% of the papers’ current 1,332 newsroom workforce.
Earlier, Tribune Co. also announce that they will be cutting 500 of their workforce.

IBM launches New virtual science game for classroom

Posted by: ADMIN on: February 17, 2008

IBM is launching a free multiplayer online game, PowerUp, challenging teenagers to help save the planet “Helios” from ecological disaster. The game is part of IBM’s TryScience initiative.
The game, which can be played alone or together, features a planet in near ecological ruin where three exciting missions for solar, wind and water power must [...]