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Archive for November 2008

Get Dazzling with New iPhone Skins

Nov 19th, 2008

Spending less than $30 user now can change skins for their lovely iPhone. Here are some stunning samples from "Noel Collection" offered by More-Thing.com.




Citysearch Gives a Full Makeover

Nov 19th, 2008

In response to aggressive competition from rivals like Yelp, Citysearch -- the popular local events and review site owned by IAC (InterActiveCorp) -- has gotten a full makeover. There's a more streamlined and Ajaxified UI and some other important features have been tweaked as well. The company said this is about a year and a half in the making. At the start, the new features will be available on a separate beta site. The beta site is expanding to become more ...




Developer Gets Rich with iPhone Game

Nov 19th, 2008

[CNN] - Demeter, a former ATM software designer, created an iPhone game called "Trism" in time and pitched it to Apple last spring. Priced at $5, "Trism" earned Demeter $250,000 in profits the first two months. He can now quit his bank job and has launched a company, Demiforce, to develop more electronic games with a salaried staff, five games in development including a spinoff to "Trism" named "Trismology."




AT&T Offers Windows Mobile-based LG Incite Phone

Nov 18th, 2008

Referred as "iPhone Killer" LG's Windows Mobile-based Incite phone will be available through AT&T, who is also the exclusive wireless service provider for Apple's iPhone in the U.S. The LG Incite is equipped with both domestic and international 3G capabilities, built-in aGPS, Wi-Fi (802.11b/g) and Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity. The phone is powered by Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional operation system. Moreover, the LG Incite includes a 3-inch WQVGA touchscreen and a 3-megapixel camera with video recording capabilities. While users can play with ...




Amazon Launches Affordable Content Delivery Network: CloudFront

Nov 18th, 2008

Today Amazon launched the beta version of its content delivery network service called CloudFront that aims at taking the company into the same club as Akamai and Limelight. In contrast to other CDNs, CloudFront is described as "a self-service, pay-as-you-go web service for content delivery." Amazon will charge a usage-based fee, rather than a long-term contract that hopes to bring CDN to smaller web publishers who don't have the scale to negotiate lower prices. "(CloudFront) provides low latency, inexpensive content delivery and ...




OneCare Ceased, Replaced by “Morro”

Nov 18th, 2008

Just after one year since the re-launch of OneCare, the commercial subscription edition of its anti-malware service for individual Windows users, Microsoft announced it will discontinue the service and replace it with a free alternative with code name "Morro". "Ultimately, we believe the decision to offer a security solution at no additional cost to consumers and phase out Windows Live OneCare is the right step to broaden PC protection and improve the Windows experience for more users around the world. Microsoft ...