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iTunes Rewind 2010

Apple released a list of their best and most sold applications in year 2010, iTunes Rewind 2010. iTunes Rewind 2010 shows what the company believes to have been the best and most sold in their store, divided into three broad categories; Music, Applications for iPhone and Applications for iPad. Within each of these categories, the division into several sub-categories, which completes a huge list of songs, albums, artists and applications that passed through the iTunes Store over the year 2010.

Music: “Eminem” was elected… Read More

Microsoft tried to acquire Facebook for $15 billion

A lot of people thought Mark Zuckerberg was crazy when he turned down Yahoo’s $1 billion offer, but it now turns out that he also declined a $15 billion offer from Microsoft in 2007. This information was revealed at a press conference entitled “How to get acquired” at the Le Web conference in Paris.

The Telegraph reports that Microsoft’s Senior Director of Strategy and Acquisitions, Fritz Lanman, confirmed that Microsoft did try to buy Facebook in 2007. It was believed by Microsoft that Facebook and… Read More

Microsoft: IE 9 Is the Most Important IE Launch in Company History

Microsoft’s Internet Explorer platform is hurting; it is facing stiff competition from Google, Mozilla, and a host of other vendors who want their piece of the consumer pie. While Microsoft has been publicly pushing IE 9, internally, Microsoft knows that if this version of IE doesn’t make waves with the consumers, it will give up the title as the most used platform for browsing the web.

Microsoft has been busy posting new job openings all around the world while it gears up for the IE 9 launch… Read More

WikiLeaks Founder Assange Arrested In London

The founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange was arrested this morning by the Metropolitan Police of London, England. In note published by the “Guardian”, English police confirmed the arrest of 39 years old Australian.

Julian Assange is accused by the Swedish Justice of sexual abuse and rape of two women supposedly committed in August this year. An arrest warrant of Assange was issued on 18th November, but the action was invalidated by a procedural error. A new warrant was issued on 2nd December. According… Read More

Xmarks Acquired By LastPass

This announcement was expected by all the thousands of users who make this service one of their favorite tools to keep their Favorites synced. The acquisition of Xmarks by LastPass managed to ensure financial stability that was necessary for the continuation of its existence. For now, the two services will continue to exist independently, but a fusion is expected between both of them in the future.

For those who don’t know, LastPass is a service that allows saving your web passwords and… Read More

Google: Chrome OS Could Replace 60% of Windows PCs

Linus Upson, Google’s vice president for engineering in charge of Chrome, recently made some bold comments about his company’s upcoming operating system. Google has apparently done some research and found that 60 percent of Windows PCs used in the corporate world are exclusively used for tasks that can be handled in a browser environment. Google wants to hit Microsoft where it hurts.

“Mr. Upson says that 60 percent of businesses could immediately replace their Windows machines with computers running Chrome OS,” according to The

 
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