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MTV.com gets a makeover, drops Flash for HTML

MTV.com has now dropped Flash for HTML. They experimented with the flash-based website for nine months and now have redesigned it in all HTML. Moreover, the home page won’t feature the auto playing video player. The re-launch in HTML is … Continue reading

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Google’s Desktop 5 supports 29 languages, including Hindi

Geek1 Search Engine giant, Google has released its latest version of Google desktop, named Google Desktop 5, which supports 29 languages including Hindi also. The company announced that its desktop search software will support 29 languages, including French, Spanish, German, … Continue reading

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T-Mobile teams up with ArtistsDirect to launch a new UK music website

Who hasn’t head about T-Mobile? Now, they have launched a UK music site in collaboration with ArtistsDirect. The site hosts content from its Street Gigs events and broadcast with T-Mobile Channel 4 music series. The site lets the T-Mobile users … Continue reading

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Half of the Europeans watching TV on the net

While newspapers are loosing ground to online news sites in the States, the traditional TV is loosing the ground to the internet TV in Europe. A study conducted by Motorola lately promulgated the fact that 45 percent of the European … Continue reading

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ABC News relaunches, gets a touch of citizen journalism

The up-to-the-minute coverage is always impressive, and citizen journalism has made it possible. ABC News online lately celebrated its tenth anniversary and announced a new citizen journalism-inspired redesign that lets the users find and contribute videos with an ease. The … Continue reading

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Consumer product review site Testfreaks launches in alpha

TestFreaks, which is in alpha for now, is the place where you can find the best products and prices through reviews, forums, blogs, and news. The site has been created by the guys who developed PriceRunner, which is also a … Continue reading

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YouTube follows Revver, will pay selected users

YouTube has started a new program to pay its selected creators like LonelyGirl15, for their content. Jamie Byrne, head of product marketing stated that the company will promote a selected group of content creators as they are media entities in … Continue reading

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Goodbye Yahoo Photos, Flickr will be the sensation now

Yahoo is being reported to shut down Yahoo Photos in favor of Flickr, the site which was acquired by Yahoo in March 2005. Yahoo PhotosUsers will be encouraged to move their photos to Flickr but they won’t be forced to … Continue reading

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Yahoo! offers web-based Yahoo! Messenger

First of all it was Microsoft to come up with a web version of its all the rage Messenger client. Thereafter came Google integrating GTalk! client into Gmail. And today, follow-ing the same trend of desktop apps going online, Yahoo! … Continue reading

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Bloggers can soon be covered under ‘reporter’s shield’

Bloggers have always expressed a desire that even they should be protected by the shield that protects reporters from divulging confidential sources. The bill that proposes the act is pending in both chambers of Congress. Rep, Rick Boucher, one of … Continue reading

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