Orkut to soon get an updated user interface?

Orkut to soon get an updated user interface?
Google Operating System has reported that Google Brazil website is showcasing an interesting Orkut screenshot on the Chrome section.
The screenshot showcases a different version of their Orkut social networking service.
Maybe, its a sign that a major overhaul to the user interface of Orkut is coming in [...]

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva starts blogging Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is the latest high profile name to join the blogging world. However the launch of his blog turned out to be a disappointing for his fans. The load on the blog was so much that it became inaccessible just after a couple of hours. Representatives from the President’s office spoke about the downtime: “We set up a structure so the blog could receive 6,000 simultaneous hits, but this forecast was greatly exceeded.”We’re currently improving the infrastructure.” It is back online right now. As expected, it is powered by WordPress blogging engine. Checkout: Blog do Planalto

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva starts blogging
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is the latest high profile name to join the blogging world.
However the launch of his blog turned out to be a disappointing for his fans.
The load on the blog was so much that it became inaccessible just after [...]

Microsoft Security Essentials beta launch pretty successful

Microsoft Security Essentials beta launch pretty successful
Microsoft has claimed that the beta launch of their upcoming free antivirus application Microsoft Security Essentials has been pretty successful.
It was launched in limited regions earlier this week.
They have already reached the U.S. limit on downloads for this application which would be publicly launched worldwide later this year.
Microsoft [...]

India and Brazil against Office Open XML format as an international standard

India and Brazil against Office Open XML format as an international standard
Brazil and India have now filed an appeal against selection of the Microsoft’s Office Open XML format as an internationally recognized standard for electronic documents.
With this, three countries have now filed their protest against the decision to make this format an international standard.
South Africa [...]

Microsoft Messenger TV service launched in 20 countries

Microsoft Messenger TV service launched in 20 countries
Software giant Microsoft has announced the launch of their Messenger TV service in as many as 20 countries.
The service allows the users of their Live Messenger application to watch video clips together with their friends.
Messenger TV would offer video clips from MSN Video from sources like MTV and [...]

Rainer Brockerhoff releases Quay 1.1, the Leopard dock extender

Rainer Brockerhoff has announced an update to Quay, a system utility for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. Quay extends the Dock’s functionality, allowing the user to sort Stack menus in several useful ways, and see extra information for each item. Quay 1.1 now also shows version numbers for application icons, process information for running applications, [...]

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