 | In what appears to be a new trend where companies are acquired for tech talent rather than products, Google has made an acquisition – Sparkbuy, in a deal of undisclosed size. The site has been shut down, and from the note that appears on it looks like the startup’s founder are joining Google as employees…. |
 | Microsoft is already hard at work on Windows 8. While it’s still only in the development stage, we already have some details about what new features it could have from inside sources and leaked development builds. In this article, we look at some more features we are likely to see when it is released. New Features… |
 | Google and AOL have taken their instant messaging partnership to a new height with almost complete interoperability among AIM, Gmail and Google Talk. Now Google’s users can invite their AIM buddies to chat just by entering their AOL screen names, even if they don’t have or use an AIM account themself. This has been implemented in all… |
 | Apple, who is suing Amazon for trademark infringement, claims that “app store” does no mean a store for apps. Last month, when Amazon started its Android app store, Apple sued them claiming that app store is an Apple trademark. Amazon responded by saying that app store is a generic term and Apple should not be… |
 | Quest Software, on Monday, released three open beta tools that help simplify Microsoft Azure infrastructure and account management: Spotlight on Azure, Quest Cloud Storage Manager for Azure, and Quest Cloud Subscription Manager for Azure. These three beta releases will provide visibility into Azure performance, storage and subscription utilization. Quest Software simplifies and reduces the cost… |
 | A few minutes back, I read on Slashdot that Microsoft is open sourcing Visual Basic 6. Wow! If they do that, that is a huge and pleasant surprise from Microsoft – after all, so many developers wants Microsoft to make Visual Basic 6 open source.. This is what Redmond Developer, the website which broke that… |
 | There is no doubt that Google is revolutionizing internet browsers with its minimalistic approach. But is there such a thing as too much minimalism? A few months ago Google talked about removing the ever present URL bar and making it contextual – that is it appears only when needed and remains hidden otherwise. Well, it seems like Google… |
 | With Windows XP already gone, Windows Vista is also gradually approaching the end of it’s life. When Windows Vista was initially launched, there was a lot of criticism about the operating system and the web was abuzz with a lot of hate posts for Windows Vista and Microsoft. But all that slowed down eventually and… |
