Wi-Fi capable digital cameras are set to become obsolete even before they hit the market shelves.

Sandisk added wireless capability to PDA in the form of SD Wi-Fi flash memory cards.
Now EyeFi has just developed a similar type of product for Digital Cameras. EyeFi is a Wi-Fi enabled SD Flash memory card for making those common digital cameras into a Wi-Fi enabled cameras.

Their first 1GB EyeFi card is compatible with any digital cameras as long as it supports SD card slot. The card has a builtin Wifi features to transfer the photos from the camera to PC. The EyeFi card is expected to be same price as 1GB flashcard sells at $100.

Eyefi in your digital camera, makes you upload photos to Flickr, Webshots, BubbleShare or your Mac account without a need for your computer. If your Camera can shoot videos, you can upload your videos directly to YouTube and other sites without a computer.





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Microsoft and The New York Times released software that would allow readers to download an electronic version of the newspaper and view it on any portable device.

Already Many magazines and newspapers are currently offering a digital(online) edition that's exact electronic replica (including fonts, typeface and layout) of its printed version. The digital(online) versions can be read in either Acrobat Reader(PDF format) or the Zinio Reader format.

As Newspapers have been trying to develop a stronger online presence as readers and advertisers continue to migrate to the Internet. The new software is meant to make it easier to read an electronic version of a paper and allow readers to download multiple papers and magazines to take with them from any part of the world.

At the American Society of Newspaper Editorss conference in Seattle, Bil Gates showcased the Times Reader, an Reader software for Windows Vista that resembles like the Zinio Reader. Virtually any newspaper, magazine or book can be formatted into an electronic version and can be read online or offline with this Times Reader.

The text in Times Reader is displayed in columns and formats to fit the size and layout of any computer screen and enables readers to customize the display according to personal preferences, such as font size and content relevance. The Times Reader also uses the same font styles as the printed newspaper, extending the strong brand identity of The New York Times.

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Yahoo and AT&T have joined hands to offer subscribers of their high-speed Internet service an integrated voice over IP(VoIP) application.

Together the two companies will release a dual-branded version of the Yahoo messenger service with voice capabilities, according to UPI.

"AT&T Yahoo! messenger with voice enhances and adds value to our broadband service," Scott Helbing, chief marketing office at AT&T's consumer unit, said in a news release. "It also underscores our commitment to lead the industry in delivering the next generation of integrated communications and entertainment services," he added.

"Together we can continue to create seamless experiences that bridge the traditional telecommunications and Internet worlds. We are excited to bring together Yahoo!'s Internet community and applications with AT&T's history of innovation, high-quality network, and leading voice and high speed Internet services," said Steve Boom, senior vice president of broadband at Yahoo!.


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Yahoo, the second largest search gaint, has added on a translation service from AltaVista, Babel Fish, to its portfolio of online services.

The Yahoo Babel Fish service is capable of translating up to 150 words at a time in 38 different languages. Website pages can also be translated, according to Yahoo.

Babel Fish was a creation of California technology firm known as AltaVista and has been available on the Internet. Yahoo added simplified and traditional Chinese to the Babel translation mix, the company said.


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Second time in a week, hackers have discovered a previously unknown bug in Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) browser that could be exploited to run unauthorized software on a Windows computer.

This new bug reported could be exploited to gain control of a Windows system and has been given a "high risk" rating by the FrSIRT security Web site.

Although "proof-of-concept" code showing how this vulnerability could be exploited has been published, making the bug a more serious concern, there are some mitigating factors. Attackers would first need to trick users into visiting a specially coded Web page and then somehow get them to perform certain actions, such as writing "specific text in a text field," before they could run their malicious software, FrSIRT said.

"The vulnerability cannot be used to execute code on a user's system without multiple user actions that are uncommon in typical Web browsing scenarios," Microsoft said in a statement provided by its public relations agency. "Due to the significant mitigating factors... we have determined that the issue would be most appropriately addressed in a service pack delivery rather than a security update."


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Microsoft Acquires AssetMatrix, AssetMetrix helps businesses manage their fleet of PCs and software. Other asset tracking companies like EasyVista, Centennial, GASP and WebCensus may soon find the a tough competetion from Microsoft after acquiring AssetMatrix.

AssetMatrix creates software inventory for audit and fixed asset tracking reports for organizations.

Microsoft already has Microsoft Software Inventory Analyzer tool in its belt it is used to generate an inventory of Microsoft products installed on users local computers. But the Microsoft Software Inventory Analyzer will locate only Microsoft products while AssetMatrix will help to track even non-Microsoft products installed on user computers and networks.

AssetMetrix does software inventory, license management, license expiration tracking, license compliance, alerts and warnings and automatic updates to inventory database when a new software is installed or removed for organizations with less than 50 to over 5000 employees.

AssetMetrix identifies the product IDs, application types, and number of users have software installed on every Windows and Linux computer and WindowsCE device in a organization. The corporate wide baseline inventory can be created by distributing AssetAgents to your end users via Email, LAN or Disk based audits.


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Yahoo launched Yahoo Go! today,it is a DVR service and is also similar to Microsoft Media Center and a competitor based on recently acquired Meedio technology.

Features Include:
Photos

• View photos from your Yahoo! Photos account or local hard drive.
• View friends' and family's shared online albums.
• View Flickr photos from communities around the world.
  

Video search

• Watch featured and most popular searched video content from Yahoo! on the big screen.
• Find videos using Yahoo!’s industry-leading video search technology.

Movies

• Watch the latest movie trailers.
• Get movie info and Yahoo! recommendations and ratings.
• Find listings for local theaters and show times.
• Play DVD movies or video stored on your hard drive.

Music

• Listen to LAUNCHcast® radio stations with all your preferences.
• Watch music videos in stereo on your TV.
• Listen to music stored on your local hard drive.
• Play music CDs.

DVR (Digital Video Recorder)

• Use your built-in DVR for recording and managing TV shows and movies.
• Check integrated TV listings to find what you want to watch:

Browse by channel or time.
Customize guides to preferred channels.
Search for TV shows, movies, or sports.

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Taking advantage of the low cost of VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) technology, thieves have now begun luring victims to fake Automated call centers via a new kind of phishing attack.

Typically phishers email their victims, trying to lure them into revealing sensitive information on bogus Web sites. But instead of telling victims to click on a Web link, these attackers asks users to verify their account information on a phony customer support number.

To date the phone phishing attacks have not been widespread. Cloudmark first started seeing these attacks in mid-April and they stopped after continuing on a very limited scale for about three days.

Cloudmark intercepted about 1,000 of these phishing messages, a small number considering that Cloudmark's email filtering service is used to filter email for about 100 million mailboxes.

However, the attacks caught Cloudmark's attention because of its use of a telephone number, which was served by a small U.S based VoIP carrier. This made them some of the first to leverage the cost savings of VoIP.

VoIP services are appealing because they allow customers to set up numbers anywhere in the world. And because they can be combined with telephone software like the opensource Asterisk PBX (Private Branch Exchange) product, it can be in-expensive for thieves to set up a professional phone line.

Spammers have already been taking advantage of these low costs, using phone numbers instead of Web sites in their email solicitations, but this was the first time Cloudmark had seen the approach used by phishers.


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Microsoft unleashed unto the world the second beta version of Internet Explorer 7, cleverly dubbed Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2. In the announcement on the IEBlog, the team says they've "acted on a lot of the feedback and bug reports from the previous public releases" and made changes to CSS handling and responded to reliability data ("yes, we do analyze the information that comes when you click 'Send Error Report'") and user experience feedback. In addition, Microsoft is now offering free phone support in North America, Germany, and Japan "to encourage people who usually shy away from beta software to try IE7 Beta 2."





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Microsoft hopes to establish itself as a leading provider of mobile search services, with the introduction of its new technologies that are now being tested.
Mobile search is important because in many markets, including some Asian countries, more people access the Internet from mobile phones than from PCs. For users like these, being able to combine search results with services that can sense a user's location is critical.
Called Windows Live Mobile Search, the technology is being tested in the U.S. and the U.K. It allows users to search for local listings, such as shops and restaurants, and provides them with maps and driving directions. Users can also call any of the returned listings from their handset with a single click of a button.
Microsoft Windows Live Mobile Search also gives users access to search results from the Web, including blogs.
Microsoft isn't the only company looking to stake out its turf in mobile search. For example, Google and Baidu have signed mobile search agreements with handset makers Motorola and Nokia, respectively. One potential advantage for Microsoft is the growing popularity of phones that run Windows Mobile software.


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Chip giant Intel is now offering a voice over IP(VoIP) add-in board as part of its push to sell its motherboards.
The Slick Mountain card, also known as the 600SM, comes with an Intel installer with drivers and ISP diallers. Customers have been told it will work with standard phones, whether they're wired or not, and supports Counterpath, and Skype.
Intel said that it is in the process of striking deals with Vonage, Skype, Packet 8, with Delta Three and other firms.


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They Rule is a service that shows how directors of companies and their subordinates are closely linked. They Rule gets data from 2004, so it's a little outdated, but is truly a eye-opening and cool service, both just for their flash application that spiders relationships between directors of companies, but for the fact that if you know one director of one of these companies, you can know who are his subordinates.
First You choose a company, all it's directors show up. Then you can click on another director and choose find another company they sit on. They Rule allow you to search for news related to that companies; and search for relationships between companies. You can also save maps for later use. At the end of the day this is an interesting to look at, how rich company network look like.


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