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eHarmony launches site for same-sex love seekers
In a move which both thrills and irritates this writer, eHarmony has agreed to open a new matching service for those who are homosexual by March 31, 2009. By starting CompatiblePartners.net, a new site for those who would like to pursue a same-sex relationship, eHarmony has avoided being found in violation of New Jersey's Law Against Discrimination (LAD).
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TiVo offers on-screen pizza ordering
TiVo, the pioneer of digital recording service and smart-guide searching now becomes a pioneer in the advertising market by announcinig on Monday a new free service to all subscribers with an active TiVo account: ordering Domino's pizza through your TV. How does this work? Basically when a Domino's ad runs, the user will be given the "I want it" option which will then prompt you to manually enter a delivery address; or for the more technologically endued, you can setup a Dominos.com account and link it to your TiVo box. Sadly, TiVo said that you will still have to pay cash at the door.
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Facebook to charge developers for verifying applications
Developers of applications for Facebook's social networking platform were left upset on Monday, when Facebook unveiled an optional verification service for developers. The new verification process aims to improve the quality and trustworthiness of applications on Facebook by reviewing submitted applications for their transparency and trustworthiness as well as how useful they are. However, developers looking to have their application verified will have to pay $375 per application submitted, although the fee is reduced to $175 for students and non-profit organisations. If the application is verified, the verification will last just one year, requiring that the developer re-submits their application to the process, and pays the fee, on an annual basis.
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Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6) due Q1 2009
Apple's Director of Engineering of Unix Technologies, Jordan Hubbard, spoke at Large Installation System Administration Conference (LISA) '08 last week. LISA, co-sponsored by USENIX and Sage, generally runs six days: six days of full-day and half-day tutorial training sessions, three days of technical sessions, and two-day vendor exhibitions. LISA is targeted at engineers and system administrators and is a very in depth technical conference. At this years conference, Hubbard held a talk about the evolution of Mac OS X from large servers to embedded platforms. You can find the presentation slides here.
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Let WALL-E be your tour guide to the universe
Microsoft Research and the Disney-owned Pixar are offering you a virtual tour of the universe. Your tour guide? WALL-E, the animated robot from Pixar's latest film. You'll need the WorldWide Telescope (WWT), a Virtual Earth for the sky and beyond, if you want to download and use the WALL-E tour. Since WALL-E doesn't have its own voice, Academy-Award-winning director Andrew Stanton narrates the tour. Curtis Wong, manager of Microsoft's Next Media Research Group, explained why Microsoft went with WALL-E: "WorldWide Telescope is about making science fun for everyone. By working with Disney/Pixar, we're enabling kids and families to discover the magic of the universe for themselves in an even more engaging way.
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Behind the scenes: Microsoft's preparation for Keynotes
Microsoft put a huge amount of effort into PDC 2008 to ensure it showcased Windows 7 and touch computing at its best. Now that it's all over we all know about Windows 7, touch computing and where Microsoft is heading. What we didn't see at PDC was how things are prepared for behind the scenes. Sinofsky was likely sipping coffee and using Windows 7 skipping ropes to prepare himself, whilst others were grafting extremely hard. James Senior, Live Services Evangelist, working at Microsoft UK, has posted an internal time-lapse video of the keynote hall, at the Los Angeles Convention Center, being converted from nothing into the keynote hall and then broken down again.
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Zune 3.1 released, Zune now cheaper than iPod
Microsoft has released firmware version 3.1 for all models of their Zune MP3 players. The 3.1 update adds three new games: Checkers, Sudoku and Space Battle. A new multi player mode for the existing Texas Hold 'Em card game has also been added. The multi player mode uses the Zune's Wi-Fi, letting players connect to each others Zunes. The new Checkers game also supports multi player. The Zune Social online community was refreshed with a little UI visual action and a new feature called "like minded listeners," was added. The feature allows you to see the Zune cards of those with compatible music tastes.
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Kodak Lawsuit Aims at Phones With Cameras
Eastman Kodak Co., a 128-year-old photography company, filed a U.S. trade complaint against Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics seeking to ban imports of mobile phones that have digital cameras. Kodak, based in Rochester, N.Y., filed the complaint Monday with the U.S. International Trade Commission. Kodak also filed two patent-infringement lawsuits against the companies in federal court in Rochester, seeking cash and an order that would stop use of its patented inventions. Kodak said it's had a "series of communications" with Samsung and LG beginning in 2004, according to the lawsuit. The patents relate to ways to capture, compress and store digital images, and a way to preview motion images, Kodak said.
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Microsoft plans to divorce viruses for free!
Ever heard of "Morro"? Neither had I until today. It appears the boys and girls at Microsoft have been planning a nice surprise for consumers. Focused on "core anti-malware protection", Morro is a streamlined solution expected in the second half of 2009 that will offer comprehensive protection from malware, including viruses, spyware, root kits and trojans. Built on Microsoft's "award-winning malware protection engine", Morro will definitely create a storm with it's price tag, and hopefully will deliver. In light of this announcement, Microsoft have also announced that subscriptions to it's Windows Live OneCare subscription will be discontinued to new users effective June 30th 2009.
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Google make Time-Life archive public
Today Google and Time Warner announced that they will be releasing millions of images from the Time-Life archive to the public. For many years most of the images have never been seen by Time-Life themselves let alone the public but Google have offered to host at least 97% of the images for anyone to view and download. The images themselves have their own page but they will also be put into the default image searches so you can find them easier when searching for a specific term.
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