End to Google Buzz, Code Search, and More announced
Digital News Report – Google periodically ends features and tools available from the company. This round of cuts are for the Code Search, Google Buzz, Jaiku, iGoogle’s social feature and University Research Program using Google Search.
The Google Code Search and the API will be shut down on January 15, 2012. This tool was [...]
Milpitas Upgrades Their Free WiFi Service
MILPITAS Calif. (DNR) – The city of Milpitas has begun to upgrade their free WiFi Internet service. City officials say the current system has “begun to strain” under the increased load.
Last month Milpitas began to upgrade their fiber-optic cabling. They divided the city into 80 neighborhood clusters with four fiber connected [...]
First Single Molecule Electric Motor Created
Digital News Report – Researchers say they have created the first one-molecule electric motor.
Measuring just one nanometer wide, the new device shatters the world record of 200 nanometers. Compare that to the thickness of a human hair which measures a whopping 60,000 nanometers.
The team leader, Charles Sykes, says there have [...]
Best Buy Labor Day Sale 2011- Electronic Deals and Major Appliance Discounts this Weekend
Digital News Report – Best Buy launched their 4-day Labor Day sale that is going on this weekend. The sale begins on Friday, September 2, 2011 and last until Monday, September 5, 2011. The sale includes laptops, HDTV, tablets, digital cameras, DVD players and recorders, and much more.
Major Home Appliances on Sale
Best Buy [...]
Lenovo Laptops and Desktop PC Computers on sale this Labor Day weekend
Digital News Report- Lenovo is having a laptop and tablet sale with discounts up to 40 percent off. The Lenovo Thinkpad sale will end on September 5, 2011 with 10 percent off. The other electronics and computers are on sale until September 7, 2011 with discounts of up to 40 percent off of [...]
Best Buy offering $100 Gift Card with Acer Iconia Tablet Purchase
Digital News Report – Best Buy announced that they will be giving a $100 Best Buy Gift Card with the purchase of a 16 GB Acer Iconia tablet starting on August 14, 2011. The last day to get the free gift card is on Saturday August 20, 2011.
The Acer Iconia is a [...]
Copyright Alert System – What will it do for Internet Users
Digital News Report – The major Internet Service Providers (ISPs) will be working with the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) with the new “Copyright Alert System.” This system is going to be implemented with the major Internet providers such as Verizon, AT&T, Comcast Corp., Time Warner [...]
Apple App Store reaches 15 Billion Downloads
Digital News Report – Apple announced that they have reached 15 billion downloads at the App Store™. The company said there are 200 million users that have either the Apple iPhone, Apple iPad, or Apple iPod, and use the App Store.
Apple has over 425,000 apps at their store for all their devices available for [...]
NASA announces Final Launch Date for Atlantis Space Shuttle
Digital News Report – Today, NASA announced the final launch date schedule for the Atlantis Space Shuttle for July 8, 2011, at 11:26 a.m. EDT. Not only will this be the final launch of Atlantis, it will also be the last mission for NASA’s Space Shuttle program. The launch will take place at [...]
Microsoft launches Office 365 Internet Cloud Based Service
Digital News Report – Microsoft hosted several events worldwide to launch their new Microsoft Office 365 cloud service. This new monthly subscription service brings Microsoft Office, Microsoft SharePoint Online, Microsoft Exchange Online, and Microsoft Lync Online in a cloud service.
Cloud computing has the data stored on a server by the host service. In [...]