Technology

    Facebook Alert: Scrabble, Scrabulous in court

    Hasbro, which owns the right to the game Scrabble, has filed lawsuit against the creators of application Scrabulous which is hugely popular on Facebook. The suit was brought against Rajat Agarwalla and Jayant Agarwall and their company for infringement of intellectual property by coping Scrabble’s rules, format and name.


    Microsoft reorganizes its online services

    New York, July 24 : Microsoft Corp. was to reorganize its online services to try to increase focus on its Internet business as the head of its online division was set to leave the company, The Wall Street Journal said Thursday.

Google eyes on Digg

Jul 23rd, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Biz-Tech, Technology

Internet search giant Google have reportedly offered $200m for the world second largest social bookmarking website digg.com. The influential news site TechChurch reported today that the management of Google and Digg are very close to make a deal  in a couple of weeks.



Newton’s invention may lead to greener TV screens

Jul 23rd, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Technology

Washington, July 23 (IANS) Engineers in the US have developed TV displays based on a telescope design invented by Isaac Newton to reduce the display’s electricity consumption.



Toy rocket inspires variable-speed bullets

Jul 23rd, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Technology

Chicago, July 23 (IANS) A US company is developing a gun that can fire bullets with variable speed and can be set to kill, wound or just cause a bruise.



TiVO deals Amazon for DVR’s on-screen purchases.

Jul 22nd, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Biz-Tech, Technology

TiVo, Digital Video Recorder Company, is now teaming up with Amazon for feature which will allow TV viewers to make purchases of product displayed during the show or in commercial. The feature will be called “product purchase”.



iPod,Mac boost Apple’s earnings

Jul 21st, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Biz-Tech, Business, Technology

Apple earning increased 31 percent in third-quarter beating analyst expectation. However, their stock price came down as Apple announced less optimism for current quarter.



Facebook filed suit against StudiVZ

Jul 21st, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Biz-Tech, Technology

Facebook filed lawsuit against German social networking site Studiviz last Fridays. In the lawsuit, Facebook claims that StudiVZ copied its look and feel and is seeking damages.



Pwnage Tool 2.0 released for iPhone 3G

Jul 20th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Biz-Tech, Technology

An unorganized group which call itself “iPhone Dev Team” have released the second version of Pwnage Tool (jailbreak) for iPhone 3G.



Yahoo’s U.S search share increased

Jul 20th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Biz-Tech, Business, Technology

The world largest web portal Yahoo increased its share of U.S. Internet search traffic last month despite being in news for possible Microsoft take over, according to figures released by Comscore.