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Microsoft Office 2010 Build 4417 Beta 1 leaked screenshots

Posted by Uzair Sajid on August 30, 2009.

Update: Office 2010 Beta build 14.0.4536.1000 has been released for public download....

New Bing Cashback Ad is cool and simple

Posted by Uzair Sajid on August 30, 2009.

Just ran into this new Bing Cashback Ad via TechCrunch (yeah they actually posted something pro-Microsoft). Anyways the ad is cool and happens to be the first ever to only focus on Cashback. Cashback was shown in a couple of more ads like the original Bing launch ad (embedded below)....

Nokia Officially Announces N900 with Video

Posted by Uzair Sajid on August 27, 2009.

The cat is finally out of the Bag. Nokia have finally unveiled the N900 Smartphone running Maemo 5. In terms of Hardware, it stacks right up with the iPhone 3GS and the Palm Pre with an ARM A8 600MHz processor and 1GB of virtual memory. Read on for more juicy specs and video....

XBOX 360 Elite now Officially at $299

Posted by Uzair Sajid on August 27, 2009.

Microsoft have made it official now: The Xbox 360 Elite would now retail for $299 (down from $399) starting August 28, while the Xbox 360 Pro would be phased out with a price cut to $249. While rumors were already strong that a price cut would happen this August, an official announcement really helps settling things up...

Firefox Multitouch on Windows 7 video demo

Posted by Uzair Sajid on August 26, 2009.

Firefox may not have been quick enough to adapt the Jumplists feature in Windows 7 like Google Chrome, but there’s one piece of functionality the development team is really interested in – Windows 7 Multitouch....

The Pirate Bay and Open BitTorrent Taken Down

Posted by Uzair Sajid on August 25, 2009.

It seems like the world of P2P file sharing has come to a standstill as Swedish authorities have taken down its life source – The Pirate Bay and (surprisingly) its sworn successor – Open BitTorrent....

Nokia Booklet 3G Netbook on Video

Posted by Uzair Sajid on August 24, 2009.

Apple might not be interested in releasing a Netbook right now, but looks like one of its competitors decided to jump markets and enter the game – and that too with its unique style....

Google Chrome jumps to Version 4 gets Bookmark Sync with the cloud

Posted by Uzair Sajid on August 18, 2009.

According to my knowledge, a major version change occurs when there are major changes or additions to a software. But the Chromium project seems to disagree as they just jumped to version 4.0.201.1 and the only additions they have from version 3.0.197.11 is Bookmarks Syncing to your Google Docs....

Backup the entire Pirate Bay on your Hard Drive

Posted by Uzair Sajid on August 17, 2009.

Yeah you read this right – you can actually backup the entire Pirate Bay on your own hard drive. In fact you can even start you’re own site, powered by the OpenBitTorrent trackers. All you need is a server to host the database and you’re all set....