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Google Search Now Answers Your Questions

Google’s just rolled out two new features — answer highlights in search results and rich snippets for events — in the ongoing process to improve the underlying technology and functionality of its core product: Search. While the technology behind these updates is quite sophisticated, the actual purpose is simple: to actually provide answers instead of [...]

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What the ####: Google’s Nexus One Censors Your Curse Words

t appears that the Nexus One’s speech-to-text function performs the digital equivalent of washing your mouth out with soap. Reuters discovered that the innovative voice recognition feature converts swear words into a string of # symbols when rendered into text. Why the censorship? A spokesperson from Google says the “feature” is less about sanitizing users’ speech and [...]

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Website for Registering IMEI Numbers

Back in May of this year we had published a story stating that the website and retailer GeekIT had started a website that allows users to register their mobile handset’s IMEI numbers. For some strange reason though we’ve been getting a lot of traffic with readers leaving their IMEI numbers in our comments, which is [...]

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At Rs.14.7 Crore, This iPhone is World’s Costliest Mobile

A British company has unveiled the world’s most expensive mobile phone – a gold iPhone encrusted with nearly 200 diamonds that retails at a hefty 1.92 million pounds, or Rs.14.7 crore. The phone, designed by Stuart Hughes for the Liverpool-based Goldstriker International, is made from 22-carat gold. It has 136 diamonds in the front bezel and an [...]

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Nokia Unveils E72 in India

Nokia unveiled the E72, a device tailor-made for business and personal messaging, in India. The Nokia E72 comes with Nokia’s push consumer email service, Nokia Messaging and onboard clients for Mail for Exchange and IBM Lotus Notes Traveler.   The Nokia E72 will be available in the Indian market starting December 01, 2009 in 2 colors – [...]

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Mobile Phones Without IMEI Numbers Blocked

Mobile phones in India that do not have IMEI numbers have been blocked. It is being reported that that number could well be 25 million. On October 29th we had carried a report that said that mobile handsets without the unique identification number, which helps authorities track users, will face disconnections by December 1. Holding true [...]

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Hackers Spread Virus With Swine Flu Vaccine Offer

Hackers are spreading a vicious computer virus through spam email messages that urge recipients to visit a bogus website offering vaccinations to protect them against another virus – the one that causes swine flu. The email purports to be from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, directing them to what looks like an official government website [...]

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The King of Pop is the King of Google Search 2009

Bing and Yahoo have already released their lists of the most popular search terms of 2009, and now it’s time for the undisputed, heavyweight champion of search — Google, in the red trunks — to announce its rundown. In their annual Zeitgeist report, Google crowns “Michael Jackson” as the fastest rising search term, followed by “Facebook” [...]

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Google Wave Invites Giveaway

TechGuruHere Team is giving away google wave invites to his visitors. Don’t worry invites will be given to all those who are active readers of our blog. Daily around 50 invites will be give away to our readers. For getting invite please post your email ids in the comments section. We will be giving them [...]

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Woman Plans to Give Birth Live on The Internet

Having a baby may be the most awesome experiences a woman could have but having that baby live on the Internet may well be pushing the envelope a bit. A 23-year old teacher from Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, who is expecting her first child and has been documenting every tiny detail of her pregnancy now wants to [...]

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