by admin at Friday, September 26, 2008 in Yahoo
Tags:  APT, newspapers, Online, Technology, Yahoo

Today is a welcome good news day for stressed Yahoo boss Jerry Wang, as he is going to launch the new APT advertising platform of the search engine.

This web-based system has been developed to make the process of buying, selling, displaying online ads simple. It has also got two of Silicon Valley newspapers on board including San Jose Mercury News and San Francisco Chronicle.

There is no word about Yahoo’s controversial advertising deal with Google in which Google ads will appear beside Yahoo!’ s search results with the help of new technology unveiled by the Mad Men star Jon Hamm. Click here to read more »

by admin at Tuesday, June 17, 2008 in Science and Space, Technology
Tags:  Future Aircrafts would be self-healing, Technology

To point out damage like a bruise, epoxy system is used in the new technology
Inspired by the self-healing capabilities of animals and plants a new technology may make it possible for the plans to point out even the most diminutive holes to mechanics upon landing besides allowing the damaged planes to heal them while on the fly. If this technique becomes successful, in the future wind turbines, aircrafts and even spaceships may posses fixed circulatory systems with a thick synthetic paste that will enter into these holes and cracks and then under ultraviolet light it will incandesce to point out the damages like a bruise.

Plastic-based composites that are also known as fiber-reinforced polymers will be used as a particular help for the system. These polymers are getting quite popular among aircraft, wind-turbine and automotive manufacturers who use this material as protective layers of skin.

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by admin at Thursday, February 21, 2008 in Microsoft, Yahoo
Tags:  Internet, Microsoft, search engines, Technology, Yahoo

As of late, the biggest news in the tech and internet industries is the possible takeover of Yahoo by Microsoft. While it is obvious that Microsoft is all for this deal, it is safe to say that Yahoo is trying to avoid it at all costs. Not only did they turn down Microsoft’s first offer, but company officials have not led on that they are thinking of changing their mind.

While both companies are sure to be effected if this deal goes down, there are two other groups that are sure to see some changes as well. They include those who own stock in either company, as well as those who use Yahoo and/or Microsoft web based services. With that being said, are you for or against a Microsoft takeover?

It seems that there is a split decision on this matter. If you own Yahoo stock, you are well aware that it has been under performing as of late. Many feel that a takeover by Microsoft will help to steady the ship, and in turn increase the overall performance of the stock. Is this a guarantee? Of course not. But it is definitely something that could happen if a deal takes place.

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by admin at Friday, November 09, 2007 in Electronics, Technology
Tags:  Electronics, Entertainment, Technology

Once again, military technology does it. What it was initially supposed to be was a way to protect soldiers from chemical attacks, and now ways have been found to apply it to our everyday lives. In this technologically advanced era, portable electronics that store our important data is being used at increasing rates in increasing amounts, and protecting these tools is becoming more important.

These small items proved difficult to protect before this technology came about as they had to remain small and the traditional bulky waterproofing methods was simply not viable. This new technology, known as ion-mask, creates a protective layer over virtually any material that is just nanometres thick and it works even with the intricate parts of the electronics that are the circuit boards and processors without causing any damage. This form of protection is achieved via the means of an ionised gas, or “plasma”.

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by admin at Monday, October 29, 2007 in Internet, Technology
Tags:  ICANN, Internet, Technology, web trends

The technical foundation of the internet was laid the foundation stone by Vint Cerf during the early 1970s. He has drawn the entire attention to one of the principal agencies building development with going across various difficult tasks.

After sowing seeds for streamline operations and giving off the international rebellion Cerf is getting down from the post, Chairman of the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers which is to take place this week.

He concluded by saying with his humorous attitude that “My sentence is up”. He has struggled a long way in building up the organization as it is today. He also thanked those who lend out a helping hand during the battles to come across with a stable and powerful organization.

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by admin at Sunday, October 28, 2007 in Music, Technology
Tags:  appple, iPod, mobile phone, Technology

Customer response to the Apple’s iPhone is so strong, there are a lot of predatory re-sellers taking advantage of the opportunity already. The company was quick to note this and they immediately imposed a ban on all purchases using cash. They are relying on using credit cards as a way to screen those who are looking out to re-sell the gadgets for a quick and nice profit. Hopefully it will stem the number of those who are preying on late buyers this coming holiday. The sales projections are seriously strong on this prospect that the company is estimating a major number of those who initially purchased the innovative gadget were actually intending to re-sell the products.

The company is trying to provide everyone an equal opportunity by limiting the amount of phone purchase for every person to about two only as compared to the previous limit of five units per person. The move might be too late though as there are about more than a million units already sold since its launch from June. Only time will tell how much has been accumulated by unscrupulous re-sellers.

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by admin at Sunday, October 28, 2007 in Arts, Technology
Tags:  Arts, camera, drawing, images, Technology

The long time problem that the curators of the world famous “Last Supper” by Leonardo the Vinci faced might be probably reduced significantly thanks to modern technology. The curators noted that they can now significantly reduce the number of visitors to the internationally acclaimed work of art because of the high degree resolution digital form of the painting they have created. To be exact, the range of the pixels used was in the level of 16 billion as compared to the usual high grade 10 million pixel digital cameras. In simple layman’s terms, you can now view the image from any desktop connected to the internet to a degree that it looks like you were there a few inches away from the surface of the painting itself.

As an added convenience, experts can analyze further Leonardo’s work without having to worry about the dust and pollutant they might bring to the artwork’s surface if they are to study it for very long periods of time. Things like the traces of the drawing before the original image was put down can now be viewed like never before.

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by admin at Thursday, October 25, 2007 in Google, Microsoft, Technology
Tags:  Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Tech, Technology

Microsoft has recently purchased 1.6 % stake in Facebook for $240 Million. A surprising fact here is that Facebook, about 3 ½ years old, doesn’t have annual revenues of even $200 Million.

This is believed to be Microsoft’s response to Google’s recent major acquisitions of YouTube and DoubleClick Inc. However, it turns out that the other side of the coin has a lot to do with Microsoft internet advertising plans. Also, this investment by Microsoft just goes to say that social networking – dating, friendship, photo sharing, etc. is valuable and is here to stay.

It’s amazing to note that Facebook, which started in a dorm room in Harvard University, has been valued at $15 Billion, thanks to Microsoft. One more important thing to note here is that Facebook is the second largest social networking website, after MySpace, which was acquired by News Corp. a couple of years ago, for $580 Million.

Microsoft is relying on Facebook’s reach and popularity, which it believes can help them sell more ads online, something Google is better than them at. In June 2007, online advertising revenues of Microsoft stood at $1.84 billion, an annual rise of 21 percent. During the same fiscal year, Google’s online advertising revenues rose to $13.3 Billion, a good 64 percent rise.

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