Kazza To Pay USD100million

kazaa logoLike all P2P programs, Kazaa network has its days numbered. Recent reports said that Kazaa’s owners will pay $100 million to EMI, Warner Bros Music, Sony BMG and Universal Music, with the added commitment to switch to a legal framework within the given amount of time.

The announcement marks the end of an era for Kazaa. Once the world’s most used P2P application, but worries over spyware and viruses increasingly put individuals off the software.

I once was a Kazaa user too, but was put off by not using it due to the spyware bundle together with the programs. Now, I’m glad to say that I’ve got legit with iTunes. We cannot stop P2P networking, ever! Someone else will pop up in Kazaa’s place and then the anti-piracy groups will have to spend even more time and money just to flood those networks with fake files.

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July 28, 2006 | Filed Under Uncategorized

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Google Fighting Back With Google Talk

With a market share of 1%, Google Talk is the way behind bigger IM company like Yahoo, MSN and AOL. With the recent interoperability between Yahoo and MSN, it’s ironic that others thinks that Yahoo and MSN as the future IM, while gtalk is the only one in the field built off of jabber, the only real open standard for distributed chat messaging. It interoperates with anything that’ll speak the same protocol. Which means its an open source IM, which is why Yahoo and MSN agree to allow both their IM client to talk to each other, knowing that Google Talk is a bigger threat.

Google Talk

Some of the latest features are:
- File Transfers
With this top requested new feature, you can send unlimited files and folders to your friends through Google Talk. There is no restriction on the file type or size and the peer-to-peer transfer is fast and reliable.

- Voicemail
If a friend isn’t around to answer your call, now you can leave a voicemail. You can even leave voicemail messages for your friends who don’t use Google Talk–they’ll receive an email with the message attached as an audio file.

- Music Status
Listening to music while on Google Talk? Now you can let your friends see what you’re listening to by selecting “Show current music track” in your status menu. Your status message will change when your song does!

Google Talk

Oh, They say talk is cheap. Google thinks it should be free. Google Talk enables you to call or send instant messages to your friends for free–anytime, anywhere in the world and if you’re a blackberry user, you’ll be thrill that Gtalk works with Blackberry. You can chat with friends while on the go.

We believe that you should have a choice in how you communicate with your friends, that you shouldn’t have to use one service because that’s where you keep your contacts and other information. We launched free auto-forwarding and POP access for Gmail so our users could take their messages with them and use any service they want, and we’re committed to upholding this idea of user choice for Google Talk as well. Today, with instant communications, you can’t talk to your contacts or buddies in one service while using another service. We hope to change that.

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July 28, 2006 | Filed Under Sci and Tech

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Burning Dell Laptop

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Burning laptop? What happen to Dell? They used to be one of the top computer manufacture company when it comes to service and quality. I guess its time for Lenovo to strike when the iron is hot.

One of our IT guys put out the flames (yes, I said flames) and thusly covered the entire area with fire extinguisher ‘material’. The battery burned its way straight through the laptop creating the beautiful hole with which is so beautifully depicted in the picture. The fire department showed up. The police department showed up.

Source: Toms Hardware

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July 28, 2006 | Filed Under Sci and Tech

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Oddest iPod Accessories

When the world goes crazy over ipod, they really mean it. Apple’s digital music player couldn’t get more weird than this, some of the addons are really good for example bose ipod hifi, and not to mention those that are a waste of money. Take a deep breath and ask yourself how weird can this be? and how long could a person spend shitting in a toilet? This toilet ipod has a water proof speaker and no, toilet tissue not included when you purchase this product.

toilet ipod

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July 27, 2006 | Filed Under Gadgets

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Google 1998 Time Machine

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Google at Stanford back in late 1998, found via Google Blogoscoped. I never like the colourfull, candy like logo of Google but the 1998 version is by far the worst I’ve seen. Google need a corporate colour, its time for a change. agree? Browse to Google Blogoscoped for a historical timeline of the logos.

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July 27, 2006 | Filed Under Uncategorized

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