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Google Brings History Online

Around the globe, it is estimated that there are billions of news pages containing every story ever written. And Google's goal to help readers find all of them, from the smallest local weekly paper, up to the largest national daily.

The problem is that most of these newspapers are not available online. Google wants to change that.

Today, Google is launching an initiative to make more old newspapers accessible and searchable online by partnering with newspaper publishers to digitize millions of pages of news archives.

September 10, 2008 Tania Antonova

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Adobe

Adobe Opens eBook Distribution With New Server Technology

Adobe announced a new server software solution that allows the secure download of eBooks for Adobe Digital Editions, Adobe’s free client software for purchasing, managing and reading eBooks.

“We know digital book customers want a broad selection of content, a choice of reading platforms and devices and the option to get their eBook from their favorite retailer, local public library or directly from the publisher,” said Paul Weiskopf, senior vice president, Corporate Development at Adobe. “Adobe Content Server 4 enables the publishing industry to meet all these needs for eBook customers while, at the same time, protecting valuable copyrights.”

September 9, 2008 Tania Antonova

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Adobe

Adobe AIR Application Installations Surpass 25 Million

Adobe reported that there have been more than 25 million installations of applications deployed on Adobe AIR in the first six months since its release. Numerous Fortune 500 companies, in addition to start-ups across a variety of industries, have deployed hundreds of AIR applications to engage with customers, partners, and employees in new and compelling ways.

September 9, 2008 Tania Antonova

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General

ZoooS Previews “OpenOffice.org 3.0 in a Browser”

ZoooS LLC today previewed ZoooS Office, a web-based office suite that puts OpenOffice.org 3.0 in a browser, targeting enterprise, SMB, and individual users alike with a blend of software-as-a-service (SaaS) and desktop advantages. ZoooS Office offers the anywhere, any device access, collaboration, and zero-maintenance benefits of SaaS combined with the security, offline support, look and feel, and application performance of a desktop suite.

ZoooS is leading the way to a whole new generation of applications that offer full-blown desktop functionality in a web browser. And combined with green computing, BIOS-based browsers, and other eco-friendly industry trends, ZoooS Office plays a role in a computing model that promises to benefit not only individuals and organizations, but the environment as a whole.

September 9, 2008 Tania Antonova

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Google

Google, The Worlds Most Powerful Ten Year Old

Just 10 years ago Google consisted of two college guys, Sergey Brin and Larry Page in a dorm room trying to download the whole world wide web. They didn't have more than their ingenuity, four computers and an investor's $100,000 bet on their belief that an Internet search engine could change the world.

September 9, 2008 Tania Antonova

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General

3D Photo Bundle Released

3D Photo Wall transforms your images into a 3D experience that will stun your users. Create an interactive moving 3D Photo Wall directly in Dreamweaver. Dazzle your viewers with 3D photo navigation using 3D ImageFlow Gallery. Create an amazing gallery with cool perspective effects in seconds and give your photos stunning 3d and camera effects.

Edit your images directly in Dreamweaver. Interact with other components like the Flash MP3 Player, Advanced Layer Popup or Spry elements and effects to glue everything together.

Upgrade to the 3D Photo Bundle for as low as €85 or get it from scratch for just €169 until September 10th.

Get it now

September 3, 2008 Frank Beverdam

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Google

Google Chrome, Google’s Browser Project

An open source browser called Google Chrome will be making an appearance soon. Google Chrome is said to:

September 2, 2008 Tania Antonova

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Microsoft

Microsoft to Pay $486 Million for Greenfield

Microsoft on Friday said it will buy Web-based survey company Greenfield Online for about $486 million in cash in a move that will bolster its search and e-commerce services in Europe.

September 1, 2008 Tania Antonova

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Microsoft

The F# September 2008 CTP is now available!

The release represents an important step in the evolution of the F# language as its progress towards a fully supported language for the .NET platform.

F# is a simple, type-safe, efficient, scalable language for the .NET platform that supports both functional and object-oriented programming.

September 1, 2008 Kiril Iliev

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General

Which is faster? Flash or Silverlight?

It depends. Flash/Flex is faster when it comes to graphic rendering, but Silverlight is faster when it comes to pure computation speed. Here is why:

September 1, 2008 Tania Antonova

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