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Gmail New Look

// November 21st, 2008 // No Comments » // Latest tech News from the planet earth

Hello Gmailers

Its a new day for gmail users all over the world. (more…)

oDesk is down for maintenance

// September 11th, 2008 // No Comments » // Latest tech News from the planet earth, News

Just though about checking Odesk and its down for 45 mins.

oDesk down for maintenance

We expect our normal weekly maintenance window to be a little longer than normal to accommodate some additional database maintenance tasks. oDesk.com will be down from approximately 1:15AM GMT to 1:45AM GMT on Thursday, September 11th. (more…)

Google takes aim at Microsoft with new Web browser yeah Kool!

// September 2nd, 2008 // No Comments » // Latest tech News from the planet earth, Microsoft

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google Inc. is releasing its own Web browser in a long-anticipated move aimed at countering the dominance of Microsoft Corp.’s Internet Explorer and ensuring easy access to its market-leading search engine.

The Mountain View-based company took the unusual step of announcing its latest product on the Labor Day holiday after it prematurely sent out a comic book drawn up to herald the new browser’s arrival. (more…)

Russia’s SUP Acquires livejournal Blogging Service

// December 3rd, 2007 // No Comments » // Blogging, Blogging Engines, General, Latest tech News from the planet earth, Livejournal, News, Web Development

According to the news  resource, “The hosted blogging service, which has 14 million users worldwide, was purchased from San Francisco’s Six Apart.”

One-year-old Russian online media company SUP on Monday announced that it has acquired LiveJournal — a hosted blogging service that counts millions of users in the U.S. and around the world. SUP bought the service from Six Apart, a San Francisco-based startup that began offering LiveJournal in 2005 after acquiring its developer, Danga Interactive.

Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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