News: Reads from WWW
Tuesday, 19 Oct 2010
Facebook Apps Leaking User Names to Advertisers
Facebook has another crisis on its hands - the Wall Street Journal has just uncovered how certain popular apps such as Farmville are leaking user names to advertisers and internet tracking companies.
Apple Shares Fall Despite Higher than Expected Profits
Despite announcing revenues and profits that were above expectations, Apple's share price fell 7% in after-hours trading
Monday, 18 Oct 2010
Angry Bird on Android Free, Hits 1 Million Download Mark
Angry Birds is finally available on Google Android, and if that isn't enough, here's some better news - it's free on the Google Android Market.
ATI Has Shipped 25 Million DirectX 11 GPUs
According to AMD, over 25 million DirectX 11 GPUs have been shipped since it September last year.
Friday, 15 Oct 2010
Bing Befriends Facebook
Microsoft Bing's search results will now include data pulled from Facebook. No release date has been given for the product outside the US.
Google Returns to Form with 32% Increase in 3Q Profit
Google has announced excellent third quarter results with a 32% increase in profit. Share prices were boosted by 9% after the announcement.
Thursday, 14 Oct 2010
Windows Phone 7 Devices will Work with Macs
Microsoft will release a tool for syncing Windows Phone 7 with Macs, according to a company statement. That could allow Microsoft to make a play for Apple fans.
Wednesday, 13 Oct 2010
10 Things You Didn't Know About The Empire Strikes Back
The Making of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, a book by J.W. Rinzler, is now available on Amazon. Wired.com has a review and a neat list of 10 things you probably didn't know about The Empire Strikes Back.
Intel Q3 Revenue Hits Record US$11 Billion
Intel's 3rd quarter revenues have reached a new record high of US$11 billion despite prior warnings that they would fall below expectations.
AMD Radeon HD 6000 Benchmarks Leaked
If rumors are true then AMD's latest Radeon graphics cards will launch any time this week. Ahead of the launch, however, benchmarks of AMD's latest have been leaked and they are interesting, to say the least.