Twitter Global Visitors Cross Digg, LinkedIn, NYTimesMay 21st, 2009 Twitter's shooting up at a reckless pace as if it's got a nitro boost. Figures released by comScore reveals that Twitter's global unique visitor this April had touched 32 million, gaining 13 million visitors since March 2009. Twitter flaunts 17 million unique visitors in U.S alone.
Rupert Murdoch Buys Blog Hosting Site MySpaceJuly 19th, 2005 News Corp is bolstering its newly-formed internet unit by spending $580 million on Intermix - the company behind free blog hosting provider myspace.com. Intermix owns and runs about 40 websites but currently the best performer is myspace.com.
WordPress 2.5 Due in 22 Years!March 27th, 2008 WordPress Trac says: Milestone 2.5 Due in 22 years (04/01/30). Read on for more details.
16 Qubit Quantum Computer to Debut on Feb 13th; 20 Years Ahead of ScheduleFebruary 10th, 2007 Twenty years before most scientists expected it, DWave has announced a 16 Qubit quantum computer that promises to massively speed up computation as we know it (64, 000 operations simultaneously). DWave will debut at two locations, one at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California on February 13th, and the second at the Telus World of Science in Vancouver, Canada on February 15th.
Google Plans To Axe 300 DoubleClick Staff in USA Following Acquisition; Freezes HiringApril 4th, 2008 The "do no evil" mantra of Google is slowly fading into oblivion as Google, like any other large corporation, plans to axe 300 jobs from newly acquired DoubleClick Inc. This is the first time that Google has made significant job cuts.
Software exports from Kerala grows 43 percentMarch 27th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - While India's overall software exports have slowed down on account of the global slowdown, those from Kerala grew 43.41 percent till February-end, fetching a revenue of Rs.2,300 crore. 'While the STPI (Software Technology Parks India) figures for the country show a growth of 17.62 percent till February-end this fiscal, software exports from Kerala have grown at 43.41 percent,' said an IT department official who did not wish to be identified.
MindTree net profit 48 percent down on huge forex lossJanuary 18th, 2009 BANGALORE - Hit by a massive forex loss due to a weakening rupee, global IT services firm MindTree Ltd. Monday reported a lower consolidated net profit of Rs.103 million (Rs.10.3 crore) for the third quarter (October-December) of this fiscal (2008-09), posting a negative growth of 48 percent year-on-year.
MTNL to launch 3G services in Mumbai in FebruaryJanuary 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - State-run telecom operator Mahanagar Telephone Nigam (MTNL) Friday said it will launch its third generation (3G) mobile services in Mumbai next month. 'We will launch 3G services in Mumbai in the first week of February,' MTNL chairman and managing director R.S.P.
Falling Microsoft Internet Explorer Market Share 2002-2007December 7th, 2007 Microsoft was the sole leading browser (all versions combined) in 2002-2003 with over 85% of market share. The earlier leader Netscape had by then sunk into oblivion.
30 Day Goal For Regular ExercisesJuly 29th, 2007 Inspired by Steve Pavlina's article, I have decided to take a 30 day program to exercise every day for at least an hour from August 2007. While it may sound simple, even obvious to many, it isn't so simple for someone with 110 Kg (kilogram), not to mention my work schedule which keeps me busy for 15-16 hours daily.
$100 Linux Laptop To Debut With 500 Thai Children (1 Million in Thailand Only by 2007)August 18th, 2006 The ambitious One Laptop Per Child program, which began at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab, to provide low-cost laptop computers to poor children around the world is about to take a big step forward. More than 500 children in Thailand are expected to receive the machines in October and November for quality testing and debugging.
Yahoo to Close Geocities and Bunch of Other Services, Lay off 700April 24th, 2009 Yahoo to close GeoCities, other services in revamp
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5 Things You Would See in Simple Thoughts Blog in 2007January 7th, 2007 1. More regular posting Sometimes I have posted too many and sometimes none. I aim to post more regularly in 2007
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Stats: Over 55.5 Million Pages Powered By WordPress...September 24th, 2007 A simple google search reveals over 55.5 million pages are generated using WordPress today. The WordPress search volume shows a healthy increase over time as can be seen from the graph.
Is SplogSplot (Splog Detection Site) Dead?... I Hope NotJanuary 19th, 2008 SplogSpot is service that keeps track of spam blogs or Splogs. The splogspot spam database can be queried by using the SplogSpot API.