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Google Docs to get snazzier

Due Credit: Zdnet
Google Docs has been constantly undergoing changes ,and the next round of changes is definitely going to ensure a lot of happy faces.

1) Now when you share your documents from the Docs list, you have all your options in one place. You can choose your collaborators and viewers, set permissions, and see who else is already sharing the document, just by clicking the 'Share' button.

2)Another usability update is the separation of "Print Settings" and "Print". This change lets you set up your settings - then at any time after that, selecting "Print" starts printing immediately.


3)Google has also taken steps toward offering templates. Now users have the ability to apply CSS to their documents - this means users can technically make their own templates if they are ambitious enough.

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Finally....Microsoft walks out of the Yahoo deal

Due Credit: Zdnet
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer walked away from his bid for Yahoo and left numerous questions dangling.Now what next for Microsoft,and who was the real winner of this long drawn saga?Not hard to guess,but the google guys can afford to have a big smile on their faces now.

According to the Yahoo press release Jerry Yang, co-founder and chief executive officer of Yahoo told that "With the distraction of Microsoft's unsolicited proposal now behind us, we will be able to focus all of our energies on executing the most important transition in our history so that we can maximize our potential to the benefit of our shareholders, employees, partners and users."


The Microsoft press release on the other hand had Steve Ballmer saying that "After careful consideration, we believe the economics demanded by Yahoo! do not make sense for us, and it is in the best interests of Microsoft stockholders, employees and other stakeholders to withdraw our proposal,”



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Vista--Security and annoyance

Due Credit: Zdnet
A Microsoft manager has said that one of the security features in Vista was deliberately designed to "annoy users" to put pressure on third-party software makers to make their applications more secure.

According to David Cross, a product unit manager at Microsoft "The reason we put UAC into the (Vista) platform was to annoy users--I'm serious,"

Cross claimed that annoying users had been part of a Microsoft strategy to force independent software vendors (ISVs) to make their code more secure, as insecure code would trigger a prompt, discouraging users from executing the code.

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HP's new Mini-Note PC for the Education market

Due Credit: Zdnet
According to the HP press release the HP 2133 Mini-Note PC designed for the education market expected to be available later in April.The one of a kind device definitely seems to be quite compelling.

The HP Mini-Note PC starts at US$499 with the high end priced at US$749. All models use the Via C7 processor at 1.6 GHz and the US$499 model has 1 GB of memory with a 120 GB hard drive


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Microsoft's first Live Mesh Beta

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Microsoft is set to deliver more details about its mesh-syncrhonization strategy — and deliver its first Live Mesh beta to external testers by the end of April.This after the company had made some flimsy promises about its plans to create seamless social "meshes".

Microsoft is planning to make available to a private group of external testers a first beta of Live Mesh by the end of this month, according to sources claiming familiarity with Microsoft’s plans


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FaceBook adds IM and privacy features

Due Credit: Wired
FaceBook recently announced rolling out of its new privacy features that would give its users more options in enabling group access to information on their profiles. This is in addition to the limited profile access feature already present.

In addition, the site will also be adding a new chat feature that will be more reason for its users to continue to stay on the site


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iPhone SDK is out

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After much ado about it, Apple has come out with the beta of the iPhone SDK in a move that is being seen as Apple's bid to make inroads into the Enterprise.

Having been a totally consumer oriented company, the move is corporate appeasement is closely being watched and there are several announcements that are as such not much clear


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Yoggie's newer USB firewal

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Yoggie, the company that previously launched the firewall hardware device, has announced a new version of its product.

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Everex launches Cloudbook - a $399 ultramobile PC

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Everex, the maker of the $199 gPC, will be launching the $399 ultramobile PC called Cloudbook.

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One Laptop Per Child[OLPC]'s ex CTO to come out with a $75 laptop

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Mary Lou Jepsen left the OLPC project to start Pixel Qi, and she aims to bring to reality a sub-$100 laptop.

Pixel Qi, which has stated goal of leveraging a larger market for new technologies, beyond just OLPC can ensure that prices for next-generation hardware can be brought down by allowing multiple uses of the key technology advances


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