http://techdiscovery.net Drive Tomorrows Technology, Today! Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:29:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The new version of Opera is enriched with many features; an improved user interface design, customizable speed dial, web integration, Opera Turbo, built-in spell-checker and many more; you can find them at the Opera page. One of the notable features that is loved by most net users is Opera Turbo. It ... http://techdiscovery.net/opera-10-beta-flashed-with-new-features Particle a new start up shop which produce several tiny applications, has released a brand new and massively tiny application called Robo.to. The application did not look too convincing or to be taken too seriously initially, but as more research was put into the it, the GIF-esque Flash avatar which was ... http://techdiscovery.net/robo-to-the-new-little-software-in-the-internet-ocean On Monday, 20/08/2009, Toshiba, one of the world's leading vendors of consumer electronics and the creator of the HD DVD optical disc format unveiled its plan to release its own Blu-ray Disc player before the end of the year 2009. A recent report from the Digital Entertainment Group, indicates that Blu-ray ... http://techdiscovery.net/toshiba-enters-the-blu-ray-market Cyber attacks are growing vigorously in the internet world. Recently hackers attacked a popular social networking site, Twitter ,where users can post 140 character messages to their friends, resulting in the shutdown of Twitter for two hours on Thursday (06/08/2009) morning and caused glitches in world’s popular social networking site ... http://techdiscovery.net/cyber-attacks-knockdown-social-media-websites-on-thursday Tweetblocker is a free tool that comes from Hashrocket Labs as a boon for Twitter users and application developers, to block spammers from their Twitter account. It uses highly advanced filtering technique to catalog and rank the top spammers on Twitter, thereby allowing users to quickly and easily find spammers. All ... http://techdiscovery.net/tweetblocker-to-block-spammers-from-the-twitter-account eBay revealed its plan of developing an alternative backend for Skype in its 10-Q regulatory filing on July 30, 2009. Skype uses Joltid’s software to make its P2P connections on the backend. Recently, Joltid’s creators Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom turned against Skype and told that Skype can’t use, possess ... http://techdiscovery.net/skype-under-threat-of-using-its-p2p-connection Gliffy is an online diagramming tool that helps users create and share flowcharts, network diagrams, floor plans, user interface designs and other drawings online without installing any additional software. Gliffy has released the API using which bloggers on the Wordpress can easily add diagrams and flowcharts to their posts, and ... http://techdiscovery.net/gliffy-a-web-based-replacement-for-ms-viscio After a struggle for 18-months, Microsoft has finally persuaded Yahoo to surrender its search engine Yahoo search to Microsoft search engine Bing. As per the 10-year deal, Microsoft's technology will power Yahoo's search results, while Yahoo will handle ad-selling duties for both companies' search sites. "I am very enthusiastic," Steve Ballmer, ... http://techdiscovery.net/10-year-internet-search-partnership-deal-between-yahoo-and-microsoft Globalfoundries is a California-based joint venture of microprocessor manufacturer AMD and financial investor ATIC (an investment company wholly owned by the government of Abu Dhabi). STMicroelectronics has become first true outside customer of Globalfoundries. Today, an official contract is signed by the two companies, to make low-power chips using a 40-nanometer ... http://techdiscovery.net/stmicroelectronics-partners-with-globalfoundries Adobe Flash Player which delivers high-impact, rich Web content, has attracted millions of internet users towards it by offering a rich web experience. In the starting of July, it is found that the security flaws in Adobe have paved way for hackers to get access to user’s computer easily. They ... http://techdiscovery.net/hackers-exploit-vulnerability-in-adobes-ubiquitous-flash-video-player