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/ 18 December 2007
Social networking websites saw their ranks swell and values soar this year as everyone from moody teenagers and mellow music lovers to mate-seeking seniors joined online communities. Google’s freshly released <i>Zeitgeist 2007</i> reveals that seven out of the 10 hottest topics which triggered internet queries during the year involved social networking.
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/ 11 November 2007
Low-cost computers meant to usher poor children worldwide into the digital age are being mass-produced in China as United States non-profit One Laptop Per Child strives to deliver on its promise. The first of the XO laptops being built at a Quanta Computer facility in Changshu are destined for Uruguay.
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/ 18 October 2007
Spending on computer technology will top a trillion dollars this year as the industry grows increasingly vital to national economies worldwide. An analysis of 82 countries and regions found that information technology (IT) businesses are major generators of jobs, companies and tax revenues.
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/ 2 September 2007
Apple is expected to unveil revamped iPods at a special event on Wednesday in San Francisco. The internet is buzzing with speculation sparked by enigmatic Apple event invitations bearing an image of a silhouetted iPod-wearing figure dancing above the words ”The beat goes on”.
Apple’s founder and saviour Steve Jobs has revolutionised culture, up-ended the music world and set his sites unabashedly on the ”smart phone” industry. With the United States launch of iPhones on June 29, Jobs aims to transform the ”smart phone” industry in ways that iPods did to music and Macintosh computers did to lifestyles.
Computer-game makers and industry analysts agree that the Wii is trouncing rival video-game consoles due to a captivating blend of ease, fun, family, friends and affordability. Demand for Wii consoles has outpaced supply since they debuted in November last year.
MySpace is yielding to demands by American state justice officials that it expose sexual predators that may be prowling the youth-oriented social networking website. The move ends a stand-off between MySpace and top prosecutors from eight American states.
DreamWorks Studio’s soft-hearted green ogre is back in the groove as clever storytelling and rich computer-driven animation meld in Shrek the Third. The swamp-lover, his equally ogrish princess and their cohorts Donkey and Puss In Boots along with an army of fairytale villains shoot back onto screens with unprecedented realism.
In a hip swirl of pink cosmopolitan cocktails and mashed-up dance music, Silicon Valley insiders on Friday paid homage to the geeks and the glamorous reshaping culture with technology. An invitation-only crowd of about 700 people swarmed under a tented patio walled with the visages winners of this year’s Wired Magazine Rave Awards.
Hewlett-Packard (HP) on Wednesday showed off innovations it said were at the heart of a plan to become a major player in the multibillion-dollar computer-game market. The company has even installed new gaming features into a home coffee table dubbed "Misto", which features a built-in computer, stereo speakers and a touch-screen for a top.