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New Google Browser Chrome Installed (with pictures)

Published by WebGuru on September 4, 2008 in Software Apps. 0 Comments

Google ChromeCan not resist the media teasing about the new browser from Google - Chrome. Here is the installation I conducted today.

First of first, you need to download it from Google Chrome website which is hard for the public to find from its main site or the link from Google’s main page. The link is http://www.google.com/chrome

And you can choose Save or Open when you see the download dialog window. For me, I just used Save in case I need to install on other machines too.

Chrome Installation 1

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Will Cuil kill Google?

Published by WebGuru on July 29, 2008 in Google Microsoft and IT News. 1 Comment

cuil Yesterday (7/28/2008) all media were talking about a new launched search engine called CUIL (pronounce cool). Does it really become a threat to Google or other search engine? I say no, at least now. The conclusion was based on my own tests and comparisons. What is Cuil anyway? Cuil was founded by a former Google employee named Anna Patterson along a few other former Google engineers. Instead searching keywords in web pages like Google is doing, Cuil is trying to analyze the contents of all web pages and give the search results. The following is what it says about itself.

About Cuil

Cuil (pronounced COOL) is a search engine that combines the largest Web index with content-based relevance methods, organized results, and complete user privacy. The company’s next generation approach to search is the result of proprietary breakthroughs in search architecture and ranking algorithms. Cuil’s employees have extensive experience in search, having worked at Google, IBM, eBay, AltaVista, Stanford University, the Internet Archive and other technology companies and research centers. Cuil is located in Menlo Park, California and has received series A funding from Tugboat Ventures and Greylock Partners, and series B funding from Madrone Capital Partners. Cuil derives its name from an old Irish word for knowledge, reflecting the background of co-founder and CEO, Tom Costello, who hails from Drogheda, Ireland. For more information, please visit www.cuil.com.

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The latest updates on Micro-hoo acquisition war

Published by WebGuru on February 11, 2008 in Google Microsoft and IT News. 0 Comments

Micro-hooWell, from Yahoo’s own finanical portal site http://finance.yahoo.com the headline for today morning is “Yahoo Formally Rejects Microsoft Offer”. And it says:

Monday February 11, 9:58 am ET
Yahoo Formally Rejects Microsoft’s $44.6 Billion Takeover Bid As Inadequate

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yahoo Inc. spurned Microsoft Corp.’s $44.6 billion takeover bid as inadequate Monday without explaining how its management will match the payoff that the slumping Internet icon’s shareholders would have received had the unsolicited offer been accepted.


That is not surprised to me, since I already reported last week the “enemy” of Microsoft, Google will help Yahoo on anyway it can to defeat Microsoft’s hostile take over. Of course, the 10-member board of Yahoo strongly “believes” that it can get more money from the world’s largest software maker since the Redmond needs it badly, or the board thinks Jerry Yang and its management team will finally be able to deliver on its repeated promises of a turnaround that has been in the works for the past 18 months.

According to the news, Microsoft will eventually raise its bid to $35 to $40 per share, sweetening the pot by $5 billion to $12 billion in an effort to negotiate an amicable sale. Or at last, Microsoft could take its original bid directly to Yahoo’s shareholders.

What is the market’s response?
Yahoo shares rose 62 cents, or 2 percent, to $29.82 in early trading Monday while Microsoft shares lost 24 cents to $28.32.

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What is Google’s plan to Microsoft’s acquisition on Yahoo!

Published by 超凡不脱俗 on February 4, 2008 in Google Microsoft and IT News. 1 Comment

Microsoft and Yahoo!Thing will turn into more interesting in IT area if it has anything do with money.

Good: We still see innovations and competitions going on the Internet.
Bad: No matter from which side you see, we will still see one or two big guys in this search engine game.
Ugly: More finger pointing will come up and Monopoly accuses another Monopoly for the Monopoly.

Now it is Monday, and it is enough with a weekend of news about Microsoft will buy out Yahoo! for 44.6 billion dollars. Let us see what is the plan from Google. Because the whole world knows that the acquisitions is nothing but all about Microsoft trying to beat Google.

According to the blogs from ZDNet, now Google launches its “let’s annoy Microsoft” plan with two strategies: the first to help Yahoo to make Microsoft’s buyout more miserable. and the second one is to work on the regulators.

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Microsoft Proposes Acquisition of Yahoo! for $31 per Share

Published by 超凡不脱俗 on February 1, 2008 in Google Microsoft and IT News. 1 Comment

Microsoft and Yahoo!In a recent statement issued today from Microsoft, Microsoft proposes to buy Yahoo! for nearly 44.6 billion dollars. It is like $31 a share, which is at a 62 percent premium to Yahoo’s closing price of $19.18 yesterday (1/31/2008). And the investors of Yahoo! can elect to accept cash or exchange with Microsoft’s share in the a total half of half ratio. Why should Microsoft do that? Well, it is obvious that this move is to give the software giant more market share and become a significant threat to Google.

The following is what Microsoft says about this acquisition:

Transaction valued at approximately $44.6 billion in cash and stock; provides 62 percent premium to current trading price for Yahoo! shareholders; combined entity to create a more competitive company, providing superior value to shareholders, better choice and innovation for customers and partners

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The invitation for GrandCentral phone numbers

Published by WebGuru on October 8, 2007 in VOIP. 184 Comments

grandcentral Since GrandCentral is not opened for the public, and you will have to need an invitation to get a virtual phone number. I needed a one badly for my previously installed MagicJack which only had a non-local phone number. I asked for the invitation on a couple of website including DSLReports forum, but nobody replied. I was glad that I registered on GC website, since today I got an email from GC which invited me to experience its wonderful feature. Happily I went to its website by clicking the URL in the email, and spent a couple minutes on selecting a very good local phone number. Then I ported this lovely phone number to my MagicJack phone number and my cellular phone. Tested, and both of them ring when I dial this GC phone number. Great!

What is a GrandCentral phone number, anyway?

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